By 1987. Foreigner was done really releasing new music. Lou Gramm, however, was at the top of his game, and so he released a solo album, Ready or Not.
It's weird to me that the guy I used to run into at the Webster Wegmans - this is not a joke, people - has a top 5 solo hit in 1987 that is broadly considered to be one of the most underrated pop-rock songs in history. He does still make music - even after a brain tumor impacted his voice - but this was his biggest solo hit. Written by Gramm and Foreigner bandmate Bruce Turgon, it really does endure.
There's a lot of recent performances by Gramm of this song, but I chose this one from 2018, from a fair in Wisconsin. Yes, the tumor impacted his voice and his body, but I have to say, he adapted well and he still sounds amazing.
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