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will ferrell what is love

Will Ferrell is heavily linked to the song “What Is Love” because of his recurring “Roxbury Guys” sketches on Saturday Night Live and the movie A Night at the Roxbury , not because he sang or wrote the track.

What is “Will Ferrell What Is Love”?

  • “What Is Love” is a 1993 Eurodance hit by Haddaway, not by Will Ferrell.
  • Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan played the Butabi brothers in SNL’s “Roxbury Guys” sketches, where they bob their heads in a club to this song.
  • The same gag and the song were then used as the central musical bit in the 1998 film A Night at the Roxbury.

In online searches and forum chatter, people often type “will ferrell what is love” when they’re really looking for the A Night at the Roxbury head‑bob scenes or edits using Haddaway’s track.

Quick facts

  • Original artist: Haddaway, released 1993.
  • Genre: Eurodance/Europop club track.
  • Pop‑culture boost: SNL “Roxbury Guys” + A Night at the Roxbury made it a long‑running meme and shorthand for that Will Ferrell club sketch.

Mini “forum style” note

“Has anybody seen ‘What Is Love?’”
– Typical forum/joke thread opener, usually followed by the punchline “baby, don’t hurt me” referencing the song’s lyrics and the Roxbury meme.

TL;DR: “Will Ferrell what is love” refers to the iconic SNL/A Night at the Roxbury head‑bob bits where Ferrell and Chris Kattan dance to Haddaway’s 1993 song “What Is Love.”

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