Foreigner’s “I Want to Know What Love Is” gets a unique reggaeton twist in a new cover by Robyn Adele Anderson. It sounds so simply stunning. Play the video to hear it for yourself!

Robyn completely mellows out the song in this cover. It sounds wholly reggaeton with sax, tuba, cello, piano, and drum sounds. Robyn and her band take it from an '80s soft rock pop song to a song that you might hear at a classy but peppy restaurant. Her version makes you want to get up and take a swing around the room with your partner. 

Robyn gives the song a whole new tone. It sounds more confident than confused, unlike Foreigner’s version. 

Foreigner released the song in 1984. It has been listened to hundreds of thousands of times since then and has been featured in many movies, including “Rock of Ages” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” 

Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones wrote the song. “‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ started off on more of a personal level,” Mick said. “I’d been through a lot of relationships that eventually failed, and still searching for something that could really endure. And that sort of took [on] a life of its own as well. It became more of a universal feeling.” 

The song speaks about being familiar with love but not really knowing what it is. The singer has a longing to feel it. Some of the song’s lyrics are: 

This mountain, I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds, I see love shine
Keeps me warm as life grows colder

The song may take you back to the 80s when you listen to it, but it’s more likely to take you back to that emotion that so many of us have felt while struggling in a relationship… wondering if love is real.