Luanne

"Luanne" was the fifth and final single taken from the album 4 by the band Foreigner, and the second to feature a B-side that was not available on one of their albums, a controversial live version of their hit, "Hot Blooded". The song was written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones and reached number 75 in the U.S. charts, but was a live staple for years to come.[4] The live version of "Hot Blooded" was later placed on the international release of their retrospective, Records, but in subsequent re-releases has been dropped in favour of the original album version due to a couple of choice words spoken in ad lib during the song's performance by its singer, Lou Gramm.

"Luanne"
Single by Foreigner
from the album 4[1]
B-side	Hot-Blooded (live)[2]
Released	August 1982
Recorded	early 1981
Genre	Hard rock, power pop
Length	3:11 (single)[3] 3:25 (album)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Lou Gramm, Mick Jones
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mick Jones
Foreigner singles chronology
"Break It Up" (1982) "Luanne" (1982) "I Want to Know What Love Is" (1984)

Rolling Stone Magazine contributor Kurt Loder felt the song sounded like it could have been written by John Fogerty.[5] WCSC-TV music director Chris Bailey praised it, saying that it sounded like songs from REO Speedwagon's Hi Infidelity album.[6]

References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Foreigner-4/master/82436
2. https://www.discogs.com/Foreigner-Luanne/release/3971288
3. https://www.discogs.com/Foreigner-Luanne/master/590114
4. "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
5. Loder, Kurt (October 15, 1981). "Foreigner: Mass-Appeal Rock in a Post-Golden Age". Rolling Stone Magazine. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
6. Sacks, Leo (July 10, 1982). "Out of the Box" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. p. 20. Retrieved 2020-06-10.