| Fooled by a Smile | |
| Cover: | swingfooled.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Swing Out Sister |
| Album: | It's Better to Travel |
| B-Side: | Fever |
| Released: | June 1987 |
| Recorded: | 1986 |
| Label: | Mercury Records |
| Producer: | Paul Staveley O'Duffy |
| Prev Title: | Twilight World |
| Prev Year: | 1987 |
| Next Title: | You on My Mind |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"Fooled by a Smile" is a 1987 song by the British pop act Swing Out Sister. It was the final single to be taken from their debut album It's Better To Travel and reached #43 on the UK Singles Chart in July of that year.[1]
It would be the final single that drummer Martin Jackson would appear on in the writing credits and in the music video. Consequently, Swing Out Sister became a duo after this single.
The music video for this single features Corinne Drewery, Andy Connell and Jackson riding bicycles and enjoying other leisure activities around the Salton Sea area in Southern California. Visible in the video are the famous "Texaco Marine" sign and the North Shore Beach and Yacht Club.[2]
As with "Twilight World," "Fooled by a Smile" would include segments shot in Super-8.
Jerry Smith of British magazine Music Week described "Fooled by a Smile" a "stylish and very polished track" displaying Drewery's "smooth voice" and deemed it a potential hit.[3]