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"What a Fool Believes" is a song written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins. The best-known version was recorded by The Doobie Brothers (with McDonald singing lead vocals) for their 1978 album Minute by Minute. Debuting at number 73 on January 20, 1979, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 14, 1979, for one week. [7]
Minute by Minute made the Doobie Brothers one of the big winners at the 22nd Grammy Awards. The album got the trophy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and received a nomination for Album of the Year. The single "What a Fool Believes" earned them three Grammys, including Song and Record of the Year.
Their first greatest hits album, released in 1976, "Best of The Doobies," achieved diamond status. Two of the Doobie Brothers' singles hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100: "Black Water" in 1974 and "What A Fool Believes" in 1979. That song was ranked number 19 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979.
"Minute by Minute" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Song of the Year but lost to the Doobie Brothers' prior single, "What a Fool Believes". [14] Co-writer Michael McDonald was surprised by the song's success after a friend had told him that the song "just doesn't have it." [15] Craig rated it as the Doobie Brothers' 6th greatest song. [7]
The group's fourteen studio albums include six top-ten appearances on the Billboard 200 album chart, including 1978's Minute by Minute, which reached number one for five weeks, and won the band a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, while the single "What a Fool Believes" from the album won three Grammys itself.
Touring with Michael McDonald for the first time since the '90s, the Doobie Brothers are riding a vibe shift, driven by yacht-rock nostalgia and a Rock Hall induction.