Everybody Plays the Fool

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"Everybody Plays the Fool"
Everybody Plays the Fool by The Main Ingredient US single side-A.png
Side A of US single
Single by the Main Ingredient
from the album Bitter Sweet
B-side "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me?)"
ReleasedJune 1972 [1]
Recorded1972
Studio RCA Studio C (New York City)
Genre
Length3:22
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Main Ingredient singles chronology
"Black Seeds Keep on Growing"
(1971)		"Everybody Plays the Fool"
(1972)		"You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)"
(1972)

"Everybody Plays the Fool" is a 1972 song first recorded by American R&B group The Main Ingredient, and written by J. R. Bailey, Rudy Clark and Ken Williams. It was the first single released from the group's album Bitter Sweet , released with the B-side "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me?)". "Everybody Plays the Fool" was the group's highest charting hit single, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1972. It also peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and at No. 25 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. [3] It was certified gold by the RIAA. [4]

Contents

The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 1973 ceremony, losing to "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".

A 1991 cover of the song by Aaron Neville, from the album Warm Your Heart , was also successful, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 in New Zealand.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)44
Canada Top Singles (RPM) [5] 6
US Billboard Hot 100 [6] 3
US Easy Listening ( Billboard )25
US Best Selling Soul Singles ( Billboard )2
US Cash Box Top 100 [7] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)Rank
Australia [8] 136
Canada [9] 66
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 29
US Cash Box Top 100 [11] 29

Aaron Neville version

"Everybody Plays the Fool"
Aaron Neville - Everybody Plays the Fool.jpg
Single by Aaron Neville
from the album Warm Your Heart
B-side "House on a Hill"
ReleasedAugust 15, 1991
Length4:25
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Aaron Neville singles chronology
"When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
(1990)		"Everybody Plays the Fool"
(1991)		"Somewhere Somebody"
(1991)
Aaron Neville, 1990 Aaron Neville 1990.jpg
Aaron Neville, 1990

American singer Aaron Neville recorded a cover version of "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1991 which also hit the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. 8 in the fall of that year, and it spent 20 weeks on the chart. [4] [13] This was Neville's third Top 10 hit on the pop chart, following "Tell It Like It Is" (1967, No. 2) and his duet with Linda Ronstadt, "Don't Know Much" (1989, No. 2). Neville's single also went to No. 1 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. [3] In addition, it was a No. 1 single in New Zealand.

Critical reception

The song received a positive review from AllMusic. Alex Henderson felt that "Everybody Plays the Fool" showed that Neville still had plenty of warmth and charisma. [12] Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that "the New Orleans soul brother has found the right catchy tune on a reggae beat to establish his enormous vocal acrobatics on EHR level again." [14] David Fricke from Rolling Stone described the song as a "rinky-dink reggae cover". [15]

Music video

Neville's music video was set in New Orleans, and featured an appearance of his niece, Arthel Neville.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [16] 52
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [17] 19
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [18] 3
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [19] 1
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] [20] 8
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [20] 1
US Hot R&B Singles ( Billboard )2
US Cash Box Top 100 [21] 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)Rank
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) [22] 28
New Zealand (RIANZ) [23] 14
US Billboard Hot 100 [24] 87

References

  1. ↑ "New Radio Action and Billboard Picks Singles". Billboard. June 17, 1972. p. 70.
  2. ↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Walking in Rhythm: Seventies Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 64. ISBN   031214704X.
  3. 1 2 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  5. ↑ Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada .
  6. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  7. ↑ "Top 100 1972-10-14". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1972". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
  12. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Billboard Song Position". Billboard.com . Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Review: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . May 18, 1991. p. 12. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  15. ↑ Fricke, David (December 12, 1991-December 26, 1991). "The year in records". Rolling Stone . Issue 619/620.
  16. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 201.
  17. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1606." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1661." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Aaron Neville – Everybody Plays the Fool". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  20. 1 2 "AllMusic awards". AllMusic . Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Top 100 1991-10-26". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Recorded Music New Zealand - Top Selling Singles of 1991" . Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  24. ↑ "1991". Longbored Surfer. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
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