"Fool for You" is a song by American soul singer
CeeLo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway - Burton (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actor. He is known for his work in hip hop and R&B, including the Gnarls ...
from his third studio album, ''
The Lady Killer''. The song was solicited to radio as the album's third single on March 8, 2011. The single version of the track features guest vocals from Canadian singer
Melanie Fiona
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. No music video was released for the song.
At the
54th Grammy Awards, "Fool for You" won in two categories:
Best Traditional R&B Performance
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and
Best R&B Song
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.
Background
Green first premiered the new version of "Fool for You", featuring vocals from Fiona, by making it available as a free download via his official Facebook page. The song was released as a digital download and a CD single, with both releases featuring the song "Bridges", previously only available as an
Amazon MP3
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digital download.
A demo was originally done by
Jamie Foxx
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for his album
Best Night of My Life
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but was given to
Cee-Lo
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instead.
Critical reception
Joshua Klein of
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to ...
said Cee Lo Green "happily shares (the spotlight) with Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey on "Fool For You"."
Andy Kellman of
Allmusic
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wrote "The infectiously beaming "Fool for You," served with a choppy gait, carries as much pride as
Ray Charles
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' "
A Fool for You."
Jody Rosen
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Career Journalism
Rosen served as critic-at-large for '' T: The New York Times Style Magaz ...
of
Rolling Stone
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found that "Fool for You" slides from silken ballad to gospel funk." Mike Diver of the
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acclaimed "Fool for You is the closest an artist of today will come to capturing the magic that made