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"Love On The Telephone"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Head Games
B-side" Women"
Released1980
Recordedearly 1979
Genre Hard rock
Length3:18
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Lou Gramm, Mick Jones
Producer(s) Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald
Foreigner singles chronology
" Head Games"
(1979) 		"Love On The Telephone"
(1980) 		" Women"
(1980)

"Love on the Telephone" was the third single from the third album, Head Games by the band, Foreigner. The song was written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones, and released as a single in Europe. It reached No. 34 in the Netherlands. [1] The song's b-side, " Women" was chosen as the next single for the American market.

Johnson City Press arts writer Elaine Cloud Goller described "Love on the Telephone" as a "road-weary rock and roller's lament." [2]

Pete Bishop of The Pittsburgh Press praised the song for its melody, full arrangement and muscle. [3] El Diario del Centro del País praised the song as a great example of classic rock. [4] Evening Post critic Dave Murray praised Gramm's lead vocal performance. [5] Daily Republican Register critic Mike Bishop said that "Love on the Telephone" is "a fairly good rocker" and said that lead singer Gramm sounds a lot like Bad Company lead singer Paul Rodgers, Al Greenwood's keyboards sound a lot like Styx and that the song's chord progression is very similar to that of Foreigner's earlier song " Cold as Ice." [6] Morning Call critic Alan Janesch felt that lyric saying that the "line's engaged" was lifted from the Beatles' " You Won't See Me." [7]

During Foreigner's 1981 tour supporting 4 "Love on the Telephone" generally served as the first song of the encore, followed by " Hot Blooded" and "Headknocker." [2]

References

  1. ^ "Foreigner - Love on the Telephone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  2. ^ a b Goller, Elaine Cloud (September 26, 1981). "A 'Hot Blooded' show..." Johnson City Press. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Bishop, P. (October 7, 1979). "Foreigner Rolls into Crossroads". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 79. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  4. ^ Ghezzi, A. (January 3, 2012). "Los cien mejores discos de los '70". El Diario del Centro del País. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  5. ^ Murray, Dave (November 3, 1979). "Albums". Evening Post. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bishop, Mike (November 16, 1979). "Platter Chatter". Daily Republican Register. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Janesch, Alan (November 10, 1979). "Foreigner: Head Games". Morning Call. p. 46. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
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