Fools (song) explained

Fools
Cover:	Alphaville - Fools Cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Alphaville
Album:	Prostitute
A-Side:	Fools
Released:	July 1994
Recorded:	1989–1993
Studio:	Lunapark Studios, Berlin
Genre:	Synth-pop
Length:	3:54
Label:	WEA
Producer:	Alphaville
Prev Title:	Big in Japan 1992 A.D.
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	The Impossible Dream
Next Year:	1994

Fools is the first single from Alphaville's fourth album Prostitute, and their fourteenth single overall. It was released in July 1994.^[1] "Fools" is the last Alphaville single to chart in any country until "I Die for You Today" (2011).

Track listings

Source:^[2]

CD Maxi Single

1. "Fools (Album Version)" - 3:54
2. "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:59
3. "Fools (Faithful & True)" - 4:16
4. "Fools (Twelve Inch)" - 5:45

CD Single Promo

1. "Fools (7 inch)" - 3:53
2. "Fools (12 inch)" - 5:44

CD Single Promo Digipack

1. "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:59
2. "Fools (Faithful & True)" - 4:16

12" Maxi Single Vinyl

1. "Fools (Twelve Inch)" - 5:12
2. "Fools" - 3:57
3. "Fools (Instrumental)" - 5:13

12" German DJ Promotional Single

1. "Fools (12 Inch Berlin)" - 6:39
2. "Fools (12 Inch London)" - 5:11
3. "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:58
4. "Fools (7 Inch)" - 3:52

• This is the first single from Alphaville (barring re-releases) that did not include an original B-side track
• The "7 Inch" mix is the same as the album version
• The CD Single Promo has a black colour cover with red fangs, and not a red colour cover with white fangs as the official CD Maxi Single and the CD Single Promo Digipack has.

Other releases

The "Faithful & True" and "12 Inch Berlin" remixes appeared again later on the Dreamscapes release, where the Berlin remix was re-labeled as the "Speed" remix.

Charts

Chart (1994)!scope="col"

Peak position
Finland (Suomen virallinen hittiälistalla)^[3]	40

Notes and References

1. http://alphaville.info/main.htm Alphaville Moonbase Discography
2. Alphaville Moonbase Discography
3. Book: Pennanen, Timo . Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 . 2021 . Alphaville. 15. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava . Helsinki. 20 June 2022.