It took Foreigner quite a few ballads to finally crack the #1 spot on the Adult Contemporary Chart. They missed with "I Wanna Know What Love Is" (#3) and "I've Been Waiting For A Girl Like You" (#5), but finally got their #1 with "I Don't Want to Live Without You" in 1988. All that hard work was short-lived as the song was knocked out of the top spot just seven days later by Johnny Hates Jazz's "Shattered Dreams."
Phil Collins, Elton John, and Gloria Estefan dominated Adult Contemporary radio back in the 1980s and '90s, yet have disappeared from modern radio. Seemingly, the only time you ever hear them is at the grocery store or your local CVS. This blog remembers the music, the stories and the quirky characters from my days working in Adult Contemporary radio.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Foreigner - "I Don't Want to Live Without You"
It took Foreigner quite a few ballads to finally crack the #1 spot on the Adult Contemporary Chart. They missed with "I Wanna Know What Love Is" (#3) and "I've Been Waiting For A Girl Like You" (#5), but finally got their #1 with "I Don't Want to Live Without You" in 1988. All that hard work was short-lived as the song was knocked out of the top spot just seven days later by Johnny Hates Jazz's "Shattered Dreams."