Fools like Me

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"Fools like Me"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano
from the album Jerry Lee Lewis
A-side "High School Confidential"
"Fools like Me"
ReleasedMay 1958 [1] [2]
Genre Country, [3] rock and roll
Length2:27
Label Sun
Songwriter(s) Jack Clement, Murphy "Pee Wee" Maddox
Producer(s) Shelby Singleton
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"Lewis Boogie" / "The Return of Jerry Lee"
(1958)
" High School Confidential" / "Fools like Me"
(1958)
"Breathless" / "Down the Line"
(1958)

"Fools like Me" is a song by Jerry Lee Lewis, who released it as a single, with "High School Confidential" on the other side, in 1958 on Sun Records.

Contents

According to Joe Bonomo's book Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, the song was a top-10 country hit. [4]

Track listing

7" single (Sun 296, 1958) [1] [5]
No.TitleLength
1."High School Confidential"2:27
2."Fools like Me"2:48

Charts

Chart (1958)Peak
position
U.S. Cash Box Country Singles [6] 30

Covers

Moon Mullican did a version of the song in the early 1960s.

The song was performed by The Beatles [7] and by John Lennon with Yoko Ono. [8]

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