WHAT IS LOVE (SONG)

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{{Infobox Single
| Name = What Is Love
| Type = Single
| Artist = Haddaway
| from Album = ''Haddaway - The Album''
| B-side = ''Sing About Love''
| Cover = HaddawayWhatIsLoveMaxiCDCover.jpg
| Released = 1993
| Genre = Eurodance
| Length = 4:29 (7" Mix)
| Label = Coconut Records
| Writer = D. Halligan / J. Torello
| Producer = D. Halligan / J. Torello
| This single = What Is Love
(1993)
| Next single = Life
(1993)
'"What is Love"' is a 1993 dance track by the singer Haddaway, popular with club DJs. It was a one-hit wonder in the United States (although Haddaway had several more hits in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe). Recorded in the early '90s, it later experienced a revival as the song from the ''Saturday Night Live'' "Roxbury Guys" sketches, which were later made into the 1998 feature film ''A Night at the Roxbury''. The song was also featured as the background music for the previous night's NBA highlights on NBC's ''NBA Showtime'' in the mid-to-late '90s. The music video featured clips from Metropolis.
Haddaway's song was sampled by Atlanta crunk/hip-hop group Crime Mob on a song also called "What Is Love". The track leaked to the internet in late 2006 and is slated to appear on their second album Hated On Mostly, released March 2007.
The song reached #1 in an impressive seven countries, all of them European. Elsewhere, the song peaked at #2 in the United Kingdom and Germany, #11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #12 in Australia.
In June of 2007, José Galisteo recorded it on his debut album, ''Remember''.
The song was also given a goth makeover by the band The MDP. It can be found on the YTMND soundtrack volume 2.

Contents

Tracklist

French maxi CD

French remix CD single

In the media

External links

Tracklist

French maxi CD

#"What Is Love" (7" Mix) (4:29)
#"What Is Love" (12" Mix) (6:40)
#"What Is Love" (Club Mix) (4:11)
#"Sing About Love" (4:36)

French remix CD single

#"What Is Love" (Eat-This Mix - Radio Edit) (4:19)
#"What Is Love" (Refreshmento Extro Mix) (3:52)

In the media

★ Played in the 1993 movie ''Piccolo grande amore''

★ Played in the 1994 "Life of Brian" episode of the television show ''My So-Called Life''

★ Played in the 1998 movie ''A Night at the Roxbury''

★ Played in the 2003 movie ''Just Married''

★ A Hindi version of this song was played in the 1994 Indian movie ''Gentleman''

★ Sung by Steve Carell and Ed Helms in Season 3, Episode 8 ("The Merger") of "The Office"

★ Chris Coutts's original Tales for the L33t (Romeo and Juliet).

★ Played in the trailer for the 1994 film ''Monkey Trouble''.

★ Featured in ''Judson Laipply's "''Evolution of Dance''".

★ Played in the Northern European versions of the 2005 computer animated film ''Madagascar''.

External links

★ What Is Love? on Discogs