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Famous Last Words of a Fool

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"Famous Last Words of a Fool"
Single by George Strait
from the album If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'
B-side"It's Too Late Now"
ReleasedJanuary 11, 1988
RecordedSeptember 30, 1987
GenreHonky-tonk[1]
Length
  • 3:37 (album version)
  • 3:19 (single edit)
LabelMCA 53248
Songwriter(s)Dean Dillon, Rex Huston
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen, George Strait
George Strait singles chronology
"Am I Blue"
(1987)
"Famous Last Words of a Fool"
(1988)
"Baby Blue"
(1988)

"Famous Last Words of a Fool" is a song written by Dean Dillon and Rex Huston, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait. It was released in January 1988 as the first single from his album If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin'.

The song was originally recorded by Dillon, whose version peaked at number 67 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1983.

Critical reception

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Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B− grade, calling it "a solid song, but Strait’s performance is oddly distant, and he sings it in a register that’s slightly too low."[2] Lorie Liebig of The Boot referred to the song as a "Strait classic" and a "honky-tonk tearjerker."[1]

Chart performance

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Dean Dillon

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Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 67

George Strait

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 1[5]
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

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Chart (1988) Position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[6] 55
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 46

References

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  1. ^ a b Liebig, Lorie (November 18, 2022). "Ranking All 60 of George Strait's". The Boot. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
  2. ^ CountryUniverse.net Song review
  3. ^ "Dean Dillon Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "George Strait Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006 (Second ed.). Record Research. p. 336.
  6. ^ "Top 100 Country Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. December 24, 1988. p. 15.
  7. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved July 6, 2021.