Haddaway released What Is Love in 1993 as a Eurodance single, and it became a worldwide chart hit before finding a second life in comedy. The Saturday Night Live Roxbury Guys sketch, later turned into the film A Night at the Roxbury, made the song inseparable from rhythmic head-bobbing in a car. Decades later, TikTok edits, meme videos and party playlists revived the chorus again, keeping it instantly recognisable for new audiences who may never have heard the full track.