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“Poor Misguided Fool” by Starsailor
From the album Love Is Here (2001)
“Poor Misguided Fool” by Starsailor appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 2001 on the album Love Is Here. Its best result is #99 on The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #631 alternative song of 2002.
"Poor Misguided Fool" comes off Love Is Here, the 2001 debut Starsailor made at Rockfield Studios with producer Steve Osborne in a six-week run, and it went out as a single in March 2002. Osborne mixed it as well, Adrian Bushby recorded it, and the writing credit is shared by James Walsh, James Stelfox, Ben Byrne and Barry Westhead.
The record around it trades in acoustic guitars and soft piano, the kind of hushed, aching rock that drew comparisons to Coldplay's Parachutes and Travis' The Invisible Band. An NME rave had set off the label scramble that landed them on EMI, and by the time this single arrived they were chasing America, crossing the US on MTV's Campus Invasion tour to push it. Like every single from the album, it made the UK top 40.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 99 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 | 99 |
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