What a Fool Believes

~ Recording by Aretha Franklin

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • US1980-09-30
AristaAL 9538
1.6What a Fool Believes?:??Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • US1980-09-30
AristaATC 9538
1.6What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
Arista25RS-108
1.6What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
AristaA25D-16
1.6What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
AristaARCD-8556
1.6What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • JP1994-04-21
AristaBVCA-1026
1.6What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • JP2008-05-07
AristaBVCM-35279
1.4What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinFerry Maat's Soul Show Classics, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-11-28
PTG RecordsPTG 34058
2.5What a Fool Believes5:14Aretha FranklinA Deeper Love: The Best of Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2009-06-15
Camden Deluxe886975365524
2.6What a Fool Believes (original album version)5:08Aretha FranklinDisco Discharge: American HotVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2012-03-26
HarmlessHURTCD114
1.6What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • GB2012-07-23
Big Break RecordsCDBBR 0173
1.6What a Fool Believes?:??Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • GB2012-07-30
Big Break RecordsCDBBR 0173
2.3What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinThe Real… Aretha FranklinAretha FranklinAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor88843097242
1.19What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinLight Mellow SEALINEVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-08-02
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint)SICP-5531, SICP-5532, SICP-5533
1.6What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
  • JP2017-08-23
AristaSICP-5500
1.3What a Fool Believes?:??Aretha FranklinLight Mellow SEALINEVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-12-27
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint)SIJP-59
1.3What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha FranklinLIGHT MELLOW SealineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2017-12-27
Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS walking eye imprint)
3.6What a Fool Believes5:13Aretha Franklin100 Hits: The Best Disco AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2018-11-02
100 HitsDMGN100225
1.6What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinArethaAretha FranklinAlbum
Arista
1.6What a Fool Believes5:12Aretha FranklinAretha (expanded edition)Aretha FranklinAlbum
Arista, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

additional recording engineer:Lew Hahn
recording engineer:Jeremy Smith (producer/engineer)
synthesizer programming:Todd Cochran
assistant engineer:Michael O’Reilly (engineer)
Stewart Whitemore
producer:Arif Mardin
mixer:Lew Hahn
Arif Mardin
Gene Paul
bass guitar [bass]:Louis Johnson (bass, member of Brothers Johnson)
drums (drum set):Jeff Porcaro
electric piano and synthesizer:David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer)
guitar:Steve Lukather
David Williams (session guitarist and songwriter)
solo alto saxophone:David Sanborn
additional background vocals:Hamish Stuart (Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer composer & producer)
background vocals and lead vocals:Aretha Franklin
arranger:Arif Mardin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1980)
additionally recorded at:Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recorded at:Sound Lab Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
additionally edited at:Cherokee Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/108491 [info]
recording of:What a Fool Believes (cover)

Related works

What a Fool Believes

writer:Ken Loggins
Mike McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
publisher:シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント
ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
日音 Synch事業部
Milk Money Music (in 1978)
Snug Music (in 1978)
is the basis for:The End