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词条 What a Fool Believes
释义

  1. Personnel

  2. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  3. Other versions by Loggins and McDonald

  4. Matt Bianco version

     Track listing 

  5. Other cover versions

  6. Appearances in other media

  7. References

  8. External links

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| caption = Artwork for one US 7-inch vinyl pressings, also used for the album, which contains the song
| type = single
| artist = The Doobie Brothers
| album = Minute by Minute
| B-side = Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels
| released = January 1979
| format = 7-inch
| recorded = August 1978
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Soft rock[1][2][3]|blue-eyed soul[4][5]}}
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=41}} (Album / Single Version)
{{Duration|m=5|s=28}} (Extended Version)
{{Duration|m=7|s=11}} (Disco Remix Version)
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Michael McDonald,
Kenny Loggins
| producer = Ted Templeman
| prev_title = Echoes of Love
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Minute by Minute
| next_year = 1979
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"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers (with McDonald singing lead vocals) for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. Debuting at number 73 on January 20, 1979, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979 for one week.[6] The song received Grammy Awards in 1980 for both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

The song was one of the few non-disco No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 during the first eight months of 1979. The lyrics tell a story of a man who is reunited with an old love interest and attempts to rekindle a romantic relationship with her before discovering that one never really existed.

It was claimed that Michael Jackson contributed at least one backing track to the original Doobie Brothers recording, but was not credited for having done so.[7] This was later denied by the band.[8]

Personnel

  • Patrick Simmons - guitar, vocals
  • Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar
  • Michael McDonald - keyboards, synthesizers, lead vocals
  • Tiran Porter - bass guitar, vocals
  • Keith Knudsen, Ted Templeman[9] - drums
Additional players
  • Bill Payne - synthesizer (with Michael McDonald)
  • Bobby LaKind – congas, vocals

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australia KMR12
Canada RPM Top Singles1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[10]1
Ireland2|28|song=What a Fool Believes|accessdate=July 11, 2017}}
Netherlands10
New Zealand[11]5
UK31
US Billboard Hot 100[12]1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary22
US Cash Box Top 100[13]1
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Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Rank
Australia[14]75
Canada[15]31
New Zealand[16]37
US Billboard Hot 100[17]19
US Cash Box [18]5
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Other versions by Loggins and McDonald

Kenny Loggins released a version of the song (five months prior to The Doobie Brothers) on his 1978 album Nightwatch, and a live version on his 1980 album Kenny Loggins Alive. Loggins' original version switches several of the gender pronouns, so that it is sung largely from the perspective of the woman in the encounter.

There is a Loggins/McDonald live duet on Loggins' 1993 album From the Redwoods.[19]

Warner Brothers also released a 12-inch single disco version by The Doobie Brothers (backed with "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels"), which peaked at number 40 on Billboard's Disco Action Chart in April 1979. Mixed by disco producer Jim Burgess, at 5:31 the song is considerably longer than the 3:41 versions on the 7-inch single and the Minute by Minute LP. The 12-inch version also has a more pronounced bass-driven drumbeat.[20]

Matt Bianco version

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| album = Samba in Your Casa
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| released = 1991
| format = 12"
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| genre = Latin jazz
| length = 4:23
| label = EastWest Records
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Kenny Loggins
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"What a Fool Believes" is a 12" vinyl EP by Matt Bianco, released in 1991.

Track listing

  • A. "What a Fool Believes" (Mixed by Bobby Summerfield)
  • B1. "Samba in Your Casa" (Cashassa Mix) (Mixed by Bobby Summerfield)
  • B2. "Say It's Not Too Late"

Other cover versions

Numerous cover versions of the song have been recorded, including:

  • 1978: Kenny Loggins himself recorded a version of his song from the album Nightwatch.
  • 1980: Aretha Franklin - from the album Aretha[21]
  • 1991: George Michael - from Live in Birmingham, a 1991 live bootleg[22]
  • 1996: Compilation album Amour
  • 1997: The Wades - from The Feel Good Factor[23]
  • 1998: M People - from The Best of M People (also on 1999 album Testify)
  • 1998: Peter Cox - from Peter Cox
  • 1999: Aretha Franklin - from Greatest Hits[21]
  • 2000: Self - from Gizmodgery, a record which was recorded entirely with toy instruments
  • 2000: Dionne Warwick - from Dionne Sings Dionne Vol.2
  • 2004: Courtney Murphy - Australian Idol 2004
  • 2007: Carol Welsman - from the CD Carol Welsman
  • 2007: Lackthereof - from a Portland, OR covers compilation
  • 2008: Neri per Caso & Mario Biondi - from the album Angoli diversi
  • 2010: The Idea of North and James Morrison - from the album Feels Like Spring
  • 2010: Justin Mauriello - from the album Justin Sings the Hits
  • 2013: Rubblebucket - from the EP Save Charlie
  • 2014: The Doobie Brothers featuring Sara Evans - from their studio album Southbound
  • 2014: Eric Benet - from the covers album Volume 1
  • 2018: Euringer - from the album Euringer

