Haddaway: "What is love" (1993)

"What Is Love" is a 1993 dance track by the singer Haddaway, popular with club DJs. It was written and produced by Dee Dee Halligan (Tony Hendrik/Dieter Lünstedt) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartman-Eisenblätter) of Coconut Records in Cologne. Recorded in the early 1990s, it later experienced a revival as the song from the Saturday Night Live "Roxbury Guys" sketches, where two brothers played by Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell frequently went to dance clubs. The sketches were later made into the 1998 feature film A Night at the Roxbury.

The song peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and Germany, but it reached number one in 13 other countries, all of them European or Asian. In the United States the song reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 12 in Australia. The song is currently the 62nd best-selling single of all time in Germany.


- Lyrics:

yeah ehh

x2
What is love ?
yeah ehh
Wooww woow


I don't know
Why you're not there
I give you my love, but you don't care
So what is right,
And what is wrong
Gimme a sign !

What is love ?
Baby don't hurt me,
Don't hurt me, no more
What is love ?
Baby don't hurt me,
Don't hurt me, no more

Don't hurt me x2

I don't know
What can I do
What else can I say, it's up to you
I know we're one,
Just me and you
I cannot go on

What is love ?
Baby don't hurt me,
Don't hurt me, no more
What is love ?
Baby don't hurt me,
Don't hurt me, no more

yeah ehh x2

I want no other
No other lover
This is our life, our time
We are together
I need you forever
Is it love ?

Oh baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me

What is love ?
What is love ?
What is love ?

Baby don't hurt me,
Don't hurt me, no more
What is love ?
Baby don't hurt me,
Don't hurt me, no more

x2
What is love ?
yeah ehh

Wooww woow

What is love ?
Baby don't hurt me
Wooww woow
What is love ?
Oh baby don't hurt me
Wouu wouu

What is love ?