"Fool Again" is a song by Irish

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. It was released on 27 March 2000 as the fifth and last single from their self-titled debut album (1999). The song debuted and peaked at number two in the band's native Ireland, making it the first Westlife song not to top the Irish chart. It became the band's fifth consecutive UK number-one single and spent 12 weeks on charts. To date, it has sold over 215,000 copies in UK, and it is the band's 14th-best-selling single in paid-for sales as well as their 13th-best-selling single in combined sales as of January 2019.

Composition

"Fool Again" was composed in the traditional

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, with Filan and Feehily's vocal ranging from the chords of B₃ to A₅.

Music video

The video for the single was filmed in

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Track listings

UK CD single # "Fool Again" (2000 remix) # "Tunnel of Love" # "Fool Again" (enhanced section) UK cassette single and European CD single # "Fool Again" (2000 remix) # "Tunnel of Love"

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the UK CD single and ''

'' liner notes. Studios * Recorded and mixed at

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(Stockholm, Sweden) * Strings recorded at Soundtrade Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) * Mastered at Cutting Room (Stockholm, Sweden) Personnel *

Jörgen Elofsson Kjell Åke Jörgen Elofsson (born 14 January 1962) is a Swedish songwriter. He was one of the writers of the songwriter-team at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm (along with Denniz PoP, Max Martin, Kristian Lundin, Andreas Carlsson, Rami Yacoub, Pe ...

– writing *

Per Magnusson Per Magnusson (born 30 May 1969) is a Swedish music producer and songwriter. His musical career took off in 1994 as one of the original team members of the now-legendary Cheiron Productions, meeting great international success working with Boyz ...

– writing, keyboards, production, arrangement, programming *

David Kreuger David Kreuger is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Career David Kreuger began at Cheiron Studios in the spring of 1993. During the period 1993-1997, he worked with Per Magnusson on several projects. Together, they produced and wrote song ...

– writing, arrangement, programming *

Andreas Carlsson Andreas Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter. Biography Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson, Kr ...

– additional backing vocals * Anders von Hofsten – additional backing vocals * Esbjörn Öhrwall – acoustic and electric guitars * Mats Berntoft – acoustic and electric guitars * John Doe – drums * Gustave Lund – percussion * Ulf & Henrik Janson – string arrangement * David Kreuger – production * Ronny Lahti – mixing * Björn Engelmann – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

Official Westlife website
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