Appearances in other media

{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2015}}
  • The song was featured on the original movie soundtrack of Frankie and Johnny.
  • The song was featured in Jeremy Clarkson's Top Gear review of the E60 BMW M5.
  • The Doobie Brothers performed the song as the musical guests on the 27 January 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live.
  • The song was used in the 1982 movie Personal Best.
  • The song is featured in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V[24] on the in-game radio station Los Santos Rock Radio, which was hosted by the song's co-writer Kenny Loggins.
  • The song plays in a scene in The Simpsons episode, "The Monkey Suit".
  • The song, as well as several others by McDonald and Loggins, was featured in Channel 101's comedic mini web series Yacht Rock.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.goldminemag.com/blogs/smokin-doobie-brothers-should-roll-into-the-rock-hall-of-fame |title=Doobie Brothers should be members of the Rock Hall of Fame | Goldmine Magazine |publisher=Goldminemag.com |date=2012-02-12 |accessdate=2013-01-10}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/awards/ig/Grammy-Record-of-the-Year/doobie1980.htm |title=Grammy Awards Record of the Year Winners |publisher=Top40.about.com |date=2012-04-10 |accessdate=2013-01-10}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/5507/40_most_softsational_softrock_songs/franchises/list/|title=VH1's 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs|date=May 31, 2007|website=Stereogum|publisher=SpinMedia|access-date=July 31, 2016}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.goldstar.com/events/anaheim-ca/michael-mcdonald-tickets|title=Michael McDonald|website=Goldstar}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-mcdonald-mn0000459616/biography|title=Michael McDonald on AllMusic}}
6. ^Joel Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 1996, Billboard Books, p. 189
7. ^{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtxUtocFuO0 |title=Michael Jackson Singing Doobie Brothers Minute By Minute _ What a Fool Believes - RARE |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-01-31 |accessdate=2012-01-08}}
8. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/doobie-brothers-michael-jackson-debunked/ |title=Rumor Debunked: Michael Jackson Never Sang on a Doobie Brothers Record |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=2014-04-18 |accessdate=2015-06-23}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/classic-tracks-doobie-brothers-what-fool-believes-365411 |title=Classic Tracks: The Doobie Brothers' "What a Fool Believes" |accessdate=19 June 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4772&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4772.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4772 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-05-12 |accessdate=2018-02-19}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2841 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=1979-05-20 |accessdate=2016-10-15}}
12. ^Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com:80/archives/70s_files/19790407.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending April 7, 1979 |accessdate=2018-04-03 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110205163446/http://cashboxmagazine.com:80/archives/70s_files/19790407.html |archivedate=5 February 2011 |df= }}Cash Box magazine.
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |title=Australian Chart Book |website=Austchartbook.com.au |date= |accessdate=2016-10-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ |archivedate=2016-03-05 |df= }}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6855a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6855a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6855a |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-15}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3868 |title=Top Selling Singles of 1979 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart |website=Nztop40.co.nz |date=1979-12-31 |accessdate=2016-10-15}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-15}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213212228/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html |website=Cash Box |title=Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, |date=December 29, 1979 |archivedate=December 13, 2010 |accessdate=2018-04-03}}
19. ^There is a video of this performance on YouTube titled: "Kenny Loggins What A Fool Believes Live 1992".
20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/257_0_2_0_C/ |title=What A Fool Believes (12")|website=Discomusic.com|quotation=They comment: Disco from an unlikely artist ... "What A Fool Believes" was remixed by the late Jim Burgess to enhance its dance floor appeal. Another good Doobie Brothers 12 inch release was "Real Love"}}
21. ^Aretha Franklin has two versions of this song, with the 1999 version being an edited version of the 1980 one.
22. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musiclovers.de/george_michael.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713173450/http://www.musiclovers.de:80/george_michael.html |archivedate=2007-07-13 |df= }}
23. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.soulandfunkmusic.com/album/the_wades/the_feel_good_factor |title=Album | The Wades | The Feel Good Factor | Hitcity Records | | | 1997 |website=Soulandfunkmusic.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-15}}
24. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1665121/ |title=The Doobie Brothers - IMDb |quote=Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game) (performer: "What A Fool Believes")}}

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