What Is Love

"What Is Love"
Single by Haddaway
from the album The Album
B-side"Sing About Love"
Released1993
Genre
Length4:29
LabelCoconut
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dee Dee Halligan
  • Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"What Is Love"
(1993)		 "Life"
(1993)
Music video
"What Is Love" on YouTube

"What Is Love" is a 1993 debut single by Trinidadian-German singer Haddaway and is taken from his debut album The Album. It topped the single charts in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. It went to number 2 in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom and number 3 in Iceland. Outside Europe, the song was a hit worldwide, went to number 11 in the United States, number 12 in Australia, number 17 in Canada and number 48 in New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Raberg, Leif (9 February 2008). "First Full dress rehearsals in Gothenburg are over". Esctoday.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Weiss, Jeff (22 June 2010). "Review: 2 1/2 stars for Eminem's 'Recovery'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014. Haddaway's "What Is Love," the Eurodance ballad mocked in the "Saturday Night Live" skits and spinoff movie.
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, Sam (10 February 2016). "Love beyond the binary". The Michigan Daily. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Petridis, Alexis; Snapes, Laura (5 June 2020). "The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2021.