Fool Hearted Memory

"Fool Hearted Memory"
Single by George Strait
from the album Strait from the Heart
B-side"The Steal of the Night"
ReleasedMay 27, 1982
RecordedSeptember 9, 1981
Genre
Length
  • 2:40 (album version)
  • 2:12 (single edit)
LabelMCA 12236
Songwriter(s)Byron Hill
Blake Mevis
Producer(s)Blake Mevis
George Strait singles chronology
"If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)"
(1982)
"Fool Hearted Memory"
(1982)
"Marina del Rey"
(1982)

"Fool Hearted Memory" is a song written by Byron Hill and Blake Mevis, and recorded by American country music singer George Strait. The song was Strait's first number 1 single (Billboard Magazine, 1982).[1] It was released in May 1982 as the first single from Strait's Strait from the Heart album, and was included in the soundtrack of the feature film The Soldier on Embassy Films. The song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1982.