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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]
The album spent 87 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. In the spring of 1979 Minute by Minute was the best-selling album in the U.S. for five non-consecutive weeks. [1] It was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. [2] The song "What a Fool Believes" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1979 and became the
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.
Album of the year, song of the year, ... "What a Fool Believes" – The Doobie Brothers (22nd Grammy Awards in 1980) "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (23rd Grammy Awards in 1981)
The group's 1978 studio album, Minute by Minute, 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. Simmons with The Doobie Brothers in 2006
"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."
The Doobie Brothers, ‘What a Fool Believes’ If Cross is the president of yacht rock, then the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald is his veep. (Bonus cred: Loggins cowrote this song.)
Kenny Loggins had a run of successful singles in the '80s, when he was known as the "King of the Movie Soundtrack." His 1984 No. 1 hit, "Footloose," from the movie of the same, was one of the ...