Foolin'

"Foolin'"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Pyromania
B-side"Comin' Under Fire"
ReleasedAugust 1983 (US)[1]
Recorded1982
Studio
GenreHeavy metal[2]
Length4:34
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Rock of Ages"
(1983)
"Foolin'"
(1983)
"Too Late for Love"
(1983)
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]

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 212. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  4. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 3 September 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. ^ Rolli, Bryan (24 November 2023). "Top 30 Glam Metal Albums". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

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