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You Don't Fool Me

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"You Don't Fool Me"
Artwork for Holland release
Single by Queen
from the album Made in Heaven
Released26 February 1996 (1996-02-26)[1]
Length
  • 5:25 (album version)
  • 3:54 (single version)
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Queen
Producer(s)Queen
Queen singles chronology
"Let Me Live"
(1996) 		"You Don't Fool Me"
(1996) 		"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"
(1997)
Music video
"You Don't Fool Me" on YouTube

"You Don't Fool Me" is a song by British rock band Queen from their 15th and final studio album, Made in Heaven (1995). It was released as a single in February 1996 in Europe and in November 1996 in the United Kingdom,[1] containing various remixes of the song. The song is one of the few which were actually written and recorded after the Innuendo sessions, and was written and composed by the band, under David Richards' supervision. It proved to be the band's final European hit.

Background

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"You Don't Fool Me" was one of the last tracks recorded for the album Made in Heaven and came about in a most unusual way. Brian May has explained on his website[2] that the producer for the band, David Richards, more or less created the framework of the song single-handedly, building from bits of lyrics recorded just before Freddie Mercury's death. May has said that before Richards' work, there was no song to speak of. However, after Richards edited and mixed the song (including a bit of harmonies recorded for "A Winter's Tale"), he presented it to the remaining members of the band. Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon then added their instruments and backing vocals and were surprised to end up with a finished song that had begun as nothing. The style of the song is reminiscent of their 1982 album Hot Space, and a comment over that featured on their Greatest Hits III album.

Music video

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The video is set in a night club where a young man encounters his former girlfriend and recounts the memories of their brief relationship. The theme of the song could possibly be a continuation of the story set up by earlier Queen songs "Play the Game" and "It's a Hard Life".

Track listings

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Original version

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CD single

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (edit) – 3:54
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) – 5:25

CD maxi

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) – 5:25
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (edit) – 3:54
  3. "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) – 10:18
  4. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) – 7:07

12-inch maxi – Europe

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix)
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix)
  3. "You Don't Fool Me" (B.S. Project Remix)
  4. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Instrumental club mix)

12-inch maxi – U.S.

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (Freddy's Club Mix) – 7:02
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) – 5:24
  3. "You Don't Fool Me" (Freddy's Revenge Dub) – 5:53
  4. "You Don't Fool Me" (Queen for a Day mix) – 6:33

Remixes

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CD single

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (B.S. Project remix – edit) – 3:15
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (edit) – 4:40

CD maxi – UK release only

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) – 5:24
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) – 7:05
  3. "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club mix) – 10:53
  4. "You Don't Fool Me" (Late Mix) – 10:34

12-inch maxi – UK release only

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) – 7:05
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Late Mix) – 10:34
  3. "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) – 10:53
  4. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) – 5:24

Cassette single

  1. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) – 5:24
  2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) – 7:05

The Sexy Club Mix is the nearly the same on all formats. The UK CD and 12-inch versions list the wrong time of 10:53, when it should only be 10:18 like the other formats list it. The UK CD version has a mastering error and the first four seconds are lost, bringing the running time down to 10:14.

Personnel

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Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b "You Don't Fool Me". Queen Vault.
  2. ^ May, Brian. "YOU DON'T FOOL ME". Brian's Soapbox. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – You Don't Fool Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 28 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Queen".
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Queen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  12. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  13. ^ "Queen – You Don't Fool Me". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1996" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  16. ^ "Rapports annuels 1996" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1996" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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