“You Don’t Fool Me” from 1995’s Made in Heaven is a dark yet passionate song which enunciates the concept of trust issues in relationships. It was released as a single in 1996, containing various remixes of the track, reaching #1 on the charts in Italy. It was written and composed by the band under...
[Intro: Freddie Mercury]
Oh
[Chorus: Freddie Mercury]
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
You don't fool me
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
You don't fool me
Na, na, na, na, na (Oh)
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, nah, ah
[Verse 1: Freddie Mercury]
You don't fool me, those pretty eyes
That sexy smile
You don't fool me, uh
You don't rule me, you're no surprise (Oh)
You're telling lies
Hey, you don't fool me
Mmm, Mama said, "Be careful of that girl"
Mama said, "You know that she's no good"
Mama said, "Be cool, don't you be no fool"
Yup, bup, ba, ba, ba, ba
Da, da, da, da
[Chorus: Freddie Mercury]
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
(She'll take you and break you, and break you)
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
(Sooner or later, you'll be playing by her rules)
[Guitar Solo]
(Oh)
(Oh)
[Bridge: Freddie Mercury]
Baby, you don't fool me, yeah
[Verse 2: Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor]
You don't fool me, you don't have to say don't mind
You don't have to teach me things I know
Sooner or later, you'll be playing by her rules
Oh (Fool you), oh (Rule you)
She'll take you (Take you)
And break you (Break you)
Yeah
[Bridge: Freddie Mercury]
Mama said, "Be cool"
Mama said, "She'll take you for a fool"
She'll take you and break you
Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba
Da, da, da, da, da
[Outro: Freddie Mercury & Roger Taylor]
Na, na, na, na, na (Oh)
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, ah
You don't fool me, you don't fool me
Na, na, na, na, na (Oh)
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, na
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, ah
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, na, na (Oh)
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, na
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, ah
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, na, na (Oh)
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, na
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
Na, na, na, ah
(You don't fool me, you don't fool me)
You Don’t Fool Me was written by Brian May & Freddie Mercury & John Deacon & Roger Taylor.
You Don’t Fool Me was produced by Joshua J Macrae & Justin Shirley-Smith & David Richards & Queen.
Queen released You Don’t Fool Me on Mon Nov 18 1996.
(In response to “Was ‘You Don’t Fool Me’ written in the late 80’s or during the Hot Space sessions…?”)
As I remember, the bare bones of this song You Don’t Fool Me (and they were VERY bare!) were put down in the last sessions we did with Freddie in Montreux. When it came to piecing together “Made i...