Fool (If You Think It's Over)

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
Single by Chris Rea
from the album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
B-side "Midnight Love"
Released 1978
Format 7" vinyl
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length 3:39 (single version)
4:47 (album version)
Label Magnet (UK)
United Artists (US)
Writer(s) Chris Rea
Producer(s) Gus Dudgeon
Chris Rea singles chronology
"So Much Love
(1974)"		 "Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
(1978)		 "Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?"
(1978)

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" is the title of a popular song from 1978 by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. Rea also wrote the song, which appears on his 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?

Released as a single in 1978, the song originally failed to chart in Rea's home country. It did, however, reach the Top 40 of the American music charts, peaking at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1978.[1][2] The song also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard adult contemporary chart.[3] When re-released in the U.K. later in 1978, the song reached No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][4]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 12
US Cash Box Top 100 [5] 10
US Billboard Easy Listening[2] 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles[6] 15
Canadian RPM Adult Oriented Playlist[7] 1
Dutch Top 40[8] 25
UK[4] 30
New Zealand[9] 31

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 84
U.S. Cashbox [11] 86
Canada [12] 101

Cover versions

The song has been covered by a number of other artists including British singer Elkie Brooks whose 1981 recording reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart.[13]

The song served as the theme to the 1990s British sitcom Joking Apart. Kenny Craddock arranged and performed this version.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (6th ed.). Billboard Publications.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Chris Rea > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits. Billboard Publications.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Chart Stats - Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over)". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  5. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19780916.html
  6. ↑ "RPM Volume 29 No. 26, September 23, 1978 - RPM". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "RPM Volume 29 No. 25, September 16, 1978 - RPM". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 - Week 40, 1978" (in Dutch). Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "charts.org.nz - Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It's Over)". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  10. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm
  11. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html
  12. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0070b&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=r1a06d0uila1lada5hb6oqguq0
  13. ↑ "Chart Stats - Elkie Brooks - Fool If You Think It's Over". Retrieved 17 December 2009.
  14. ↑ "Joking Apart: The Composers". Retrieved 17 December 2009.

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