Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 (Specialty Pressing) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 16999 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | SD 16999 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | K 50796 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | ATL 50 796, ATL 50796, SD 16999 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 (Club Edition) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | R 134225, SD 16999 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 (West German Target CD for Japan) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 32XP-129 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 16999-2, 250 796 | |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CD 16999 |
| 1.15 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Life in the Fast Lane | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2315 |
| 1.15 | Urgent | ?:?? | Foreigner | Life in the Fast Lane | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | STAC 2315 | |
| 1.15 | Urgent | ?:?? | Foreigner | Life in the Fast Lane | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | STAR 2315 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 20P2-2021 |
| 2.5 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | Classic Rock 1966–1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781 935-2 |
| 3.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Foreigner: 30 Track 3 CD Set | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80484-2 |
| 2.9 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | The Rock Collection: Rock Groups | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/09 |
| 1.12 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80505-2 XV |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-899992 |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | D 124722 |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 89999-2, CD 89999 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81486-2 |
| 1.12 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music (global imprint of Warner Music Group, ‘W’ logo either with “Warner Music” or no text), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-80505-2, CD 0065 |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567899992 |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-89999-2 |
| 1.4 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | With Heaven on Our Side | Foreigner | Single |
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| 1.4 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Pop Giganten: Hits der 80er, Volume I | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 74321 13103 2 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 (Gold CD) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82545-2 |
| 1.4 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | Guitar Rock: 1980-1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2714, R968-04 |
| 2.12 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | Heavy 100 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sounds Direct | A094/9031 79509 4 |
| 1.12 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Juke Box Hero: Best | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | CD 27200569 B |
| 2.12 | Urgent | 4:25 | Foreigner | The 80's Collection: 1981: Alive and Kicking | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 544/12 |
| 2.5 | Urgent | 4:27 | Foreigner | Fetenhits: The Real Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 535 173-2 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82795-2 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82795-2 |
| 1.8 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 18 Screamers From the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JCI, Warner Special Products | JCD-3143, OPCD-1687 |
| 2.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 40574 2 8 |
| 2.9 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | The No.1 All Time Rock Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (A division of Polygram Pty. Limited) | 535 8632 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| EastWest Japan, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | AMCY-4062 |
| 2.8 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | The Best of 1980–1990, Volume 13 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 4 94443 2 4 |
| 1.5 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Highway Rock: Dancing in the Moonlight | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Madacy Records | 8469 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 / Agent Provocateur | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest Japan, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | AMCY-3931, AMCY-3932 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | Sounds of the Eighties: '80s Blockbusters | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Special Markets | M18819 |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:33 | Foreigner | 1980s Classic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.1 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | Simply the Best 80s Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Gallo Record Company | CDESP031 |
| 1.19 | Urgent (album version) | 4:32 | Foreigner | Hüttenhammer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| edel (just “edel” logo) | |
| 1.2 | Urgent | 4:35 | Foreigner | Classic Rock 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets, Warner Special Products | 3145600252, 72435-27663-21, OPCD 1899 |
| 1.5 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | Puissance 80 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 5043712 |
| 2.10 | Urgent | 4:26 | Foreigner | Absolute Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3001 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R9 74366 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Warner Strategic Marketing | 8122 78275 2 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 (Reissue, Remastered, Repress) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 78275 |
| 2.7 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Ultimate Rock Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music AS, Norway (not for release label use!) | DGCD025 |
| 2.2 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | All That Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 2564607872 |
| 2.12 | Urgent (LP version) | 4:29 | Foreigner | SATURN Party Edition: Die geilsten Rock Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Thomas Gottschalk präsentiert: 50 Jahre Rock! Let’s Have a Party – Klassiker und Hits! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 82876 59869 2 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 (remastered) | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-82795-2 |
| 1.73 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | 100 Hits Hard Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RMG Records | RMG 1019 MP3 |
| 2.10 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Las 101 mejores canciones del Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | Best of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Group Germany | 5050467-7598-2-4 |
