prompter: What is love? Baby don't hurt me

assistant: Sorry, could you please clarify your task? Would you like to know more about the song 1993 song "What is Love" from Haddaway?

prompter: Yes, please tell me the story about this song, does it have a specific meaning?

assistant: "What is Love" is a 1993 Eurodance song by Trinidadian-born German artist Haddaway. It became a massive hit internationally, topping the charts in multiple countries and becoming an iconic track of the 1990s dance music scene. The song was written and produced by Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello, and it was Haddaway's debut single.

The song's lyrics primarily revolve around the question of what love truly is and the emotional struggles that come with it. The song's repetitive and catchy chorus, "What is love? Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more," highlights the pain and vulnerability that can come with being in love or experiencing heartbreak. The song explores the longing for a genuine and deep connection with someone without the pain and hurt that can sometimes accompany love.

While the song does not tell a specific story or have a narrative, its theme of love and heartache resonates with many people who have experienced the highs and lows of romantic relationships. The upbeat tempo and catchy melody of "What is Love" have made it a popular and enduring dance track that continues to be played at parties and clubs even today.

The song's popularity was further boosted by its inclusion in a famous "Saturday Night Live" sketch called "The Roxbury Guys," which starred Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as two brothers who would bob their heads to the song while trying to pick up women at nightclubs. This sketch was later turned into the 1998 feature film "A Night at the Roxbury," which also prominently featured the song. This association with the sketch and movie has helped the song maintain its status as a pop culture icon.

assistant: "What is Love" was written by Haddway's producers, Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello.  Though the song features an upbeat dance track, Haddaway sings about trying to love a girl who won't love him back.

So, while I don't know the exact meaning, maybe you could connect to these themes: Sadness due to separation from someone or something dear, followed by finding your way back into feeling good again through reflection. Note, that there may be multiple meanings behind some art so you are free to find different interpretations.

assistant: "What Is Love" is the debut single by Trinidadian-German Eurodance singer Haddaway from his debut album, The Album (1993). The song was released in 1993 and was a hit in Europe, becoming a number-one hit in at least 13 countries and reaching number two in Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Outside Europe, the single was a hit worldwide, reaching number 11 in the United States, number 12 in Australia, number 17 in Canada, and number 48 in New Zealand. The song earned Haddaway two awards at the German 1994 Echo Award, in the categories "Best National Single" and "Best National Dance Single".

Background
"We just used ideas that were fresh at that time and tried to make something that nobody else had [...] The song came really fast. 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."

—Haddaway talking to The National about the making of the song.
"What Is Love" was written and produced by German music producer and composer Dee Dee Halligan (Dieter Lünstedt a.k.a. Tony Hendrik) and his partner/wife Junior Torello (Karin Hartmann-Eisenblätter a.k.a. Karin van Haaren) of Coconut Records in Hennef (Sieg) near Cologne. They had previously produced songs for successful groups like Bad Boys Blue and Londonbeat, and were waiting for the right singer for their new song. Trinidadian-born singer Nestor Alexander Haddaway was then chosen to sing it. He used to work as a producer, dancer and choreographer before he was signed to the label. The producers wanted Haddaway to try singing the song like Joe Cocker. He told them, "I love Joe Cocker, but I'm no Joe Cocker." He then came up with his own idea on how to sing it and after the producers let the singer try it his way, "What Is Love" was created. Hendrik would lock himself in the studio, and eight or nine days later he came out with the song as we know it.

The female vocal on the track, meanwhile, was a stock sample released on the Zero-G sample compilation CD "Datafile 1" (tracks 62-64), which was produced in 1991 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.

assistant: This is a lyric from the song “What is Love” by Haddaway

prompter: What can you tell me about the song?

assistant: "What Is Love" is the debut single by Trinidadian-German Eurodance singer Haddaway from his debut album, *The Album* (1993). 

The song is written in G minor with a tempo of 124 beats per minute. 

It was a chart success reaching number one in 13 European countries and entering the top 20 in another seven countries around the world. It received accolades including "Best National Single" and "Best National Dance Single" at the German ECHO Awards in 1994.

The song experienced a revival as the theme for the Saturday Night Live "The Roxbury Guys" sketches, which were later expanded into the 1998 feature film *A Night at the Roxbury*.

You can watch the music video on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEXWRTEbj1I)

**Production details**
* Year	: 1993
* Length: 4:29
* Label: Coconut
* Songwriters: Dieter LünstedtKarin and Hartmann-Eisenblätter
* Producers: Dee Dee Halligan and Junior Torello
* B-side: "Sing About Love"

assistant: It is a somewhat iconic eurodance song from the early 90's written and performed the German singer Haddaway. It charted worldwide, including the UK, US, and Australia, and is known for it's soul-like sound which was apparently inspired by Joe Cocker. It was also popularised by its use in the skit "The Roxbury Guys" in Saturday Night Live featuring Jim Carrey and Will Farrell. The skit was later adapted as a feature length film; "A Night at the Roxbury" with many of the cast members of Saturday Night Live.

assistant: ***What Is Love*** is the debut single by Eurodance singer Haddaway from his debut album, The Album (1993). The song earned Haddaway two awards at the German 1994 Echo Award, in the categories "Best National Single" and "Best National Dance Single".
It saw a resurgence in popularity when it was featured in the "Roxbury Guys" sketches on TV show *Saturday Night Live* in 1996. In 2005, a scene from the show in which several characters are shown bobbing their heads in unison to *What Is Love* was uploaded as a GIF to YTMND, which inspired a fad on the community website. The song, since then, became associated with the GIF, thus spawning a meme and hundreds of user remixes.

assistant: It's a song from the 90'S

assistant: Why are you bringing up the 1993 song called "What Is Love" by Haddaway?