<P> "What Is Love" was written and produced by German music producer and composer Dee Dee Halligan (Dieter Lünstedt a.k.a. Tony Hendrik) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartmann - Eisenblätter a.k.a. Karin van Haaren) of Coconut Records in Cologne . They were in wait for the right singer to sing the 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 Coconut Records . In a 2012 interview Haddaway said about the making of "What Is Love": </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> "What Is Love" was released in Europe in May 1993 and in the US in August 1993 . It peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and Germany and hit number one in 13 other countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Zimbabwe . Debuting at number 87 on 28 August 1993, the song reached number 11 on the Hot 100 in the United States . The song also peaked at number 12 in Australia . By March 1994, worldwide sales of "What Is Love" had already reached 2.6 million . </P>

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