| "Foolin'" | ||||
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| Single by Def Leppard | ||||
| from the album Pyromania | ||||
| B-side | "Comin' Under Fire" | |||
| Released | August 1983 (US)[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
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| Genre | Heavy metal[2] | |||
| Length | 4:34 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Def Leppard singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Foolin'" on YouTube | ||||
"Foolin'" is a 1983 single by English heavy metal band Def Leppard from their diamond album Pyromania. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3]
Cash Box said "Foolin'" has "structural similarities to [earlier Def Leppard single] 'Photograph' and follows in that single’s skillful pop blend of melodicism and metallicism."[4] Ultimate Classic Rock described the song as a "mid-tempo rocker".[5]
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 212. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". 2003. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
Photograph," "Rock of Ages" and "Foolin'" have become heavy metal anthems
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 3 September 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ Rolli, Bryan (24 November 2023). "Top 30 Glam Metal Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 3 December 2023.