Fools (song)

"Fools"
Single by Alphaville
from the album Prostitute
A-side"Fools"
ReleasedJuly 1994
Recorded1989–1993
StudioLunapark Studios, Berlin
GenreSynth-pop
Length3:54
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alphaville
Alphaville singles chronology
"Big in Japan 1992 A.D."
(1992)
"Fools"
(1994)
"The Impossible Dream"
(1994)
Music video
"Fools" on YouTube

"Fools" is a song by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in July 1994, by WEA, as the first single from their fourth album, Prostitute (1994). It was written by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Ricky Echolette, and produced by the band. The single became a top-40 hit in Finland and a top-70 hit in the band's native Germany. "Fools" is also their fourteenth single overall and the last Alphaville single to chart in any country until "I Die for You Today" in 2011.