1980 studio album by Rod Stewart

Foolish Behaviour is Rod Stewart`s tenth studio album, released on 21 November 1980 on the Riva label in the United Kingdom (RVLP 11) and on Warner Bros. Records in both The United States (HS 3485) and Germany (WB 56 865). 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", "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" and "Gi` Me Wings" 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 was edited out by means of a foghorn sound playing over the offending word, and a crudely superimposed heron covering Stewart`s mouth. In order to maintain a sense of continuity, the heron can briefly be seen again at around the 2.00 mark, attacking the backing singers before flying off.[5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger; except where noted.

Side one

1. "Better off Dead" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Carmine Appice) – 3:07
2. "Passion" – 5:29
3. "Foolish Behaviour" – 4:24
4. "So Soon We Change" – 3:44
5. "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" – 5:02

Side two

1. "Gi` Me Wings" – 3:47
2. "My Girl" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, Appice) – 4:27
3. "She Won’t Dance with Me" (Stewart, Jorge Ben) – 2:30
4. "Somebody Special" (Stewart, Steve Harley, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger) – 4:29
5. "Say It Ain’t True" – 4:02

German cassette release bonus track

1. "I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Live) (Willie Dixon)

• "Passion" was also released as a promo 12" single with a track length of 7:30. This extended version was also a bonus track on the US 8-track and US cassette releases.

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – vocals, harmonica
• Jim Cregan (A 5 all guitars ), Gary Grainger (Dobro A 3 ), Billy Peek (A 1, B 3) – guitar
• Phil Chen, Tim Bogert (B 1–B 3), James Haslip (A 5) – bass guitar
• Carmine Appice – drums, timpani
• Colin Allen (A 5, B 4, B 5), Roger Bethelmy (A 4) – 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

Technical

• Rick Charles Delena – second engineer
• Mixed by Jeremy Andrew Johns and the Somerset Segovia
• Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

Certifications