Foreign a moment passes. The band, which is currently up for induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, is also being hailed in an ad promoting the Oscars, which are set for March 10. The ad tweaks the title of Foreigner's landmark 1977 hit “Feels Like the First Time” with the copycat sequence “Feels Like the Very Fourth Time,” since this is comedian Jimmy Kimmel's fourth time as host. The series has many of Kimmel's trademarks – clever, a little bit on the spot and sweetly likable.
“Feels Like the First Time” entered the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1977 and peaked at No. 4, the band's first of nine top 10 hits.
Xenos has been in the news for the past month because Mark Ronson, stepson of Foreigner guitarist and main writer Mick Jones, has organized a campaign to get the band into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Ronson put together a video collection of famous friends expressing their support for the band.
“We decided to go all out this year and really try to get Foreigner on the ballot for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” Ronson said. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. “I called in a few favors. So there are some people I've met along the way making music that I knew were Foreigner fans, like Jack Black and Dave Grohl and Slash.”
Validation of the award came from Paul McCartney, whose pitch was flawless and surprisingly colourless. “Isn't Stranger in the Hall of Fame? What the f…?” the legendary Beatles rocker stated in a video he sent to Ronson.
Jones was the sole writer of such Foreigner hits as “Feels Like the First Time,” “Urgent,” “I Want to Know What Love Is” (which earned him a Grammy nod for Song of the Year) and “I Don 't Want to Live Without You' and collaborated with Lou Gramm to co-write 'Cold as Ice', 'Hot Blooded', 'Double Vision', 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' and 'Say You Will'.All these songs reached the top 10 of the Hot 100.
The Oscars will air on March 10 at a new, earlier time: 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees are set to be announced at the end of April.
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