Waiting for a Girl Like You (stereo single remix with early fade)

~ Recording by Foreigner

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerWaiting for a Girl Like You / Feels Like the First Time (orange-green labels)ForeignerSingle
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATL 11 696
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)ATXD 9
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)80999-4
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:34ForeignerRecords (made in Japan)ForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7 80999-2
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecords (Columbia House club edition)ForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)80999-1
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)80999-2
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)A1-80999
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)78. 0999-1, 78.0999-1
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)CD 80999
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:34ForeignerRecords (made in West Germany)ForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)78-0999-2, 80999-2
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:34ForeignerRecords (made in West Germany)ForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)78-0999-2, 80999-2
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
AMIGA8 56 104
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)780 999-2
1.3Waiting for a Girl Like You4:33ForeignerStereoplay Highlights CD 17Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
stereoplayCD 697017
1.11Waiting for a Girl Like You4:45ForeignerRock Ballads, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01 3351 61
1.14Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerBoulevard des SlowsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)466921 2
2.7Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerThe Rock Collection: Rock USAVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 527/06
2.17Waiting for a Girl Like You4:45ForeignerCabrio Classics IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.7Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerTotally ’80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Razor & Tie, Warner Special ProductsOPCD-4544
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerOnly Love 1980-1984Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-08-09
JCIJCD-3147
1.16Waiting for a Girl Like You4:45ForeignerAlways 18 Timeless Hits, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Hong Kong9548-33774-2
2.10Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerPure Soft MetalVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Startel EntertainmentSTARCD1035
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)82800-2
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerSounds of the Eighties: 1981Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Special Markets (US only), Time–Life MusicR988-08
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1996-01-26
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-82800-2
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRecordsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)7567-80999-2
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerThe Greatest Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-03-31
K‐tel (international budget record label)6257
1.12I've Been Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerFootloose (15th Anniversary Collectors' Edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US1998-10-06
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 65781
1.12Waiting For A Girl Like You4:36ForeignerRock ’n Roll Relix: 1980–1981Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Eclipse Music Group (imprint of Eclipse Music Group, Inc.), EMI‐Capitol Music Special Markets64617-2, 72438-19754-2-8
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerAwesome 80's, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-02-23
Platinum Disc Corporation (La Crosse, WI)22502
1.19Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerJukebox Heroes: The Foreigner AnthologyForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-08-15
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)R2 79884
1.19Waiting for a Girl Like You4:39ForeignerJukebox Heroes: The Foreigner AnthologyForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-08-21
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)R2 79884
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerThe DefinitiveForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2002-05-27
Rhino (reissue label)8122 73596 2
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerThe DefinitiveForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA2002-05-27
Rhino (reissue label)CDESP 114
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerAwesome 80's, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.13Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerComplete Greatest HitsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)WTVD 78266
1.13Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerComplete Greatest Hits (BMG Direct)ForeignerAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)D144852, R2 78266
1.13Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerComplete Greatest HitsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label)R2 78266
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerThe DefinitiveForeignerAlbum + Compilation
2.1Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerMore Ultimate Power of LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-11-25
Madacy Entertainment, Warner Special ProductsMEG2 5483, OPCD 8512
1.7Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerBillboard #1s: The ’80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-02-24
Rhino (reissue label)78084
1.6Waiting for a Girl Like You4:32ForeignerAbsolute Rock Ballads Classics, 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2004-03-17
Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)ACCD 3014
1.10Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerHot Blooded and Other HitsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-06-06
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)R2 78137
1.13Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerComplete Greatest HitsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-05-07
1.5Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerPiano SongbookVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-10-31
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)9833981
2.10Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerHeart Rock CafeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compact Disc Club62
2.18Waiting for a Girl like You4:39ForeignerThe Best 80s US Album in the World… Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2005
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)
1.3Waiting for a Girl Like You4:37ForeignerThe EssentialsForeignerAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing2 62495
1.8Waiting for a Girl Like You4:34Foreigner'80s GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-03-07
Hip‐O RecordsB0006153-02
2.16Waiting for a Girl Like You4:38ForeignerGuilty Pleasures: Shameless Blameless FunVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-11-13
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697020602
1.15Waiting for a Girl Like You - Footloose4:39ForeignerChick Flicks (40 Classic Songs from the Greatest Chick Flicks)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006-12-12
Warner (imprint of Warner; a “W” logo with “WARNER” text under it)
1.14Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerClassic Soft Rock: Ride Like the WindVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
OPCD-7872
1.5Waiting for a Girl Like You4:32ForeignerThe Sound of Love: 40 of the Finest Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-01-29
Warner Music TVWMTV043
4.5Waiting for a Girl Like You4:45Foreigner80 Hits of the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)984 539-0
1.15Waiting for a Girl Like You (Footloose)4:38ForeignerTV-Media: Best Movie HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Austria
5.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:45Foreigner100 Hits: 80s PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-10-06
100 HitsDMG 100 019
1.17Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerEven Better Than the Real Hit! Rock EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.)CRIMCD520
2.17Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerWDR 200 (Die Hits der besten Bands)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.18Waiting for a Girl Like You4:33ForeignerGuilty PleasuresVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-03-21
Ministry of SoundMOSCD249
2.8Waiting for a Girl Like You4:45ForeignerDer letzte Bulle, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • DE2013-02-15
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.41Waiting for a Girl Like You4:47ForeignerTop 100 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2014-12-14
  • GB2014-12-14
Rhino (reissue label)
1.11Waiting for a Girl Like You4:48ForeignerWhile We're Young (Motion Picture Soundtrack)Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2015-04-23
Milan (main imprint of Milan Entertainment, Inc. and Éditions Milan Music)M2-36715
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:49Foreigner80s Love: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)0825646160990
5.18Waiting for a Girl Like You4:44Foreigner1000 klassiekers: De absolute top, vol. 7Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Entertainment Belgium NV/SA (not for release label use! 2009–…)88875143782
2.6Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerThe World’s Greatest 80s BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • ZA2017-05-19
Sony Music Special Products
1.14Waiting for a Girl Like You4:34ForeignerSmash Hits Strange 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-10-20
Rhino (reissue label)0190295746162
3.14Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerThe Best of Soft RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music33491-D
3.14Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerThe Best of Soft Rock (2020 version)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music33490-Z, 33491-D
2.5Waiting for a Girl Like You4:31ForeignerBoulevard des slowsVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationCBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CBS 466 922 2
1.9Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerEverlasting Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.4Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerRecords (Columbia House club edition)ForeignerAlbum + CompilationAtlantic (Warner Music imprint)A2-80999
1.17Waiting for a Girl Like You4:32ForeignerRock DreamsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicOPCD-4542 / R105-40
Promotion
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:35ForeignerWaiting for a Girl Like YouForeignerSingle
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint)3868
(unknown)
1.2Waiting for a Girl Like You4:36ForeignerThe Greatest Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (international budget record label)6257-2

Relationships

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981)
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1981)
mash-ups:Waiting for a Star by Beefjerky007
recording of:Waiting for a Girl Like You

Waiting for a Girl Like You

writer:Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (Australian subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (Fujipacific Music inc.) (until 2014-12-31)
Evansongs Ltd. (publisher) (in 1981)
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc. (in 1981)
フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.) (from 2015-01-01 to present)
later translated versions:Eu espero por alguém assim