I'm a Fool (song)

"I'm a Fool"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side	"I'm a Fool" "Serenade"
Released	February 26, 1956
Recorded	1955
Length	2:30
Label	Imperial
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Smith [1]
Slim Whitman singles chronology
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (1956) "I'm a Fool" / "Serenade" (1956) "The Whiffenpoof Song" (1956)
Slim Whitman UK singles chronology
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" / "Tell Me" (1956) "I'm a Fool" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three" (1956) "Serenade" / "I Talk to the Waves" (1956)

7-inch single (Imperial X8305, 1956, United States) ^{[3] [4]}

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool"	Tommy Smith
2.	"Serenade"	Nicholas Brodsky Sammy Cahn

7-inch single (London Records 45-HL-U 8252, 1956, UK) ^[5]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool"	Tommy Smith
2.	"My Heart Is Broken in Three"	Del Porter Ray Glaser Carl Hoefle

1967 version

"I'm a Fool"
Single by Slim Whitman
from the album 15th Anniversary Album
A-side	"I'm a Fool" "North Wind"
Released	1967
Recorded	1967
Genre	Country, western
Length	2:56
Label	Imperial
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Smith [1]

Track listing

7-inch single (Imperial 66268, United States) ^[6]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool" (from the Imperial album 15th Anniversary — LP-9342)	Tommy Smith
2.	"North Wind" (from the Imperial album 15th Anniversary — LP-9342)	R. Morris

Charts

Chart (1956)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) [7]	16
Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [8]	61

References

1. "Original versions of I'm a Fool written by Tommy Smith [US2]". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
2. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 3 November 1956. p. 48.
3. "Slim Whitman - Serenade / I'm A Fool". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
4. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 31, 1956 – via Google Books.
5. "Slim Whitman - I'm A Fool / My Heart Is Broken In Three". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
6. "Slim Whitman - I'm A Fool / North Wind". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
8. "Slim Whitman Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-03-11.