Song · Whitesnake
“Fool for your Loving” by Whitesnake
From the album Ready an’ Willing (1980)
“Fool for your Loving” by Whitesnake appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1990 and 2023. It was first released in 1980 on the album Ready an’ Willing. Its best result is #52 on The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,958 classic rock song of all time.
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"Fool for Your Loving" gave Whitesnake their first big hit when it came out on Ready an' Willing in 1980, a hard rock heartbreaker that David Coverdale wrote with guitarists Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody out of the breakup of his first marriage. It had originally been meant for B. B. King, which tells you where its heart lives.
Coverdale sings lead, with Marsden and Moody on guitars and backing vocals, Neil Murray on bass, Ian Paice on drums and Jon Lord on keyboards, and Martin Birch produced, engineered and mixed it for United Artists. It climbed to number 13 in Britain and 53 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band re-cut it for Slip of the Tongue in 1989, but Coverdale has said he still prefers this original.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 220 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 855 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 943 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 932 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
| 2010 | 52 | 97.9 The Loop | The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) | 500 |
| 2023 | 571 | 101.5 WPDH | WPDH Top 1015 (2023) | 1015 |
Also listed as: Fool For Your Loving; Fool for Your Loving.
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