Fooled by a Smile

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"Fooled by a Smile"
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Single by Swing Out Sister
from the album It's Better to Travel
B-side "Fever"
ReleasedJune 1987
Recorded1986
Genre Northern soul [1]
Label Mercury Records
Songwriter(s) Connell/Drewery/Jackson
Producer(s) Paul Staveley O'Duffy
Swing Out Sister singles chronology
"Twilight World"
(1987)
"Fooled by a Smile"
(1987)
"You on My Mind"
(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. [2]

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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.

Music video

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. [3]

As with "Twilight World," "Fooled by a Smile" would include segments shot in Super-8.

Critical reception

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. [4]

Remixes

  1. "Fooled by a Smile" (7" Remix/TV Mix) (As featured on the UK - Best Of - CD Album Breakout and the 7" Single)
  2. "Fooled by a Smile" (Album Version) (Taken from the Album It's Better To Travel )
  3. "Fooled by a Smile" (Ralph Mix) (As featured on the Japanese CD Album Another Non-Stop Sister and the UK 12" Single)
  4. "Fooled by a Smile" (Phi Phi Mix) (As featured on the Japanese CD Album Swing 3 , the VERY 'Limited Edition' Japanese CD Remixes and Others from the "Splendid Collection" and the Japanese 7" Single)

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References

  1. Mason, Stewart. Swing Out Sister - It's Better to Travel (1987) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  2. Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
  3. The Salton Sea iamnotastalker.com. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  4. Smith, Jerry (4 July 1987). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 25. Retrieved 11 September 2023 via World Radio History.