Thinking It Over Thinking It Over Again
| "Fool (If You lot Retrieve It'southward Over)" | ||||
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| Single by Chris Rea | ||||
| from the album Any Happened to Benny Santini? | ||||
| B-side | "Midnight Honey" | |||
| Released | July 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 at The Mill | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Length | three:39 (unmarried version) 4:47 (album version) | |||
| Label | Magnet (UK) United Artists (U.s.) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Rea | |||
| Producer(s) | Gus Dudgeon | |||
| Chris Rea singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Fool If You Think Its Over (Official Music Video)" on YouTube | ||||
| "Fool (If You Recollect It'due south Over)" | ||||
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| Single by Chris Rea | ||||
| from the album New Light Through Old Windows | ||||
| B-side | "Loving You Again (live)" | |||
| Released | October 1988 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, soft stone | |||
| Length | 4:03 | |||
| Label | Magnet | |||
| Songwriter(due south) | Chris Rea | |||
| Producer(due south) | Chris Rea, Jon Kelly | |||
| Chris Rea Dutch singles chronology | ||||
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| "Fool If You Recollect It'southward Over" | ||||
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| Unmarried by Elkie Brooks | ||||
| from the album Pearls | ||||
| B-side | "Givin' It Up for Your Dear" | |||
| Released | Dec 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 at The Mill | |||
| Genre | Popular rock, soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:55 (single version) four:58 (anthology version) | |||
| Characterization | A&M | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chris Rea | |||
| Producer(s) | Gus Dudgeon | |||
| Elkie Brooks singles chronology | ||||
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"Fool (If You lot Call back It's Over)" is the championship of a popular song originally released in 1978 by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. Rea as well wrote the lyrics and composed the music of the song, which appears on his 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini? The single's charting success in the USA earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979.[2]
Groundwork [edit]
"Fool (If You Think Information technology's Over)" was the lead unmarried from Rea's debut album Whatsoever Happened to Benny Santini? which was recorded at producer Gus Dudgeon'southward Thames Valley recording studio The Factory. The song'southward inspiration was the experience Rea's younger sis Paula had had some years previously of being devastated at losing her starting time beau, "Fool..."'south lyrics beingness the communication (existent or imagined) with which Rea had responded to his sis's experience.[3] Rea would call back that he had written "Fool..." as a vocal which Al Dark-green might record:[iv] [5] (quote:) "I'd always seen information technology every bit a Memphis [soul] song [simply] I never had the chance to voice my opinion about what I thought nigh the production" of his own recording of the vocal [3] of which Rea has elsewhere stated: "[Information technology was in the] wrong key. Information technology ended upward being this huge California thing [meet California Sound]. It's the only rails I never played guitar on which tells you something about the spirit of it. On summit of that, it was only a huge hitting. So there was nada I could do. Information technology was similar: 'This is not me!'"[six] Rea did play keyboards on "Fool..." with the track'south background vocals provided by Rea and the Manufacturing plant's assistant engineer Stuart Epps.
The song, written in the key of One thousand major, uses the 2–V–I turnaround, common in jazz and R&B.[7]
Unsuccessful in its initial UK single release in March 1978, "Fool..." was afforded a June 1978 release in the US where it entered the Pinnacle 40 of the Hot 100 singles nautical chart in Billboard mag in July 1978 to reach a #12 peak on the Hot 100 dated 16 September 1978,[8] [9] and so being in the second week of a 3-week tenure at #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart.[x] On the strength of its US success Rea was invited to perform "Fool..." on the 28 September 1978 TOTP broadcast which plain facilitated a belated UK chart run for the single with a 28 October 1978 peak of #30.[9] [11]
The considerable success of "Fool...", particularly in the The states, was evidently lost on Rea. He recalls beingness dejected during the 1978 Yuletide overnight drive home from London while considering abandoning what he saw as his declining singing career to fall dorsum on his family'southward established business of running a restaurant. Nonetheless, when Rea and his wife Joan reached their Middlesbrough home in the early morn "we opened the door of the house we were just about to lose the mortgage on, and the snow fell into the hall and it didn't cook - it was that cold - and there was one letter on the floor" - the alphabetic character in fact accompanied by a substantial royalty cheque generated by "Fool...",[12] enabling Rea to buy a Ferrari 308 GT4.[13] The journey inspired his later hit "Driving Home for Christmas".
