A Fool for a Fool

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"A Fool for a Fool"
File:Ike-and-tina-turner-a-fool-for-a-fool-1964.jpg
Single by Ike & Tina Turner
B-side"No Tears To Cry"
ReleasedApril 1964
Length2:34
LabelWarner Bros. Records
SongwriterIke Turner
ProducerBuck Ram
Ike & Tina Turner singles chronology
"You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had"
(1964)
"A Fool for a Fool"
(1964)
"It's All Over"
(1964)

"A Fool For A Fool" is a song written by Ike Turner, and released by Ike & Tina Turner in 1964.

Release

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"A Fool For A Fool" was written by Ike Turner produced by Buck Ram. Ram wrote and produced the B-side "No Tears To Cry." Released as a non-album track in April 1964, the single reached No. 47 on the Cash Box R&B chart.[1] At the time of the release, Billboard magazine had discontinued their R&B singles chart from November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965. Billboard therefore uses Cash Box magazine's stat in their place.[2]

"A Fool For A Fool" was reissued on the compilation album The Ike & Tina Turner Story: 1960–1975 in 2007.

Critical reception

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Cash Box (May 2, 1964): "Chances are Ike & Tina Turner will get back on the big hit track with this Warner Bros. bow. Side to watch is 'A Fool For A Fool,' an infectious rock-a-rhythmic cha cha weeper that has Ike's instrumentalists tastefully backing up Tina's winning (partly) multi-tracked vocal. Backing's a heartfelt beat-balled opus that also rates attention."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Fool For A Fool"Ike Turner2:34
2."No Tears To Cry"Buck Ram2:34

Chart performance

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Chart (1964) Peak
position
US Billboard R&B Singles[1] 47
US Cash Box Top 50 R&B[4] 47

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