Foolish Behaviour
Foolish Behaviour is Rod Stewart's tenth studio album released on 21 November 1980 and on the Riva label in the United Kingdom and on Warner Bros. Records in both The United States and Germany. 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" and "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" 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 remained unedited in the video.
Track listing
All tracks written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger; except where noted.Side one
- "Better off Dead" – 3:07
- "Passion" – 5:29
- "Foolish Behaviour" – 4:24
- "So Soon We Change" – 3:44
- "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" – 5:02
- "Gi’ Me Wings" – 3:47
- "My Girl" – 4:27
- "She Won’t Dance with Me" – 2:30
- "Somebody Special" – 4:29
- "Say It Ain’t True" – 4:02
- "I Just Wanna Make Love to You"
- The song "Passion" was also released as a Promo DJ-Only 12" Single. It's basically a continuation of the ad-lib vocals where the LP version fades, continuing to a time length of 7:30. This extended version was a bonus track on the US 8-track and US cassette releases. Oddly, where the album version timed out to 5:29, the 45RPM Single timed out to a few seconds longer of 5:35 making it essentially about :06 seconds longer than the album version. The Promo 45RPM Single/Radio Edit was shortened to 4:45, vividly editing the piano intro and going into a quick fade-out, just before the closing choruses. The B-side of the Radio Edit Promo was the 5:35 version, as was the B-side of the DJ-Only 12" Single.
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals, harmonica
- Jim Cregan , Gary Grainger, Billy Peek – guitar
- Phil Chen, Tim Bogert, James Haslip – bass guitar
- Carmine Appice – drums, timpani
- Colin Allen, Roger Bethelmy – 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
- Rick Charles Delena – second engineer
- Mixed by Jeremy Andrew Johns and the Somerset Segovia
- Karat Faye – engineer
Charts
| Year | Song | Rank |
| 1980 | "Passion" | 17, 5, 13 |
| 1980 | "My Girl" | 32 |
| 1981 | "Somebody Special" | 71 |
| 1981 | "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" | 74 |