This article is about the Haddaway song. For other songs with the same title, see What Is Love (disambiguation).
"What Is Love"
File:HaddawayWhatIsLoveMaxiCDCover.jpg
Single by Haddaway
from the album Haddaway
B-side "Sing About Love"
Released May 8, 1993
Format CD single, CD maxi
Recorded 1992
Genre Eurodance, house
Length 4:29 (album version/7" mix)
Label Coconut
Writer(s) Dee Dee Halligan / Junior Torello
Producer Dee Dee Halligan / Junior Torello
Haddaway singles chronology
"What Is Love"
(1993)		 "Life"
(1993)

"What Is Love" is the title of a song recorded by Eurodance artist Haddaway. It was written and produced by Dee Dee Halligan (Tony Hendrik/Dieter Lünstedt) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartman-Eisenblätter) of Coconut Records in Cologne. Recorded in the early 1990's, it later experienced a revival as the song from the Saturday Night Live "Roxbury Guys" sketches, where two brothers played by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell frequently went to dance clubs with a third person (including actors such as Sylvester Stallone and Jim Carrey), credited as "Barhop". These sketches were later made into the 1998 feature film A Night at the Roxbury but the "Barhop" role was dropped during the production of the film. The song itself and "A Night at the Roxbury" would later become a meme on YTMND.

The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and Germany, but it reached number one in 13 other countries, all of them European or Asian. The song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and number 12 in Australia. The song is currently the 75th best-selling single of all time in Germany.[1]

The song was used in a 2011 TV advertising campaign for British clothing retailer Next, pushing it into the UK iTunes Store chart top 100.

Contents

Track listings [link]

"What Is Love"
CD single / 7"
  1. "What Is Love" – 4:28
  2. "Sing About Love" – 3:12
CD maxi - France
  1. "What Is Love" (7" mix) – 4:29
  2. "What Is Love" (12" mix) – 6:40
  3. "What Is Love" (club mix) – 5:02
  4. "Sing About Love" – 4:36
"What Is Love" - remix
CD single - France
  1. "What Is Love" (eat-this mix - radio edit) – 4:19
  2. "What Is Love" (refreshmento extro mix) – 3:52
CD maxi
  1. "What Is Love" - remix (eat-this mix) – 6:54
  2. "What Is Love" (tour de trance-mix) – 6:00
  3. "What Is Love" (7" mix) – 4:27
"What Is Love" - reloaded
CD maxi
  1. "What Is Love" - reloaded (video mix) – 3:16
  2. "What Is Love" - reloaded (reloaded mix) – 6:09
  3. "What Is Love" - reloaded (what is club mix) – 6:39
  4. "What Is Love" - reloaded (Jens O.'s hard remix) – 5:32
  5. "What Is Love" - reloaded (Nathan Jolly's NRG remix) – 6:48
  6. "What Is Love" - reloaded (radio edit) – 2:56
  7. "What Is Love" - reloaded (lunaris remix) – 6:21

Charts and sales [link]

Peak positions [link]

Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 12
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 1
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[4] 1
Canada (RPM)[5] 17
Canada Dance (RPM)[6] 2
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) 1
France (SNEP)[7] 1
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1
Italy (FIMI) 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 1
New Zealand (RIANZ)[11] 48
Norway (VG-lista)[12] 1
Spain (Productores de Música de España) 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 1
UK (The Official Charts Company)[15] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 11
US Billboard Pop Songs[16] 4
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs[16] 9
Chart (1993)1 Peak
position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[17] 15
Chart (2003)2 Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[18] 49
Denmark (Tracklisten)[19] 20
Netherlands (Mega Top 100)[20] 100
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 51
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 92

1 "What Is Love" - remixes
2 "What Is Love" - reloaded

Year-end charts [link]

Chart (1993) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[22] 3
Canada Dance (RPM)[23] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 2
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[25] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[26] 82
Chart (1994) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 97

Certifications [link]

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Austria[28] Platinum October 19, 1993 30,000
Germany[29] Platinum 1993 500,000
Sweden[30] Gold July 19, 1993 10,000
UK[31] Gold July 1, 1993 400,000
U.S.[32] Gold November 9, 1993 500,000

Chart successions [link]

Preceded by
"Informer" by Snow		 Norwegian VG-Lista number one single
22/1993 – 29/1993 (8 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat
Preceded by
"All That She Wants" by Ace of Base		 Austrian number one single
May 9, 1993 – July 4, 1993 (9 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat
Preceded by
"Mr. Blue" by René Klijn		 Dutch number one single
May 15, 1993 – June 19, 1993 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"(I Can't Help) Falling in Love With You (UB40 song)" by UB40
Preceded by
"Tribal Dance" by 2 Unlimited		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
June 12, 1993 – July 24, 1993 (6 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Can't Help Falling in Love With You" by UB40
Preceded by
"Informer" by Snow		 Swiss number-one single
June 13, 1993 – July 11, 1993 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Mr. Vain" by Culture Beat
Preceded by
"No Limit" by 2 Unlimited		 French SNEP number-one single
July 17, 1993 – August 14, 1993 (5 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Darla dirladada" by GO Culture

Cover versions and sampling [link]

References [link]

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  4. ^ Belgian peak
  5. ^ [1] Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada
  6. ^ [2] Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada
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  12. ^ ""What Is Love", Norwegian Singles Chart" (in Norwegian). Norwegiancharts. https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Haddaway&titel=What+Is+Love&cat=s. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
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  15. ^ ""What Is Love", UK Singles Chart". Chartstats. https://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=20884. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
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  18. ^ ""What Is Love - Reloaded", Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Haddaway&titel=What+Is+Love+-+Reloaded&cat=s. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
  19. ^ ""What Is Love - Reloaded", Danish Singles Chart" (in Danish). Danishcharts. https://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Haddaway&titel=What+Is+Love+-+Reloaded&cat=s. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
  20. ^ ""What Is Love - Reloaded", Dutch Mega Top 100" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Haddaway&titel=What+Is+Love+-+Reloaded&cat=s. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
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  23. ^ Canadian Dance Top Tracks of 1993
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  25. ^ The Complete Book Of British Charts by Warwick/Kutner/Brown
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External links [link]

Haddaway
Albums
Singles
E.M.D.
Studio albums
Singles

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What Is Love

What Is Love or What's Love may refer to:

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  • "What Is Love" (Haddaway song), 1993
  • "What Is Love" (Howard Jones song), 1983/1984
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  • "What Is Love?", a song by Dr. Nathaniel Irvin III and Roman Irvin, Janelle Monáe from soundtrack of Rio 2
  • "What Is Love?", a song by Johnny "Guitar" Watson
  • "What Is Love?", a song by Debbie Harry
  • "What Is Love?", a song by Sound Tribe Sector Nine
  • "What Is Love", a song by V. Bozeman from Empire: Original Soundtrack from Season 1
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  • What's Love? (album), a 2009 album by Juju
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    What Is Love (En Vogue song)

    "What Is Love" was the final single from En Vogue's second album, Funky Divas. The song was not released commercially, but was instead shipped to dance clubs across the United States. "What Is Love" reached the Top 10 of the US dance charts. The song appeared again in 1993 as part of the group's Runaway Love EP.

    This was the only song En Vogue produced for market featuring Maxine Jones and Cindy Herron sharing lead vocals. It was initially to be included on Remix to Sing as a new song, but missed the production deadline and was added to Funky Divas.

    References

    External links

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics


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