Rea would remake "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" for his 1988 self-produced album New Light Through Old Windows, and this version of "Fool..." would have a Dutch single release charting at #xc. In 2007 Rea would once more remake "Fool..." in a session at The Manufacturing plant - now known as Sol Studios - where the original had been recorded: Rea produced and played all instruments on the track which was included on his 2008 European CD release Fool If You Think It's Over (The Definitive Greatest Hits).
The music journalist Wayne Jacik mentioned the single in his work Billboard Book of I-Hit Wonders.[14]
Nautical chart operation (Chris Rea) [edit]
| Weekly singles charts (1978 if not otherwise indicated) | Year-end charts (1978) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional nautical chart | Meridian # | Regional nautical chart | Peak # | Regional chart | Yr.-end # | ||||
| Australia [fifteen] | 39 | New Zealand[16] | 31 | Australia [15] | — | ||||
| Canada | RPM Elevation Singles [17] | 15 | UK[xi] | xxx | Canada [xviii] | 101 | |||
| RPM Adult Oriented Playlist [19] | 1 | U.S. | Billboard Hot 100[9] | 12 | U.S. | Billboard Hot 100 [20] | 84 | ||
| France | 52 | ||||||||
| Nether- lands | Dutch Top forty[21] | 25 | Greenbacks Box Top 100 [22] | 10 | Cash Box Summit 100 [23] | 86 | |||
| Unmarried Top 100 ('88 remake) 1988 | ninety | Billboard Easy Listening[9] | 1 | Billboard Easy Listening[24] | vii | ||||
Covers [edit]
Elkie Brooks version [edit]
In 1982 Elkie Brooks had a Elevation 20 hit in the Uk and Southward Africa with her remake of "Fool If You Think Information technology's Over" - so titled - which like the Chris Rea original was produced past Gus Dudgeon and recorded at the Factory. Brooks' version was 1 of 8 tracks recorded with Dudgeon in 1980 for her 1981 twelve-track album release Pearls which too included four of Brooks' previous hit singles: Brooks (quote) - "Near of [Pearl'south new] material had been chosen by [A&Thou exec] Derek Greenish or Gus Dudgeon. I had insisted that we did [sic] 'Fool...'. Chris Rea has always been one of my favourite musicians and writers and I thought the song was pure class."[25]
Brooks' version of "Fool..." was issued as a unmarried in December 1981 when Pearls issued the previous calendar month was in the Height X of the UK album chart - three accelerate singles had been issued off the album since July 1980 without charting - with "Fool..." rising to a #17 peak on the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland chart dated 27 Feb 1982 assisted by 2 TOTP performances by Brooks one of which was re-run. (After taping her 11 Feb 1982 TOTP performance of "Fool...", Brooks was approached backstage by a fan asking for her autograph who Brooks shortly intuited was in fact Chris Rea incognito.) [25] In Ireland, "Fool..." became Brooks' highest-charting unmarried with a #half dozen chart elevation.[26]
In a 2014 pre-concert interview Brooks, when asked what "big numbers" she looked frontward to singing, replied: "I still really like 'Don't Cry Out Loud', 'Sunshine After the Pelting' and of class 'Fool If You Call back It'south Over': that is a terrific song."[27]
"Fool If You Think It'south Over" by Elkie Brooks was the start track played on Radio Caroline when the station resumed broadcasting at 10 a.m. 20 August 1983 after a down period of 41 months.[3]
Chart history [edit]
| Nautical chart (1982) | Acme position |
|---|---|
| Ireland (IRMA)[28] | 6 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[29] | 18 |
| United kingdom Peak 75 Singles OCC Official Charts Company | 17 |
Other versions [edit]
Thomas Anders remade "Fool (If You Think Information technology's Over)" for his 1989 album release Unlike, said version being the third produced by Gus Dudgeon. The song has also been recorded by Dave (as "Le palmier du pauvre" French, 1978), Kirka (every bit "Luulitko kaiken menneen" Finnish, 1979), Greger (fi) (every bit "Luulitko kaiken menneen" Finnish - anthology Greger, 1980) and Paul Nicholas (album Merely Good Friends, 1986). The song served as the theme to the 1990s British sitcom Joking Apart. Kenny Craddock bundled and performed this version.[30]
See also [edit]
- List of number-ane adult gimmicky singles of 1978 (U.S.)
