Foolish (song)

Single infobox
Name = Foolish


Artist = Ashanti
from Album = Ashanti
Released = February 2002
Format = CD single
Length = 3:47
Worldwide Certification = Platinum ( 2,500,000 points)
Genre = R&B, pop
Producer = Irv Gotti
Label = Murder Inc.
Writer = 7 Aurelius, M. DeBarge, Ashanti, E. Jordan, Irv Gotti
Certification = Platinum (ARIA) Platinum (Worldwide) 2.6 million points
Last single = "What's Luv?"
(2002)
This single = "Foolish"
(2002)
Next single = "Happy"
(2002)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = UK cover "Foolish" is the 2002 platinum selling debut single by R&B/pop singer Ashanti, produced by Irv Gotti and taken from her self-named album. The song samples DeBarge's 1983 song "Stay with Me" in an identical manner to The Notorious B.I.G.'s "One More Chance (remix)" and Big L's M.V.P.

It spent ten weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from April 20, 2002, its success enhanced by the release of a remix entitled "Unfoolish", which contains the first verse of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "F***ing You Tonight" as the third rap verse.The song received 2,500,000 points on the united world chart.

Track listings

European CD Single
#"Foolish" [Radio Edit] - 3:52
#"Necio" (Spanish Version) - 3:52
#"Foolish" [Instrumental] - 3:52

Australian/U.S. Maxi single
#"Foolish" [Radio Edit] - 3:52
#"Foolish" [Album Version] - 3:48
#"Foolish" [Instrumental] - 3:51
#"Foolish" [Video]

UK 5" CD single
#"Foolish" [Album Version] - 3:48
#"Unfoolish" [Clean Album Version] - 3:15
#"Foolish" [Topnotch Remix]
#"Foolish" [Video]

Music video and awards

The filming session of the video for the single took place during January 2002. It was directed by Irv Gotti himself. The video grants us an insight of a relationship where the man, played by Terrence Howard, gets involved into some criminal acts, cheats on Ashanti, which ends up in a break-up after some quarrel. As the song suggests, Ashanti feels that she still loves her ex and that she just can't seem to get over him and becomes frusturated since her heart and her mind force her to love him and hate him at the same time. In supporting roles we can also see Charli Baltimore, Vita, Ja Rule and Irv Gotti. The video is set in the fashion of the movie Goodfellas, with Ashanti in the role of Karen Hill and Terrence Howard in the role of Henry Hill. Irv Gotti and Ja Rule are also in a scene appearing to take the roles of Jimmy Conway and Paulie Cicero. The video was a three-time nominee at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards for "Best Female Video", "Best R&B Video", and "Best New Artist".

The song was nominated at the 2003 Grammy Awards for "Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female", and Ashanti for "Best New artist" and won a Soul Train Music Awards for "Best R&B/Soul Single for Female"

There are several Ashanti publications and releases under the name "Foolish" and "Unfoolish" and inspired by the single (or vice-versa). A book called "Foolish/Unfoolish - Reflections on love" contains Ashanti's teenage poems and diary extracts. It was followed by an audio book with the same name defined as "A spoken word album - read by the author" released by Hyperion.

Chart performance

Filmmaking credits

*Production Company : FM Rocks
*Producer : Tom Fenning
*Photographer : "Crash"
*1st assistant director : Joe Oz
*Main actor : Terrence Howard

External links

* [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=1829 Music Video Database]
* [http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PAshanti.htm Chart Data]
* [http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-a/ashanti.htm Rock on the Net]
* [http://top40-charts.com/song.php?sid=3348&sort=chartid&string=Foolish Top 40-charts]
* [http://www.hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=078688844X "Foolish/Unfoolish: Reflections on Love"] book page at publisher Hyperion

See also

* Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2002 (USA)