Waiting for a Girl Like You
Foreigner
1982
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1981
Release: 1981Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording belongs to the 1981 4 release cycle. The 2025 remix and archival alternates are separate editions; the album day is not used as the exact date of an earlier single.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1982.html, 1982.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original 4 (1981) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings.
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release.
Foreigner 4 - original album versus later remix and archive material
Label identifies the original 1981 album and its three principal singles, separately from the 2025 stereo remix, Atmos, early versions, instrumental rough mixes and live recordings. Only the original year and original studio identity are used, not the newer mixes or their dates.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Written by Mick Jones and Lou Gramm, inspired by Jones' future wife.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1982.html, song-list position 19
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1982 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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