You Don't Fool Me

"You Don't Fool Me" is a song by Queen, from the 1995 album Made in Heaven. It was released as a single in 1996, containing various remixes of the song. The song is one of the few which were actually written and recorded after the Innuendo sessions, and was written and composed by the band, under David Richards' supervision. It was a worldwide hit and reached the peak of the single charts in Italy.

Background

"You Don't Fool Me" was one of the last tracks recorded for the album Made in Heaven and came about in a most unusual way. May has explained on his website that the producer for the band, David Richards, more or less created the framework of the song single handedly, building from bits of lyrics recorded just before Mercury's death. May has said that before Richards' work, there was no song to speak of. However, after Richards edited and mixed the song (including a bit of harmonies recorded for "A Winter's Tale"), he presented it to the remaining members of the band. Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon then added their instruments and backing vocals and were surprised to end up with a finished song that had begun as nothing. The style of the song is reminiscent of their 1982 album Hot Space, and a comment over that featured on their Greatest Hits III album.

Music video

The video is set in a night club where a young man encounters his former girlfriend and recounts the memories of their brief relationship. The theme of the song could possibly be a continuation of the story set up by earlier Queen songs "Play the Game" and "It's a Hard Life".

Personnel

Freddie Mercury — lead and backing vocals
Brian May — electric guitar
Roger Taylor — drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals
John Deacon — bass guitar

Track listings

Original version

CD single

"You Don't Fool Me" (edit) — 3:54
"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:25

CD maxi

"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:25
"You Don't Fool Me" (edit) — 3:54
"You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) — 10:18
"You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:07

12" maxi - Europe

"You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix)
"You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix)
"You Don't Fool Me" (B.S. Project Remix)
"You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Instrumental club mix)

12" maxi - U.S.

"You Don't Fool Me" (Freddy's Club Mix) — 7:02
"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24
"You Don't Fool Me" (Freddy's Revenge Dub) — 5:53
"You Don't Fool Me" (Queen for a Day mix) — 6:33

Some US 12" promos do not feature the album version.

Remixes

CD single

"You Don't Fool Me" (B.S. Project remix - edit) — 3:15
"You Don't Fool Me" (edit) — 4:40

CD maxi - UK release only

"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24
"You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:05
"You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club mix) — 10:53
"You Don't Fool Me" (Late Mix) — 10:34

12" maxi - UK release only

"You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:05
"You Don't Fool Me" (Late Mix) — 10:34
"You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) — 10:53
"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24

Cassette single (plays the same on both sides)

"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24
"You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:05

The Sexy Club Mix is the nearly the same on all formats. The UK CD and 12" versions list the wrong time of 10:53, when it should only be 10:18 like the other formats list it. The UK CD version has a mastering error and the first 4 seconds are lost, bringing the running time down to 10:14.

1995 remixes

"B.S. Project Remix" (Remix by M. Marcolin and Bob Salton)
"B.S. Project Remix - Edit" (Remix by M. Marcolin and Bob Salton)
"Dancing Divaz [Instrumental] Club Mix" (Remix by Dancing Divaz)
"Dancing Divaz Rhythm Mix" (Remix by Dancing Divaz)
"Dub Dance Single Mix" (Remix by David Richards)
"Freddy's Club Mix" (Remix by Freddy Bastone)
"Freddy's Revenge Dub" (Remix by Freddy Bastone)
"Late Mix" (Remix by David Richards)
"Queen For A Day Mix" (Remix by Freddy Bastone)
"Queen Forever Megamix" (Remix by Freddy Bastone)
"Sexy Club Mix" (Remix by Jam & Spoon)

The "Queen Forever Megamix" features vocal samples from a few different Queen songs, but not "You Don't Fool Me". It was only released on the limited edition orange promo vinyl disc in the UK.^[1]

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart^[2]	23
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart^[2]	13
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart^[2]	14
Dutch Singles Chart^[2]	21
French SNEP Singles Chart^[2]	14
German Singles Chart^[3]	26
Irish Singles Chart^[4]	23
Italian Singles Chart^[2]	1
Swedish Singles Chart^[2]	52
Swiss Singles Chart^[2]	27
UK Singles Chart^[5] ¹	17

¹ Remixes

End of year chart (1996)	Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart^[6]	58
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart^[7]	70

References

↑ The complete list of all "You Don't Fool Me" remixes and their sources can be found on this Queenpedia.com article
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "You Don't Fool Me", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 23 November 2008)
↑ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de Archived 17 June 2009 at WebCite (Retrieved 23 November 2008)
↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 3 June 2009 at WebCite (Retrieved 23 November 2008)
↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 3 September 2008)
↑ 1996 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 23 November 2008)
↑ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 23 November 2008)

External links

Queen singles discography

Queen	"Keep Yourself Alive" "Liar"

Queen II	"Seven Seas of Rhye"

Sheer Heart Attack	"Killer Queen"/"Flick of the Wrist" "Now I'm Here" "Lily of the Valley" "Stone Cold Crazy"

A Night at the Opera	"Bohemian Rhapsody" "You're My Best Friend" "Love of My Life"

A Day at the Races	"Somebody to Love" "Tie Your Mother Down" "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" "Long Away" "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

News of the World	"We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You" "Spread Your Wings" "It's Late"

Jazz	"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Jealousy" "Mustapha"

Live Killers	"Love of My Life" (Live) "We Will Rock You" (Live)

The Game	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Save Me" "Play the Game" "Another One Bites the Dust" "Need Your Loving Tonight"

Flash Gordon	"Flash"

Hot Space	"Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) "Body Language" "Las Palabras de Amor" "Calling All Girls" "Staying Power" "Back Chat"

The Works	"Radio Ga Ga" "I Want to Break Free" "It's a Hard Life" "Hammer to Fall"

A Kind of Magic	"One Vision" "A Kind of Magic" "Princes of the Universe" "Friends Will Be Friends" "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "One Year of Love"

The Miracle	"I Want It All" "Breakthru" "The Invisible Man" "Scandal" "The Miracle"

Innuendo	"Innuendo" "I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Headlong" "I Can't Live with You" "The Show Must Go On" "These Are the Days of Our Lives"

Made in Heaven	"Heaven for Everyone" "A Winter's Tale" "I Was Born to Love You" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" "Let Me Live" "You Don't Fool Me"

Queen Rocks	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"/"Tie Your Mother Down"

Greatest Hits III	"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"

Non-album singles	"Thank God It's Christmas" "Another One Bites the Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" "We Will Rock You" (with Five) "We Are the Champions" (with Robbie Williams) "Flash (Vanguard Mix)" "Another One Bites the Dust (The Miami Project Remixes)" "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with The Muppets)

Other songs	"See What a Fool I've Been" "Death on Two Legs" "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" "I'm in Love with My Car" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "Seaside Rendezvous" "The Prophet's Song" "Good Company" "Sheer Heart Attack" "Is This the World We Created...?" "Ride the Wild Wind" "Delilah" "Made In Heaven" "Mother Love" "Let Me in Your Heart Again" "Love Kills" "There Must Be More To Life Than This"

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