References [edit]
- ^ Fletcher, Rebecca (28 September 2002). "Interview: Chris Rea - MY ROAD FROM HELL; How a nearly-death experience made singer Chris Rea realise what he really wanted out of life". Daily Mirror. TheFreeLibrary.com. Retrieved 26 Jan 2017.
- ^ "Bee Gees Head Lists For six Grammy Awards". Daytona Beach Morning Periodical. The News-Journal Corporation. 9 Jan 1979. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ a b c "Fool If you lot Think It'southward Over (Chris Rea)". JonKutner.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ "How I got started… Chris Rea - Rea-view Mirror". 18 March 2016.
- ^ "How I got started... Chris Rea". The Guitar Magazine. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "An Interview with the Straight-Talking, No-F**ks-Given Chris Rea".
- ^ "Fool (If You Think Information technology'due south Over)". sheetmusicplus.com . Retrieved 2020-10-22 .
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top xl Hits (6th ed.). Billboard Publications.
- ^ a b c d "Chris Rea > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Developed Contemporary Hits. Billboard Publications.
- ^ a b "The Official Charts Company - Chris Rea - Fool (If Y'all Think It'due south Over)". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ Henry Stancu (2015-12-22). "Christmas Drive: Festive tune for the route home | Toronto Star". Thestar.com . Retrieved 2016-ten-xiii .
- ^ Ahuja, Kieran (28 May 2020). "Art-omotive pieces by musicians Chris Rea and Bryan Ferry up for sale". Driving.co.uk from The Sun Times. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020.
Rea buying himself a Ferrari Dino 308 GT4 after his single Fool (If You Think It'due south Over) became a hit.
- ^ Wayne Jancik (1998). The Billboard Book of 1-hit Wonders. Billboard Books. p. 380. ISBN978-0-8230-7622-2.
- ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2015-eleven-03 .
- ^ "Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over)". charts.nz . Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "RPM Volume 29 No. 26, September 23, 1978 - RPM". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "RPM Peak Singles - Book thirty, No. 14, December 30 1978". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on xviii Jan 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-03 .
- ^ "RPM Book 29 No. 25, September 16, 1978 - RPM". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2015-11-03 .
- ^ "Nederlandse Height 40 - Week twoscore, 1978". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 9/16/78". cashboxmagazine.com. 1978-09-sixteen. Retrieved 2015-11-03 .
- ^ "Greenbacks Box YE Pop Singles - 1978". cashboxmagazine.com. 1978-12-30. Retrieved 2015-11-03 .
- ^ Billboard volume 90 #51 (23 Dec 1978) p.110
- ^ a b Brooks, Elkie (2012). Finding My Vocalism: my autobiography. London: Robson Printing. ISBN978-1-8495-4299-9.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Elkie Brooks - Fool If You Call up It'south Over". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
- ^ Roberts, Jo (2014-12-17). "'British Queen of Dejection' Elkie Brooks is coming to the Britannia Theatre, Chatham". Kentonline.co.u.k. . Retrieved 2016-10-13 .
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Fool If You Think It'southward Over". Irish gaelic Singles Chart. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "Joking Apart: The Composers". Retrieved 17 Dec 2009.
External links [edit]
- Song review by Mike DeGagne at Allmusic
- Listing of embrace versions of "Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
- Listen to "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" on YouTube
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool_(If_You_Think_It%27s_Over)
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