Foolish Games
Jewel
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You took your coat off, stood in the rain, You're always crazy like that. I watched from my window, Always felt I was outside, looking in on you. You're always the mysterious one with Dark eyes and careless hair, You were fashionably sensitive But too cool to care. You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say Besides some comment on the weather Well in case you failed to notice, In case you failed to see, This is my heart bleeding before you, This is me down on my knees And these foolish games are tearing me apart, And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart You're always brilliant in the morning, Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones As I clumsily strummed my guitar You'd teach me of honest things, Things that were daring, things that were clean Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean I hid my soiled hands behind my back Somewhere along the line, I must have gone off track with you Excuse me, guess I've mistaken you for somebody else, Somebody who gave a damn, Somebody more like myself And these foolish games are tearing me, Your tearing me, your tearing me apart And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart. And you took your coat off, stood in the rain, You're always crazy like that
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Written by: Jewel Kilcher
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Downtown Music Publishing
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10 facts about this song
Background Information"Foolish Games" is a song by American recording artist Jewel from her debut studio album, "Pieces of You". It was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1997 film "Batman & Robin".
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Release HistoryThe song was initially released as an album cut in February 1995, but gained greater success when it was released as a single in 1997.
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Chart Success"Foolish Games" peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and stayed in the charts for 65 weeks. At the time, this was a record for the longest chart stay for a song by a female artist.
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International SuccessAcross the globe, the song found success as well. It reached the top 10 in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, and charted in several European countries.
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Grammy NominationJewel received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Foolish Games" in 1998.
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Song CompositionJewel wrote this song when she was just 16 years old. It is written in the key of C Major and is set in time signature of common time with a moderate tempo of 76 beats per minute.
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Inspirational BackgroundThe song is said to have been inspired by an ex-boyfriend of Jewel's. Some reports suggest it was about Steve Poltz, a collaborator of Jewel's and the co-writer of her hit song "You Were Meant for Me".
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Music Style"Foolish Games" is a pop ballad that features Jewel's distinctive yodeling-style, falsetto vocal technique.
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Music VideoThe music video for "Foolish Games" intersperses scenes from "Batman & Robin" with shots of Jewel performing the song. It was directed by Sean Penn's brother, Michael Penn.
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LegacyDespite being over two decades old, "Foolish Games" continues to be one of Jewel's most popular songs. It set a trend for female performers in the 90s and placed Jewel firmly on the world's musical map.
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