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Elvis SongPedia: Fool

Fool


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Basic Stats

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Written by: Carl Sigman, James Last

Recorded: March 28, 1972, RCA Studios, Hollywood
Released master is take 2.

Single:w/ "Steamroller Blues", 74-0910, March 4, 1973

Highest U.S. Charts Positions:
#17 on Billboard's Hot 100
#79 on Cash Box Top 100
#31 on Country chart
#12 on Easy Listening chart

1st LP release: Elvis (Fool) - July 1973
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My Spin

(Just my opinion. Give us yours!)

In the same recording session, immediately after recording "Burning Love", Elvis tries his hand at a nice ballad. "Fool" starts off quiet and builds strength as it progresses, and by the time he's done, Elvis has created another fan favorite.

I'll write more about this later, but meanwhile, check out some links and stuff!

Other Spins

(What did the critics and fans say?)


[Referring to other songs in the same recording session] Neither "Fool" nor "It's A Matter of Time" are in the same class, good as they are, especially "Fool", where the arrangement is intriguing.

Robert Matthew-Walker, Elvis Presley: A Study in Music, 1979



The Stamps and Joe Guercio's strings pile on the dramatics on the "lost love" plea, which Elvis never brings to full throttle.

Martin Torgoff, The Complete Elvis, 1982



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"Fool" Links

"Fool" Lyrics and Downloads

[Chorus]
Fool, you didn't have to hurt her
Fool, you didn't have to lose her
Fool, you only had to love her
But now her love is gone

Fool, you could have made her want you
Fool, you could have made her love you
Fool, you only had to love her
But now her love is gone

Gone now, the love and laughter
See yourself the morning after
Can't you see her eyes are misty
As she said good-bye

[Repeat Chorus] 		Download or just listen to different versions from Amazon!



What's YOUR Spin on "Fool"?
Yea or Nay?

Yea! Pity The Fool That Don't Like It!

Nay! Gone Now, The Love And Laughter!


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