Fool in Love with You

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"Fool in Love with You"
"Fool in Love with You - J. Photoglo.jpg
Single by Jim Photoglo
from the album Fool in Love With You
B-side "Ruled by My Heart" (U.S.) "Angelina" (International)
ReleasedApril 1981
Genre Soft rock
Length3:30
Label 20th Century
Songwriter(s) Neary, J. Photoglo
Producer(s) Brian Francis
Jim Photoglo singles chronology
"We Were Meant to Be Lovers"
(1980)
"Fool in Love with You"
(1981)
"Tonight Will Last Forever"
(1981)
Alternative cover art
Fool in Love with You - Jim Photoglo.jpg
Title track of LP

"Fool in Love with You" is a 1981 song by Jim Photoglo. It is the title track of his debut album and the first release from the LP, although it was his second single to chart.

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"Fool in Love with You" is Photoglo's most successful song, reaching number 25 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] and number 23 on Cash Box. [2] It spent four months on the American charts.

The song was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching #11 in Canada and #12 U.S. [3]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary11
US Billboard Hot 100 [1] 25
US Billboard Adult Contemporary [4] 12
US Cash Box Top 100 [2] 23

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References

  1. 1 2 Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  2. 1 2 "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 11, 1981". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 188.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 188.