Fool (If You Think It's Over)

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
Single by Chris Rea
from the album Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?
B-side"Midnight Love"
Released24 March 1978[1]
Recorded1977
StudioThe Mill
GenreSoft rock[2]
Length3:39 (single version)
4:47 (album version)
LabelMagnet (UK)
United Artists (US)
Songwriter(s)Chris Rea
Producer(s)Gus Dudgeon
Chris Rea singles chronology
"So Much Love"
(1974)
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
(1978)
"Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?"
(1978)
Music video
"Fool If You Think Its Over (Official Music Video)" on YouTube
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
Single by Chris Rea
from the album New Light Through Old Windows
B-side"Loving You Again (live)"
ReleasedOctober 1988
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length4:03
LabelMagnet
Songwriter(s)Chris Rea
Producer(s)Chris Rea, Jon Kelly
Chris Rea Dutch singles chronology
"On The Beach (Summer '88)"
(1988)
"Fool (If You Think It's Over)"
(1988)
"Driving Home for Christmas - The Christmas EP"
(1988)
"Fool If You Think It's Over"
Single by Elkie Brooks
from the album Pearls
B-side"Givin' It Up for Your Love"
ReleasedDecember 1981
Recorded1980
StudioThe Mill
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length3:55 (single version)
4:58 (album version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Chris Rea
Producer(s)Gus Dudgeon
Elkie Brooks singles chronology
"Warm & Tender Lover"
(1981)
"Fool If You Think It's Over"
(1981)
"Our Love"
(1982)

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" is a song written and originally released in 1978 by English singer-songwriter Chris Rea. It appears on his debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?, and peaked at number 12 in the US, becoming his highest charting single there. The single's charting success in the US earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979.[3]

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 88.
  2. ^ Fletcher, Rebecca (28 September 2002). "Interview: Chris Rea - MY ROAD FROM HELL; How a near-death experience made singer Chris Rea realise what he really wanted out of life". Daily Mirror. TheFreeLibrary.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Bee Gees Head Lists For 6 Grammy Awards". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. The News-Journal Corporation. 9 January 1979. Retrieved 23 April 2010.