"Fools"
Single by Alphaville
from the album Prostitute
A-side"Fools"
ReleasedJuly 1994
Recorded1989-1993
StudioLunapark Studios, Berlin
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:54
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Marian Gold
Bernhard Lloyd
Ricky Echolette
Producer(s)Alphaville
Alphaville singles chronology
"Big in Japan 1992 A.D."
(1992)		 "Fools"
(1994)		 "The Impossible Dream"
(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

Weekly charts performance for "Fools"
Chart (1994) Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen hittiälistalla)[3] 40
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 70

References

  1. ↑ Alphaville Moonbase Discography
  2. ↑ Alphaville Moonbase Discography
  3. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Alphaville". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 15. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Alphaville – Fools" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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