Foolish (song)
Foolish is a song by the American R&B singer Ashanti from her debut album Ashanti . The song was written by Ashanti, 7 Aurelius, Mark DeBarge and producer Irv Gotti . Samples from DeBarge's Stay with Me and elements from One More Chance (remix) by The Notorious BIG and MVP by Big L are integrated into thesong.
The song was released as its first single on January 29, 2002 and stayed at the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B songs for 10 weeks . This makes the song Ashanti's second number one hit in the US and third top ten hit in both charts. The song reached the top ten in the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand.
The song reached number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Decade chart in 2009 . As of June 2012, the song was the second best-selling single in the 21st century with 8.4 million sales.
Music video and awards
The video recordings for the song took place in January 2002 and were directed by Irv Gotti himself. The video shows how Ashanti's friend ( Terrence Howard ) gets involved in criminal machinations and cheats with the Love And Hip Hop Atlanta reality star Althea, which leads to the separation after an argument. The lyrics suggest that Ashanti still feels love for him and cannot overcome those feelings. She begins to feel both love and hate for him in her heart and mind. Charli Baltimore , Vita, Ja Rule and Irv Gotti can be seen in the supporting roles . The video was shot in the same style as the film Good Fellas , with Ashanti as Karen Hill and Terrence Howard as Henry Hill . Irv Gotti and Ja Rule take on the roles of Jimmy Conway and Paul Cicero . The video was nominated for Best Female Video , Best R&B Video and Best New Artist at the MTV Video Music Awards 2002 .
The song was nominated at the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Vocal Performance - Female and Ashanti for Best New Artist . She won the Soul Train Music Award in the Best R&B / Soul Single for Female category .
There are several publications and editions under the name Foolish and Unfoolish , which relate to the single and what the single refers to. Ashanti's youthful poetry and diary excerpts appeared in a book called Foolish / Unfoolish - Reflections on love . This was followed by an audio book of the same title with the addition A spoken word album - read by the author , published by Hyperion .
Charts
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
26th (9 weeks) | 9 |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
49 (8 weeks) | 8th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
15th (22 weeks) | 22nd |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
4th (15 weeks) | 15th |
 United States (Billboard)
|
1 (32 weeks) | 32 |
Web links
- Music Video Database
- Chart data
- Rock on the Net
- Top 40 charts
- Foolish / Unfoolish: Reflections on Love on the Hyperion website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elias Leight: The Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of the 2000s. Billboard, October 31, 2014, accessed November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Ashanti. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 18, 2015 ; accessed on November 29, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ashanti: Foolish. officialcharts.de, accessed on November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Ashanti - Foolish (song). australian-charts.com, accessed November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Ashanti - Foolish. hitparade.ch, accessed on November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Ashanti. officialcharts.com, accessed November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Ashanti. Billboard, accessed November 29, 2015 .
