Fools like Me

"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.

"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]
GenreCountry,[3] rock and roll
Length2:27
LabelSun
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)

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]

References
  1. "ultratop.be - Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential". Ultratop. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. Oleg Usmanov (2004). Герои рок-н-ролла. ОЛМА Медиа Групп. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-5-224-04606-5.
  3. Michael Gray (2000). Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan. Cassell. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-304-70762-1.
  4. Joe Bonomo (1 June 2010). Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 26–. ISBN 978-1-4411-2588-0.
  5. Joel Whitburn (2007). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-172-7.
  6. George Albert (1 January 1984). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
  7. Mark Lewisohn (14 November 2013). The Beatles - All These Years - Extended Special Edition: Volume One: Tune In. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 650–. ISBN 978-1-4087-0545-2.
  8. Peter Doggett (17 December 2009). The Art And Music Of John Lennon. Omnibus Press. pp. 327–. ISBN 978-0-85712-126-4.
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