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Foolish
Ashanti
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- Album
- Ashanti
- Released
- 2002
- Genres
- r&b
- Length
- 3:47
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Label
- I.G. Records, Inc./Universal Records
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About this song
"Foolish" was the debut single from Ashanti's self-titled album. It samples DeBarge's "Stay with Me" and includes elements from "One More Chance" (Remix) by The Notorious B.I.G. and "M.V.P." by Big L. The song spent ten weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, was a top-ten hit in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and earned a 2003 Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance.
Fun facts
- Samples “Stay With Me by DeBarge” and “One More Chance / Stay With Me (Remix) by The Notorious B.I.G.”.
- Sampled in 27 other songs, like “Unfoolish by Ku De Ta”.
- Covered 3 times, including “Foolish by Sonia Stein”.
- Written by 7 Aurelius, Ashanti, Bunny DeBarge, Irv Gotti and Mark DeBarge.
- Produced by 7 Aurelius and Irv Gotti.