Foolin'

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{{Infobox song

| name = Foolin'

| cover = Def_Leppard_Foolin_Front.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Def Leppard

| album = Pyromania

| B-side = Comin' Under Fire

| released = August 1983 (US){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/212/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|year=1995|page=212 |isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles }}

| recorded = 1982

| studio =

Park Gates (Battle, East Sussex)
Battery (London)

| venue =

| genre = Heavy metal{{Cite web|date=2003|title=Top 50 Glam Metal Albums|access-date=June 22, 2021|url=http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126083532/http://www.metal-rules.com/polls/index.php?id=8|archive-date=26 November 2017|quote=Photograph," "Rock of Ages" and "Foolin'" have become heavy metal anthems}}

| length = 4:34

| label = Mercury

| writer =

| producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange

| prev_title = Rock of Ages

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Too Late for Love

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|9SnxBvH-0Mc|"Foolin'"}}}}

}}

"Foolin'" is a 1983 single by English heavy metal band Def Leppard from their diamond album Pyromania. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the US Billboard Hot 100.Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)

Cash Box said "Foolin'" has "structural similarities to [earlier Def Leppard single] 'Photograph' and follows in that single’s skillful pop blend of melodicism and metallicism."{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1983/CB-1983-09-03.pdf|date=September 3, 1983|accessdate=2022-07-20|page=7}} Ultimate Classic Rock described the song as a "mid-tempo rocker".{{Cite web |last=Rolli |first=Bryan|date=2023-11-24 |title=Top 30 Glam Metal Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/glam-metal-albums/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}

Music video

The music video was shot in June 1983 at the Ritz Theatre in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and directed by David Mallet.[https://archive.today/20070720043311/http://www.deflepparduk.com/defvideo2.html ((( Def Leppard UK.com ))) :: Def Video 2 Pyromania 1983/High 'n' Dry 1984:] The video shows Elliott escaping from his evil girlfriend in a fantasy sequence, interspersed with scenes of the band performing on a concert stage. It features Billy Idol's then-girlfriend Perri Lister playing the harp with her eyes closed. On the video compilation Historia, the text commentary before this video states, "Indeed, a face without eyes", a pun on Idol's song "Eyes Without a Face". There is also a rare "Performance Only" version of the video, which focuses solely on the concert scenes. This version was briefly shown during the Ultimate Albums episode of the making of Pyromania in 2002.