“Fooled Around and Fell in Love” peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976 and was certified Gold. It also reached the top 40 in four other countries including the UK.
Bishop felt his voice did not fit well while recording the song, so he asked one of his band’s backing singers to sing it inste...
[Verse 1]
I must have been through about a million girls
I'd love 'em then I'd leave 'em alone
I didn't care how much they cried, no sir
Their tears left me cold as a stone
[Chorus]
But then I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love, yes I did
I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love
[Verse 2]
It used to be when I'd see a girl that I liked
I'd get out my book and write down her name
Ah, but when the, the grass got a little greener over on the other side
I'd just tear out that page
[Chorus]
But then I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love, since I met you baby
I fooled around and fell in love
I fooled around and fell in love
[Verse 3]
Free, on my own is the way I used to be
Ah, but since I met you baby, love's got a hold on me
(Fooled around and fell in love)
It's got a hold on me now
(Fooled around and fell in love)
I can't let go of you baby
(Fooled around and fell in love)
I can't stop loving you now
(Fooled around and fell in love)
[Outro]
'Cause I fooled around, I fooled around, I fooled around, I fooled around
I fooled around, I fooled around, and I fell in love
I fooled around, I fooled around, yes I did, I fooled around
I fooled around (and I fell in love), I fooled around
'Cause I fooled around, and I fell in love
I fooled around
I fooled around, and I fell in love
Some of you know what I am trying to say
Fooled Around and Fell in Love was written by Elvin Bishop.
Fooled Around and Fell in Love was produced by Bill Szymczyk & Allan Blazek.
Bishop told Songfacts:
The producer, Bill Szymczyk, said, ‘We need one more piece of material here. You got anything else laying around?’ … I said, ‘How about this 'Fooled Around and Fell In Love’?‘ We cut a track, it was a really nice track. I tried singing it, and I said, 'That’s not buttering my...