Fools like Me
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| type = single
| artist = Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano
| album = Jerry Lee Lewis
| A-side = "High School Confidential"
"Fools like Me"
| released = May 1958{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/30999/Jerry-Lee-Lewis-High-School-Confidential|title=ultratop.be - Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential|website=Ultratop |access-date=2020-04-25}}{{cite book|author=Oleg Usmanov|title=Герои рок-н-ролла|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xb0IIHfgHbgC&q=%22Fools+like+Me%22+%22Jerry+Lee+Lewis%22&pg=PA181|year=2004|publisher=ОЛМА Медиа Групп|isbn=978-5-224-04606-5|pages=181–}}
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| genre = Country,{{cite book|author=Michael Gray|title=Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WNcHAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Fools+like+Me%22|year=2000|publisher=Cassell|isbn=978-0-304-70762-1|page=168}} rock and roll
| length = 2:27
| label = Sun
| writer = Jack Clement, Murphy "Pee Wee" Maddox
| producer = Shelby Singleton
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| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Jerry Lee Lewis
| type = single
| prev_title = Lewis Boogie" / "The Return of Jerry Lee
| prev_year = 1958
| title = High School Confidential" / "Fools like Me
| year = 1958
| next_title = Breathless" / "Down the Line
| next_year = 1958
}}
}}
"Fools like Me" is a song by Jerry Lee Lewis, who released it as a single, with "High School Confidential" on the other side, in 1958 on Sun Records.
According to Joe Bonomo's book Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, the song was a top-10 country hit.{{cite book|author=Joe Bonomo|title=Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IAENBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Fools+like+Me%22+%22Jerry+Lee+Lewis%22&pg=PT26|date=1 June 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4411-2588-0|pages=26–}}
Track listing
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| headline = 7" single {{nobold|(Sun 296, 1958){{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99fXAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fools+like+Me%22+%22Jerry+Lee+Lewis%22|year=2007|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-172-7}}}}
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| title1 = High School Confidential
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| length1 = 2:27
| title2 = Fools like Me
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| length2 = 2:48
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Charts
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| U.S. Cash Box Country Singles{{cite book|author=George Albert|title=The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5BHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22fools+like+me%22|date=1 January 1984|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1685-5}}
| align="center"| 30 |
Covers
Moon Mullican did a version of the song in the early 1960s.
The song was performed by The Beatles{{cite book|author=Mark Lewisohn|title=The Beatles - All These Years - Extended Special Edition: Volume One: Tune In|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6bk1AAAAQBAJ&q=%22Fools+like+Me%22+%22Jerry+Lee+Lewis%22&pg=PT650|date=14 November 2013|publisher=Little, Brown Book Group|isbn=978-1-4087-0545-2|pages=650–}} and by John Lennon with Yoko Ono.{{cite book|author=Peter Doggett|title=The Art And Music Of John Lennon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=16h6ju_-5dYC&q=%22Fools+like+Me%22+%22Jerry+Lee+Lewis%22&pg=PT327|date=17 December 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-126-4|pages=327–}}
References
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Category:Jerry Lee Lewis songs
Category:American country music songs