Foreigner announces new career-spanning set with previously unreleased track

“Turning Back the Time” features Mick Jones & Lou Gramm

Foreigner, one of the most successful bands in music history, will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on October 19th. In celebration of this much-deserved honor, the band will release a career-spanning collection that includes “Turning Back The Time,” a previously unreleased track originally recorded in 1996 featuring Mick Jones and Lou Gramm.

On October 4th, Rhino will release Turning Back The Time on CD, 2 LP and digitally. The new single “Turning Back The Time” is available now.

“Foreigner’s membership in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a priceless highlight of my career. I hope that this collection of the songs that brought us here, along with some later recordings that light our way forward, will mean as much to all who listen to them as they do to me,” says Mick Jones, who recently announced that he’s been suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

“There are a number of songs that Lou Gramm and I wrote together that have never seen the light of day. One of them, ‘Turning Back The Time,’ was co-written with Marti Frederiksen. Marti and I recently revisited and reworked the song. Because of the time that had passed, we were able to go back to it with a fresh perspective. The sentiment of the song spoke to us now more than ever and with the upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, we thought it an ideal time to let the world hear it.”

Starting with its self-titled debut in 1977, Foreigner delivered some of rock’s most enduring anthems. Turning Back The Time includes the Top 10 hits “Feels Like The First Time,” “Cold As Ice,” “Hot Blooded,” “Double Vision,” and “Urgent.” The set also features the ballads “Waiting For A Girl Like You” and “I Want To Know What Love Is,” which reached No. 2 and No. 1 respectively.

The collection mainly draws from Foreigner’s first six albums, all of which earned platinum status or higher — the five-time platinum Foreigner, seven-time platinum Double Vision, five-time platinum Head Games, six-time platinum 4, triple platinum Agent Provocateur, and platinum Inside Information. Mick Jones started work on reforming Foreigner in 2004 and that band, led by Kelly Hansen on vocals, is featured with songs from the platinum-selling Feels Like The First Time. To date, Foreigner has sold more than 80 million albums worldwide, cementing its status as one of the top-selling bands of all time.

The group is currently on the co-headlining Renegades & Juke Box Heroes Tour with Styx and special guest John Waite through the end of August before it continues with its two-year Historic Farewell Tour this fall with the addition of ten dates. The new run of dates starts September 23rd in Charleston, WV and wraps on October 9th in Las Cruces, NM. Loverboy will join on most dates with Lita Ford playing both Minnesota stops.

This year also sees Foreigner bidding goodbye to the Las Vegas Strip with an exclusive headlining two-part Feels Like The Last Time Farewell Tour residency at The Venetian Theatre inside The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. The first run of shows was held in the spring with the final between October 25th through November 9th.