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== Background ==
== Background ==
On August 23rd, 2012, the song was first posted to the New Wave Outpost forums by user Guglielm as part of a collection of lost songs, but it did not gain much traction.<ref>https://nwoutpost.com/app/webroot/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32669&p=311777</ref>
On August 23, 2012, the song was first posted to the New Wave Outpost forums by user Guglielm as part of a collection of lost songs, but it did not gain much traction.<ref>https://nwoutpost.com/app/webroot/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32669&p=311777</ref>


On July 12th, 2013, the song was uploaded to WatZatSong by user Guglielm,<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/383954.html</ref> before being reuploaded on August 30th, 2014 to add that the song was possibly named In a Variety of Love, I Was a Fool.<ref name=":0">https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/411572.html</ref> Based on the OP's other found songs, this song was most likely recorded between 1980 and 1983, and recorded from the WFMU New Jersey radio station.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10029uDyY6T4_XGC6z6Hn6bz9HTHOgYB-9a5hYrbXQps/edit?gid=512131437#gid=512131437</ref>  
On July 12, 2013, the song was uploaded to WatZatSong by user Guglielm,<ref>https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/383954.html</ref> before being reuploaded on August 30, 2014 to add that the song was possibly named In a Variety of Love, I Was a Fool.<ref name=":0">https://www.watzatsong.com/en/name-that-tune/411572.html</ref> Based on the OP's other found songs, this song was most likely recorded between 1980 and 1983, and recorded from the WFMU New Jersey radio station.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10029uDyY6T4_XGC6z6Hn6bz9HTHOgYB-9a5hYrbXQps/edit?gid=512131437#gid=512131437</ref>  


The song was most likely written before December 1983, as WFMU's general manager, Ken Freedman, who joined WFMU in December 1983, was contacted and did not recognize the song.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Freedman?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Freedman]</ref>
The song was most likely written before December 1983, as WFMU's general manager, Ken Freedman, who joined WFMU in December 1983, was contacted and did not recognize the song.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Freedman?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Freedman]</ref>
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== Resources ==
== Resources ==
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[[Category:Unidentified]]
[[Category:Unidentified]]
[[Category:New wave]]
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[[Category:Uploaded by Guglielm]]
[[Category:Uploaded by Guglielm]]

Revision as of 19:33, 29 December 2024

ⓘ This lostwave is classified as unsolved.

I Was A Fool In Love
Alternative name(s) I Was A Fool; IWAFIL, IWAF
Genre New Wave
Length 2:56
Year before December 1983
Original poster Guglielm
Search started 2012

I Was a Fool In Love (also known as "I Was A Fool") is an unidentified new wave song first uploaded to the New Wave Outpost forums in 2012 by user Guglielm.

Background

On August 23, 2012, the song was first posted to the New Wave Outpost forums by user Guglielm as part of a collection of lost songs, but it did not gain much traction.[1]

On July 12, 2013, the song was uploaded to WatZatSong by user Guglielm,[2] before being reuploaded on August 30, 2014 to add that the song was possibly named In a Variety of Love, I Was a Fool.[3] Based on the OP's other found songs, this song was most likely recorded between 1980 and 1983, and recorded from the WFMU New Jersey radio station.[4]

The song was most likely written before December 1983, as WFMU's general manager, Ken Freedman, who joined WFMU in December 1983, was contacted and did not recognize the song.[3][5]

Leads

Possible

Debunked

  • Mark Robbins - Fool: British rock song suggested due to a similar song title,[6] confirmed to not be the same song by an owner of the single on Discogs.[7]

Lyrics

Resources