Waiting for a Girl Like You
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"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a song by British-American rock band Foreigner. It was the second single released from the album 4 (1981), and was co-written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. It has become one of the band's most famous songs worldwide, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and at #8 on the UK Singles Chart.
"Waiting for a Girl Like You" achieved an odd chart distinction by spending a record-setting 10 weeks in the #2 position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, without ever reaching the top. This was in no small part due to Olivia Newton-John's single "Physical", which was a #1 hit for ten weeks. At the time, Newton-John's run was one week short of the all-time record.
In 2002, Missy Elliott matched Foreigner's runner-up accomplishment when her "Work It" single also spent ten weeks at #2 without reaching #1. Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" spent eleven weeks at #2, but also spent one week at #1.
This song was also featured in the soundtrack to the computer game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
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