Reaction to Action

"Reaction to Action" is the third single taken from the album Agent Provocateur by the band Foreigner. The song was remixed for this single release, and was released in the U.S. only. It was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, and the B-side, "She's Too Tough", a rockin' Elvis Presley-type song, is also featured on the European single release of "Growing Up the Hard Way".

"Reaction to Action (remix)"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Agent Provocateur
B-side"She's Too Tough"
ReleasedApril 1985 (1985-04)
Recorded1984
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, glam metal
Length3:32 (single)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Lou Gramm, Mick Jones
Producer(s)Alex Sadkin, Mick Jones
Foreigner singles chronology
"That Was Yesterday"
(1985)		 "Reaction to Action (remix)"
(1985)		 "Growing Up the Hard Way"
(1985)

Allmusic critic Bret Adams later called the song "the epitome of bland, formulaic AOR,"[1] although the song is one of the five major hard rock numbers on the album. It reached #54 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It also reached #44 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.[3]

References
  1. Adams, B. "Agent Provocateur". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  2. "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. "Foreigner Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
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