'' Foolish Behaviour '' is Rod Stewart's tenth studio album, released on 21 November 1980 on the

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label in the United Kingdom (RVLP 11) and on

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in both The United States (HS 3485) and Germany (WB 56 865). The tracks were recorded at

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in Los Angeles from February to September 1980. " Passion", "My Girl", " Somebody Special", "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" and " Gi' Me Wings" were released as singles. The video to another song on the album, "She Won't Dance With Me", was the third video to be played on MTV when it launched 1 August 1981. The lyrics contain the use of the word " fuck" which remained unedited in the video.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar,

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and

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; except where noted. Side one #"Better off Dead" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar,

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) – 3:07 #" Passion" – 5:29 #"Foolish Behaviour" – 4:24 #"So Soon We Change" – 3:44 #"Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" – 5:02 Side two #" Gi' Me Wings" – 3:47 #"My Girl" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Cregan,

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, Appice) – 4:27 #"She Won’t Dance with Me" (Stewart, Jorge Ben) – 2:30 #" Somebody Special" (Stewart, Steve Harley, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger) – 4:29 #"Say It Ain’t True" – 4:02 German cassette release bonus track #" I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Live) ( Willie Dixon) *"Passion" was also released as a promo 12" single with a track length of 7:30. This extended version was also a bonus track on the US 8-track and US cassette releases.

Personnel

*Rod Stewart – vocals, harmonica *

(A 5 all guitars ),

(Dobro A 3 ), Billy Peek (A 1, B 3) – guitar *

Phil Chen Phillip David Chen (21 October 1946 – 14 December 2021) was a Jamaican bassist. He was one of England's most utilized session bassists during the 1970s and 1980s, including Jeff Beck, and the Rod Stewart band from 1977 to 1980, but is prob ...

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(B 1 - B 3), James Haslip (A 5) – bass guitar *

– drums, timpani *

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(A 5, B 4, B 5), Roger Bethelmy (A 4) – drums *

Kevin Savigar Kevin Savigar (born 9 November 1956) is an English session keyboardist, record producer, songwriter, and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. Perhaps most recognised for his longtime collaboration with Rod Stewart, Savigar has also contributed to ...

, John Jarvis – keyboards * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion *Phil Kenzie, Earl Price, James Gordon – saxophone *Billy Lamb, Jim Price – trombone *Lee Thornburg – trumpet *Sid Page – violin *Susan Grindell,

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, Dianne Steinberg, Dee Archer,

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, The Rod Stewart Group – backing vocals *

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– string arrangements ;Technical *Rick Charles Delena – second engineer *Mixed by Jeremy Andrew Johns and the Somerset Segovia *Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

Certifications

References

External links

ABOUT ROD – Discography: Foolish Behaviour
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