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Fools (song)

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{{Infobox song

| name = Fools

| cover = Alphaville - Fools Cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Alphaville

| album = Prostitute

| A-side = Fools

| released = July 1994

| recorded = 1989–1993

| studio = Lunapark Studios, Berlin

| venue =

| genre = Synth-pop

| length = 3:54

| label = WEA

| writer = Marian Gold
Bernhard Lloyd
Ricky Echolette

| producer = Alphaville

| prev_title = Big in Japan 1992 A.D.

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = The Impossible Dream

| next_year = 1994

}}

Fools is the first single from Alphaville's fourth album Prostitute, and their fourteenth single overall. It was released in July 1994.[http://alphaville.info/main.htm Alphaville Moonbase Discography]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "Fools" is the last Alphaville single to chart in any country until "I Die for You Today" (2011).

Track listings

Source:Alphaville Moonbase Discography

; CD Maxi Single

  1. "Fools (Album Version)" - 3:54
  2. "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:59
  3. "Fools (Faithful & True)" - 4:16
  4. "Fools (Twelve Inch)" - 5:45

; CD Single Promo

  1. "Fools (7 inch)" - 3:53
  2. "Fools (12 inch)" - 5:44

; CD Single Promo Digipack

  1. "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:59
  2. "Fools (Faithful & True)" - 4:16

; 12" Maxi Single Vinyl

  1. "Fools (Twelve Inch)" - 5:12
  2. "Fools" - 3:57
  3. "Fools (Instrumental)" - 5:13

; 12" German DJ Promotional Single

  1. "Fools (12 Inch Berlin)" - 6:39
  2. "Fools (12 Inch London)" - 5:11
  3. "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:58
  4. "Fools (7 Inch)" - 3:52
  • This is the first single from Alphaville (barring re-releases) that did not include an original B-side track
  • The "7 Inch" mix is the same as the album version
  • The CD Single Promo has a black colour cover with red fangs, and not a red colour cover with white fangs as the official CD Maxi Single and the CD Single Promo Digipack has.

Other releases

The "Faithful & True" and "12 Inch Berlin" remixes appeared again later on the Dreamscapes release, where the Berlin remix was re-labeled as the "Speed" remix.

Charts

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|+Weekly charts performance for "Fools"

!scope="col"|Chart (1994)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Finland (Suomen virallinen hittiälistalla){{cite book |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=15|first=Timo |last=Pennanen |year=2021 |title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |section=Alphaville|page=15|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |location=Helsinki|access-date=20 June 2022}}

|40

{{singlechart|Germany|70|artist=Alphaville|song=Fools|songid=11857|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2022}}

References

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Category:1994 singles

Category:Alphaville (band) songs

Category:Songs written by Marian Gold

Category:Warner Music Group singles

Category:Songs written by Ricky Echolette

Category:Songs written by Bernhard Lloyd

Category:1994 songs