Chris Rea: Fool (If You Think It's Over) LIVE TOP 9-28-78 (My “Remastered” Stereo Studio Sound Edit)

Chris Rea: Fool (If You Think It's Over) "Live" on Top Of The Pops – September 28, 1978 (My “Remastered” Stereo Studio Sound Edit)

"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" is a popular song originally released in 1978 by the British singer-songwriter Chris Rea. Rea also wrote the lyrics and composed the music of the song, which appears on his 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?. It peaked number 12 in the US, becoming his highest charting single there. The single's charting success in the US earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979.

The song's inspiration was the experience Rea's younger sister Paula had had some years previously of being devastated at losing her first boyfriend. Rea wrote "Fool" intending that it be recorded by Al Green. He intended it to be a Memphis blues song, but according to Rea, "It ended up being this huge California thing. It’s the only track I never played guitar on which tells you something about the spirit of it. On top of that, it was just a huge hit. So there was nothing I could do. It was like: 'This is not me!'" Rea played keyboards on "Fool" with the track's background vocals provided by Rea and the Mill's assistant engineer Stuart Epps.