Chris Rea ~ Fool (If You Think It’s Over) 1978 Pop Purrfection Version

I have been working on this one since I can’t remember when and it finally came together just now. I love the story the song tells about a girl he knows whose heart has just been broken and he is there to help her as a friend and inspire her. In an interview Chris confirmed the he had written the song to inspire his sister who had just been dumped by her boyfriend. Those lyrics were from the heart and I know that is why the song has become such a classic, even at the age of 18 I could relate to the sentiment. Lately I have been digging thru the singles that I have not yet remixed and realizing that I am revisiting a lot of music that deeply affected me and remembering a lot of things about growing up when I hear them. It’s almost therapeutic. The gravelly voice of Chris Rea was the perfect vehicle for those emotional lyrics and became his only Top 40 hit in the US peaking at #12 nationally in September of 1978. He never toured the US to promote it and that is why American audiences were not fa