Kissing A Fool

Album: Faith (1987)
Charted: 18 5
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Songfacts®:

  • This single continued George Michael's string of solo hits, but it was a major departure from his typical sound. It's meant to recall jazz and the blues of earlier times, which was reinforced with the black-and-white music video. This helped introduce him to a new audience, as it reached #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts.

    Michael wrote the lyrics, in which he expresses his uncertainties about finding romance due to the baggage of his past relationships.
  • This was the last of six singles to chart from the Faith album. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Mike - Santa Barbara, CA, for above 2

Comments: 4

  • Victoria Semenenko George Michael's Baby from UkraineThe video was filmed September 16th 1988 in Vancouver, Canada.
  • Viktoria Semenenko from UkraineAnd Mare Soir is absolutely right in interpretation.
  • Susan from Airdrie, -He was so talented. Well, still is. It's a shame what happened. Hopefully he'll release an album and wow us all again. :)
  • Mare Soir from Oceanside, Ca I think this song is about a person who was afraid to get involved with his celebrity: "I'm never gonna be your star." Also he may have thought she was influenced by the people around her:"You listened to people who scared you to death and from my heart." It is a heartbreaking ballad.When I heard this song, I thought how lucky the person accused of "kissing a fool" was and that the inverse had to be true! Noone would ever reject this artist unless there was a reason that noone including the person involved or the artist could ever understand. It sounds like a tragic love affair thwarted by some dark mystery.That's just my thought. Art is art. If it is not autobiographical it leaves one to wonder.
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