Foolish Behaviour

Foolish Behaviour
Studio album by Rod Stewart
Released	21 November 1980
Recorded	November–December 1979; February–September 1980
Studio	Record Plant; Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Rock, pop rock
Length	41:01
Label	Warner Bros., Riva
Producer	Harry the Hook, The Rod Stewart Group, Jeremy Andrew Johns (except "She Won’t Dance With Me" – Tom Dowd)
Rod Stewart chronology
Rod Stewart Greatest Hits Vol.1 (1979) Foolish Behaviour (1980) Tonight I'm Yours (1981)
Singles from Foolish Behaviour
"Passion" Released: October 1980 "My Girl" Released: December 1980 "Somebody Special" Released: March 1981 (US) "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" Released: March 1981 (UK) "Gi' Me Wings" Released: May 1981 (Japan)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau	C+
Record Mirror

Foolish Behaviour is Rod Stewart's tenth studio album, released on 21 November 1980 on the Riva label in the United Kingdom (RVLP 11) and on Warner Bros. Records in both The United States (HS 3485) and Germany (WB 56 865). The tracks were recorded at The Record Plant Studios and Cherokee Studios 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 was edited out by means of a foghorn sound playing over the offending word, and a crudely superimposed heron covering Stewart's mouth. In order to maintain a sense of continuity, the heron can briefly be seen again at around the 2.00 mark, attacking the backing singers before flying off.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger; except where noted.

Side one

1. "Better off Dead" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Carmine Appice) – 3:07
2. "Passion" – 5:29
3. "Foolish Behaviour" – 4:24
4. "So Soon We Change" – 3:44
5. "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" – 5:02

Side two

1. "Gi' Me Wings" – 3:47
2. "My Girl" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, Appice) – 4:27
3. "She Won’t Dance with Me" (Stewart, Jorge Ben) – 2:30
4. "Somebody Special" (Stewart, Steve Harley, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger) – 4:29
5. "Say It Ain’t True" – 4:02

German cassette release bonus track

1. "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
• Jim Cregan (A 5 all guitars ), Gary Grainger (Dobro A 3 ), Billy Peek (A 1, B 3) – guitar
• Phil Chen, Tim Bogert (B 1–B 3), James Haslip (A 5) – bass guitar
• Carmine Appice – drums, timpani
• Colin Allen (A 5, B 4, B 5), Roger Bethelmy (A 4) – drums
• Kevin Savigar, 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, Valerie Carter, Dianne Steinberg, Dee Archer, Tony Brock, The Rod Stewart Group – backing vocals
• Del Newman – string arrangements

Technical

• Rick Charles Delena – second engineer
• Mixed by Jeremy Andrew Johns and the Somerset Segovia
• Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	9

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)	Platinum	100,000^
France (SNEP)	Gold	100,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Platinum	15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum	300,000^
United States (RIAA)	Platinum	1,000,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

• Foolish Behaviour album liner notes. Warner Bros.

External links

• ABOUT ROD – Discography: Foolish Behaviour Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine