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Fool Again

{{Short description|2000 single by Westlife}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Fool Again

| cover = 5Foolagain1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Westlife

| album = Westlife

| B-side = Tunnel of Love

| released = {{start date|2000|3|27|df=y}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-03-25.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting March 27, 2000: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=25 March 2000|access-date=2 August 2021}}

| recorded =

| studio = Cheiron (Stockholm, Sweden)

| genre =

| length = 3:53

| label = RCA, BMG

| writer = Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

| producer = Per Magnusson, David Kreuger

| prev_title = I Have a Dream

| prev_title2 = Seasons in the Sun

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Against All Odds

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|H4BB9eGUEaE|"Fool Again"}}}}

}}

"Fool Again" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 27 March 2000 as the fifth and last single from their self-titled debut album (1999). The song debuted and peaked at number two in the band's native Ireland, making it the first Westlife song not to top the Irish chart. It became the band's fifth consecutive UK number-one single and spent 12 weeks on charts. In the UK, it is the band's 14th-best-selling single in paid-for sales as well as their 13th-best-selling single in combined sales as of January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/westlifes-top-20-biggest-songs-on-the-official-charts__25303/|title=Westlife's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Charts|last=Copsey|first=Rob|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=12 January 2019|access-date=12 January 2019}}

Composition

"Fool Again" was composed in the traditional verse–chorus form in E major, with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of B3 to A{{sharp}}5.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0099041 |title=Fool Again BY WESTLIFE - DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC|website=Musicnotes |date=2 January 2012}}

Music video

The video for the single was filmed in Mexico City.{{cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Westlife-Our-Story-Westlife/?isbn=9780007288144|title=Westlife: Our Story|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|pages=98|access-date=30 August 2011|archive-date=7 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307144257/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Westlife-Our-Story-Westlife/?isbn=9780007288144|url-status=dead}}

Track listings

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fool Again|others=Westlife|year=2000|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=RCA Records, BMG|id=74321751562}}

  1. "Fool Again" (2000 remix)
  2. "Tunnel of Love"
  3. "Fool Again" (enhanced section)

UK cassette single and European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fool Again|others=Westlife|year=2000|type=UK cassette single sleeve|publisher=RCA Records, BMG|id=74321751564}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fool Again|others=Westlife|year=2000|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=RCA Records, BMG|id=74321755392}}

  1. "Fool Again" (2000 remix)
  2. "Tunnel of Love"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single and Westlife liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title=Westlife|title-link=Westlife (album)|others=Westlife|year=2000|type=US CD album liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=07822-14642-2}}

Studios

  • Recorded and mixed at Cheiron Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Strings recorded at Soundtrade Studios (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Mastered at Cutting Room (Stockholm, Sweden)

Personnel

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  • Jörgen Elofsson – writing
  • Per Magnusson – writing, keyboards, production, arrangement, programming
  • David Kreuger – writing, arrangement, programming
  • Andreas Carlsson – additional backing vocals
  • Anders von Hofsten – additional backing vocals
  • Esbjörn Öhrwall – acoustic and electric guitars
  • Mats Berntoft – acoustic and electric guitars
  • John Doe – drums
  • Gustave Lund – percussion
  • Ulf & Henrik Janson – string arrangement
  • David Kreuger – production
  • Ronny Lahti – mixing
  • Björn Engelmann – mastering

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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Chart (2000)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Flanders|38|artist=Westlife|song=Fool Again|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|title=HR Top 20 Lista|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|access-date=14 February 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000510181149/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|archive-date=10 May 2000}}

|6

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-04-15.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=16|page=9|date=15 April 2000|access-date=2 August 2021}}

|9

scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-05-06.pdf|title=EHR Top 40|magazine=Music & Media|volume=17|issue=19|date=6 May 2000|page=18|access-date=10 April 2024}}

|29

{{single chart|Germany|80|artist=Westlife|song=Fool Again|songid=4274|rowheader=true|access-date=3 March 2020}}
scope="row"|Guatemala (Notimex){{cite web|url=http://h.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Search&Key=EDT/2000/09/18/42/Ar04200.xml&CollName=EDT_2000_2009&DOCID=148788&PageLabelPrint=42&skin=%45%6c%53%69%67%6c%6f&sLanguage=%45%6e%67%6c%69%73%68&Content=%41%4c%4c&selLanguage=&sPublication=%45%44%54&sDateFrom=%30%31%25%32%46%30%31%25%32%46%32%30%30%30&sDateTo=%31%32%25%32%46%33%31%25%32%46%32%30%30%30&dummy=%32%30%30%30&sQuery=%62%72%69%74%6e%65%79%2b%73%70%65%61%72%73&x=%30&y=%30&RefineQueryView=&StartFrom=%31%30&ViewMode=HTML|title=Éxitos discográficos internacionales|publisher=El Siglo de Torreón|date=18 September 2000|access-date=24 March 2023}}

|8

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2999603?iabr=on#page/n13/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 20 (27.3– 4.5 2000)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=14|date=28 April 2000|access-date=24 March 2025}} The downward-pointing arrow indicates that "Fool Again" had moved down from number one, the only possible position it could have occupied the previous week.

|1

scope="row"|India (The Tribune){{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000122/windows/music.htm|title=The Tribune - Windows - Music Zone}}

|3

{{single chart|Ireland2|2|song=Fool Again|rowheader=true|access-date=17 January 2020}}
scope="row"|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=Musica e dischi|language=it|access-date=28 May 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Westlife".

|46

{{single chart|Dutch40|13|year=2000|week=20|rowheader=true|access-date=6 February 2021}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|23|artist=Westlife|song=Fool Again|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Scotland|1|date=20000402|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|5|artist=Westlife|song=Fool Again|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|39|artist=Westlife|song=Fool Again|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|1|date=20000402|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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Chart (2000)

!Position

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/3010431?iabr=on#page/n9/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 100|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=10|date=5 January 2001|access-date=6 February 2021}}

|49

scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|title=Top 100 of 2000|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602112628/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2000.html|archive-date=2 June 2004|access-date=16 March 2022}}

|31

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2000&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2000|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=6 February 2021}}

|66

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Best Sellers of 2000: Singles Top 100|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=20 January 2001}}

|61

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Certifications and sales

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2001|access-date=30 November 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Westlife|title=Fool Again|award=Silver|relyear=2000|certyear=2013|id=9488-1440-1|access-date=1 April 2021}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.westlife.com Official Westlife website]

{{Westlife songs}}

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Category:1999 songs

Category:2000 singles

Category:Bertelsmann Music Group singles

Category:Music videos shot in Mexico

Category:Number-one singles in Iceland

Category:Number-one singles in Scotland

Category:RCA Records singles

Category:Songs written by David Kreuger

Category:Songs written by Jörgen Elofsson

Category:Songs written by Per Magnusson

Category:UK singles chart number-one singles

Category:Westlife songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Per Magnusson

Category:Song recordings produced by David Kreuger