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2011 single by CeeLo Green featuring Melanie Fiona
"Fool for You " is a song by American soul singer CeeLo Green from his third studio album, The Lady Killer . The song was solicited to radio as the album's third single on March 8, 2011. The single version of the track features guest vocals from Canadian singer Melanie Fiona ; the album version, however, features vocals from American singer Philip Bailey . No music video was released for the song.
At the 54th Grammy Awards , "Fool for You" won in two categories: Best Traditional R&B Performance and Best R&B Song .[ 1]
Green first premiered the new version of "Fool for You", featuring vocals from Fiona, by making it available as a free download via his official Facebook page.[ 2] The song was released as a digital download and a CD single, with both releases featuring the song "Bridges", previously only available as an Amazon MP3 digital download.[ 3]
A demo was originally done by Jamie Foxx for his album Best Night of My Life but was given to Cee-Lo instead.
Joshua Klein of Pitchfork said Cee Lo Green "happily shares (the spotlight) with Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey on "Fool For You"."[ 4]
Andy Kellman of Allmusic wrote "The infectiously beaming "Fool for You," served with a choppy gait, carries as much pride as Ray Charles ' "A Fool for You ."[ 5] Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone found that "Fool for You" slides from silken ballad to gospel funk."[ 6] Mike Diver of the BBC acclaimed "Fool for You is the closest an artist of today will come to capturing the magic that made Marvin Gaye such a captivating talent."[ 7]
"Fool for You" (featuring Melanie Fiona ) – 3:45
"Bridges" – 4:07
Credits and personnel [ edit ]
Lead vocals – Cee Lo Green
Producers – Jack Splash
Songwriters – Callaway, Hallim, Jack Splash
Label: Elektra Records
Region
Date
Format
Label
United States
March 8, 2011[ 13]
Urban radio
Elektra
May 3, 2011[ 14]
Digital download
CD single
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^ Kellman, Andy. "Cee Lo Green: The Lady Killer" . allmusic.com . AllMusic .
^ Rosen, Jody (November 8, 2010). "The Lady Killer" . rollingstone.com . Rolling Stone .
^ Diver, Mike (2010). "Cee-Lo The Lady Killer Review" . bbc.co.uk . BBC .
^ "Cee Lo Green Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)" . Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ "Cee Lo Green Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)" . Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ "Cee Lo Green Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)" . Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2020.
^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2011" . Billboard . Retrieved November 29, 2020 .
^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2012" . Billboard . Retrieved September 10, 2021 .
^ "Urban Radio Adds (March 8, 2011)" . allaccess.com . Archived from the original on March 7, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012 .
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Awards for "Fool for You"
Awarded to songwriters
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"No Scrubs " – Kandi Burruss , Kevin Briggs & Tameka Cottle (2000)
"Say My Name " – Beyoncé , Rodney Jerkins , LaShawn Daniels , Fred Jerkins III , LeToya Luckett , LaTavia Roberson & Kelly Rowland (2001)
"Fallin' " – Alicia Keys (2002)
"Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop) " – Erykah Badu , Glenn Standridge, James Poyser , Madukwu Chinwah, Raphael Saadiq , Lonnie Lynn & Robert Ozuna (2003)
"Crazy in Love " – Beyoncé Knowles , Shawn Carter & Rich Harrison (2004)
"You Don't Know My Name " – Alicia Keys , Harold Lilly & Kanye West (2005)
"We Belong Together " – Mariah Carey , Johntá Austin , Manuel Seal Jr. & Jermaine Dupri (2006)
"Be Without You " – Bryan-Michael Cox , Jason Perry, Johntá Austin & Mary J. Blige (2007)
"No One " – Alicia Keys , George M. Harry & Kerry "Krucial" Brothers (2008)
"Miss Independent " – Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Hermansen & Ne-Yo (2009)
2010s
"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) " – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell , Beyoncé Knowles , Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (2010)
"Shine" – John Legend (2011)
"Fool for You " – CeeLo Green , Melanie Fiona & Jack Splash (2012)
"Adorn " – Miguel Pimentel (2013)
"Pusher Love Girl " – James Fauntleroy , Jerome Harmon , Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake (2014)
"Drunk in Love " – Shawn Carter , Rasool Diaz , Noel Fisher , Jerome Harmon , Beyoncé Knowles , Timothy Mosley , Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko (2015)
"Really Love " – D'Angelo , Gina Figueroa & Kendra Foster (2016)
"Lake by the Ocean " – Hod David & Musze (2017)
"That's What I Like " – Christopher Brody Brown , James Fauntleroy , Philip Lawrence , Bruno Mars , Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (2018)
"Boo'd Up " – Larrance Dopson , Joelle James , Ella Mai & Dijon McFarlane (2019)
2020s
"Say So " – PJ Morton (2020)
"Better Than I Imagined" – Robert Glasper , Meshell Ndegeocello & Gabriella Wilson (2021)
"Leave the Door Open " – Brandon Anderson , Christopher Brody Brown , Dernst Emile II & Bruno Mars (2022)
"Cuff It " – Denisia "Blu June" Andrews , Beyoncé , Brittany "Chi" Coney , Terius "The-Dream" Gesteelde-Diamant , Morten Ristorp , Nile Rodgers & Raphael Saadiq (2023)
"Snooze " – Kenny B. Edmonds , Blair Ferguson, Khris Riddick-Tynes, Solána Rowe & Leon Thomas III (2024)
"Saturn " – Rob Bisel , Carter Lang , Solána Rowe , Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang (2025)