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Coffee Break: Chain of Fools

Aretha Franklin sings in the studio during during her early career at Columbia Records. Maybe we'll hear some "Chain Of Fools" this morning?
Aretha Franklin sings in the studio during during her early career at Columbia Records. Maybe we'll hear some "Chain Of Fools" this morning?Frank Driggs Collection/Getty Images, via NPR

by Anna Weggel

April 01, 2019

It's April Fools today -- what songs do you want to hear that mention a fool?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Inara George - Fools Work
Bobby Bland - I Pity The Fool
The New Pornographers - Fantasy Fools
Frank Zappa - Dancin' Fool
Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools
Teenage Fanclub - Everybody's Fool
Love and Rockets - Holy Fool
Etta James and Riley Hampton - Seven Day Fool
Def Leppard - Foolin'