‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ by Foreigner peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago today (Feb 2 1985)

(Saturday, February 2, 1985) — “I Want to Know What Love Is” by Foreigner peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two consecutive weeks (Feb. 2/9, 1985).

The track was listed as one of Rolling Stone magazine’s greatest songs of all time at number 476 in 2004.