Markedly softer than any of their work to date, the record was their first and only #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, after the more rousing ballads " Waiting for a Girl Like You" and " I Want to Know What Love Is" had reached #5 and #3 on that chart respectively. The second single, " I Don't Want to Live Without You", reached #5 on the Hot 100. The CD single featured an extended remix version of the track. The song also became the band's third-highest charting hit in Germany, where it reached #22, faring even better in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and particularly Norway, where it reached #4. Allmusic later noted that the single was a "good example" of the band's "balancing act" as "the guitar-heavy style of their early work gave way to slick arrangements that pushed electronics to the fore.temper(ing) its rock guitar edge.and Lou Gramm's quasi-operatic thick layers of chiming synthesizers and an array of electronic textures." The single reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became their fourth #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, holding the top spot for four weeks. " Say You Will" was released as the album's first single. It was the last album to feature the '80s core lineup of Gramm, Jones, Wills, and Elliott. Although a huge standard by any country's charting method, the band's sales were certainly plummeting since the release of 4 in 1981. The album debuted at 15, on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and was certified Platinum in the U.S. Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 7, 1987.
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