"Foolish Beat" is the fourth single, and the first ballad

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

 release, from American singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

-actress Deborah Gibson

Deborah Gibson

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...

. Originally recorded in the winter of 1987 for the Dream Tour, months prior to its inclusion on her album Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson album)

Out of the Blue is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Deborah Gibson, then known as Debbie Gibson. Gibson personally wrote all ten songs on this album. As executive producer, Douglas Breitbart of Broadbeard Productions, Inc...

(LP 81780), this made Gibson the youngest person to write, produce and sing a number-one single entirely on her own when "Foolish Beat" hit the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 singles chart in the summer of 1988.

In the United Kingdom, the single reached a peak position of number nine on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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. The single was released in Japan as the B-side to "Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson song)

"Out of the Blue" is the third single by American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Written by Gibson herself, co-produced and co-arranged with Fred Zarr, with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer, the single is identical to Track 1 of Gibson's debut album...

" on Atlantic Japan 10SW-15.

Track Listing (Atlantic DM 86556)

All songs written by Deborah Gibson - Music Sales Corp., ASCAP
"Foolish Beat"

1. (Vocal/Extended Mix/6:46)

2. (Instrumental/4:29)

"Only in My Dreams

Only in My Dreams

"Only in My Dreams" is the debut single for American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Released December 16. 1986 as a maxi single , and then in remixed form February 1987, the song was written by Gibson herself in 1984, two years before she recorded it...

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3. (Dream House Mix/10:03)

"Medley

Medley (music)

In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, usually three, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental. A medley which is a remixed series is called a megamix, often done with tracks...

: Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue (Debbie Gibson song)

"Out of the Blue" is the third single by American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Written by Gibson herself, co-produced and co-arranged with Fred Zarr, with Douglas Breitbart as executive producer, the single is identical to Track 1 of Gibson's debut album...

 - Shake Your Love

Shake Your Love

"Shake Your Love" is the second single by American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson, and the leadoff single for her album Out of the Blue...

 - Only in My Dreams

Only in My Dreams

"Only in My Dreams" is the debut single for American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson. Released December 16. 1986 as a maxi single , and then in remixed form February 1987, the song was written by Gibson herself in 1984, two years before she recorded it...

"

4. (Debbie Gibson

Deborah Gibson

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...

 Mega Mix

Megamix

A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...

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Versions

• Foolish Beat [LP Version] 4:20
• Foolish Beat [Extended Version] 6:40
• Foolish Beat [Extended Pull Version] 9:47
• Foolish Beat [Video Version] 4:20

Trivia

"Foolish Beat" eventually won a dubious honor at Viacom International: this song actually made number three on VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

's 40 Most Awesomely Bad Break-up Songs...Ever.http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/awesomely_bad_breakup_songs/series_countdown.jhtml