I'm a Fool (song)

"I'm a Fool"
"I'm a Fool"
Single by Slim Whitman
from the album 15th Anniversary Album
A-side	"I'm a Fool"; "North Wind"
Released	1967
Label	Imperial
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Smith

"I'm a Fool"
"I'm a Fool"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side	"I'm a Fool"; "Serenade"
Released	1956
Label	Imperial
Songwriter(s)	Tommy Smith
Slim Whitman singles chronology
Slim Whitman UK singles chronology
Audio
	"I'm a Fool" on YouTube

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Billboard	positive ("Spotlight" pick)^[2]

"I'm a Fool" is a song written by Tommy Smith and originally recorded by Slim Whitman.^[1]

Track listing

7-inch single (Imperial X8305, 1956, United States)^[3]^[4]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool"	Tommy Smith
2.	"Serenade"	Nicholas Brodsky Sammy Cahn

7-inch single (London Records 45-HL-U 8252, 1956, UK)^[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool"	Tommy Smith
2.	"My Heart Is Broken in Three"	Del Porter Ray Glaser Carl Hoefle

7-inch single (Imperial 66268, United States)^[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm a Fool" (from the Imperial album 15th Anniversary — LP-9342)	Tommy Smith
2.	"North Wind" (from the Imperial album 15th Anniversary — LP-9342)	R. Morris

Chart (1956)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	16
Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[8]	61

^ ^a ^b ^c "Original versions of I'm a Fool written by Tommy Smith [US2]". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 3 November 1956. p. 48.
^ "Slim Whitman - Serenade / I'm A Fool". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 31, 1956 – via Google Books.
^ "Slim Whitman - I'm A Fool / My Heart Is Broken In Three". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
^ "Slim Whitman - I'm A Fool / North Wind". Discogs. 1967. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
^ "Slim Whitman Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-03-11.