In the latter, the song reached that position on the UK Singles Chart in its fifth week on the chart, on June 27, 1993. In Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom, it peaked at number 2. It hit number one in 13 countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Zimbabwe. "What Is Love" was released in Europe in May 1993 and in the US in August 1993. The female vocal on the track, meanwhile, was a stock sample released on the Zero-G sample compilation CD "Datafile 1", which was produced by Zero-G co-founder and Jack 'N' Chill member Ed Stratton, aka Man Machine, and was aimed at dance producers, DJs, programmers and artists.
I had the idea for the melodies in about 45 minutes and the total structure of the song was done in a day and a half.
We just used ideas that were fresh at that time and tried to make something that nobody else had (.) The song came really fast. In a 2012 interview Haddaway said about the making of "What Is Love": He used to work as a producer, dancer and choreographer before he was signed to Coconut Records. Trinidadian-born singer Nestor Alexander Haddaway was then chosen to sing it. They were waiting for the right singer for the song. Karin van Haaren) of Coconut Records in Hennef (Sieg) near Cologne. Tony Hendrik) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartmann-Eisenblätter a.k.a. "What Is Love" was written and produced by German music producer and composer Dee Dee Halligan (Dieter Lünstedt a.k.a.
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