| 1.3 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Driving Rock: 37 Classic Anthems for the Open Road | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 9829087 |
| 2.4 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | Die Hit-Giganten: Rocksongs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) | 82876 73352 2 |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | Classic Drive: Pole Position | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL CDC/11 |
| 2.8 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | One Shot 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 982 905-5 |
| 2.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Trilogy (three classic albums) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122733132 |
| 2.1 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | The Definitive Collection | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 73385 2, R2 73385 |
| 2.1 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | The Definitive Collection | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | The Very Best…and Beyond | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CD 89999 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | WPCR-12564 |
| 2.18 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Fetenhits: The Best of Real Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
| 1.6 | Urgent (remastered version) | 4:29 | Foreigner | Top 10: Music for the Road | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing | |
| 23.5 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.5 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Time Life Music – Rock Classics: Rock Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | |
| 1.14 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | You Can Still Rock in America: 1980s Radio | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | B0008591-02 |
| 1.8 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | 15 of the Best: BBQ & Beer Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.18 | Urgent | 4:25 | Foreigner | Absolute Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4079 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 (expanded version) | Foreigner | Album |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.15 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | R2 512130 |
| 1.15 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 512130 |
| 3.16 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | Classic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 929 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-13263 |
| 1.15 | Urgent | 4:19 | Foreigner | No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (Expanded) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation | Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | ||
| 1.19 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Ö3 Zeitreise 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Austria (not likely an imprint but just the company trademark of Universal Music Austria GmbH) | 88697427692 |
| 3.18 | Urgent | 4:34 | Foreigner | Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 858400 |
| 4.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | Original Album Series (Foreigner / Double Vision / Head Games / 4 / Agent Provocateur) | Foreigner | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-79828-3 | |
| 1.4 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Can’t Slow Down | Foreigner | Album |
| earMUSIC (German label, Edel sub) | |
| 1.9 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | Der letzte Bulle: Die 80er Hits aus der TV-Serie (Volume 1) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697701542 |
| 2.10 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | 80s Megabox | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 5186599922 | |
| 2.6 | Urgent | 4:26 | Foreigner | Absolute Soft Rock Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | EVACD 4125 |
| 5.8 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | The Complete Classic Rock Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 5.8 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | The Complete Classic Rock Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album | Rhino (reissue label) | [none] | |
| 2.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-14173 |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-14173 |
| 3.6 | Urgent (5.1 Mix) | 4:31 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-14173 |
| 3.18 | Urgent | 4:28 | Foreigner | Die Hit-Giganten: Best of Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697942172 |
| 2.9 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | Acoustique & More | Foreigner | Album + Compilation |
| earMUSIC (German label, Edel sub) | 0206954ERE |
| 1.2 | Urgent | 4:30 | Foreigner | Classics | Foreigner | Album + Compilation | earMUSIC (German label, Edel sub) | 0208089ERE | |
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:25 | Foreigner | Cope | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Spain | |
| 2.6 | Urgent | 4:32 | Foreigner | 4 | Foreigner | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2053 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 8.7 | Urgent | 4:31 | Foreigner | 80’s Giga Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.6 | Urgent | 4:29 | Foreigner | Les incontournables des années 80, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below; mainly used in Europe and Brazil) | 9548-33361-2 |
Relationships
| assistant engineer: | Edwin Hobgood (engineer) Michael Sauvage |
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| engineer: | Tony Platt (UK engineer and producer) Brad Samuelsohn Dave Wittman |
| producer: | Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) Robert John “Mutt” Lange |
| bass guitar: | Rick Wills |
| drums (drum set): | Dennis Elliott |
| electric guitar [lead guitar]: | Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) |
| keyboard: | Michael Fonfara Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) |
| saxophone: | Mark Rivera |
| solo saxophone: | Junior Walker |
| synthesizer: | Thomas Dolby |
| background vocals: | Dennis Elliott Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) Robert John “Mutt” Lange Ian Lloyd (of Stories) Mark Rivera Rick Wills |
| lead vocals: | Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981, in 2002) Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009) |
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| recorded at: | Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, United States |
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| mash-ups: | Urgent Bodies (Foreigner vs. Tove Lo) by YITT (mashup artist) |
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| edits: | Urgent |
| recording of: | Urgent |
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Related works
Urgent
| lyricist and composer: | Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) |
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| publisher: | Somerset Songs Publishing Inc. Fuji Pacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31) Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present) |
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| later parody versions: | Virgin |
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