"Foolish Pride" is a song written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Travis Tritt

Travis Tritt

James Travis Tritt is an American country music singer from Marietta, Georgia. He signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1989, releasing seven studio albums and a greatest hits package for the label between then and 1999. In the 2000s, he released two albums on Columbia Records and one for the defunct...

. It is the first single from his 1994 album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof. The song peaked at Number One on the U.S. country singles charts in July 1994, becoming the fourth Number One hit of his career.

Content

"Foolish Pride" is a mid-tempo ballad detailing a failed relationship, in which both halves are afraid to show each other their feelings out of pride.

Reception

Reviewing Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof for Allmusic, Brian Mansfield

Brian Mansfield

Brian Mansfield is an American writer and journalist. A longtime music writer and critic for USA Today, Mansfield is also the writer/producer of syndicated weekly radio program America's Opry Weekend for American radio network Dial Global Radio Networks and author and co-author of a number of books...

 cited "Foolish Pride" as a standout track, saying that it "rival[s] 'Anymore

Anymore

"Anymore" is a song recorded by country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released in September 1991 as the second single released from his 1991 album It's All About To Change...

' for power and Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd

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 and Bob Seger

Bob Seger

Robert Clark "Bob" Seger is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s...

 for production values." Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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critic Jim Bessman also described the song favorably in his review of the album, calling it "a power ballad that shows that Tritt can be as tender and compassionate as [Randy] Travis

Randy Travis

Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...

." Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Tritt "delivers a big message about the little fights that turn into huge irreconcilable differences." She goes on to call it "another solid song, and a welcome sentiment at a time when everybody seems to be reaching for the gun."

Chart performance

"Foolish Pride" was released in early 1994. In July of the same year, it reached the top of the country singles charts in both U.S. and Canada, becoming his fourth U.S. Number One. It was also his last Number One until he topped the charts again in 2000 with "Best of Intentions

Best of Intentions

"Best of Intentions" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer Travis Tritt. It was released in June 2000 as the first single from his album, Down the Road I Go. The song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and peaked at number 27...

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Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	22
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	35