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{{Infobox song
| name       = I Was a Fool
| cover      = Tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Tegan and Sara]]
| album      = [[Heartthrob (album)|Heartthrob]]
| released   = {{Start date|2013|04|24}}
| recorded   = 2012
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=3|s=24}}
| label      = {{hlist|Vapor|[[Warner Bros. Records]]}}
| writer     = {{hlist|Tegan Quin|Sara Quin}}
| producer   = [[Greg Kurstin]]
| prev_title = [[Closer (Tegan and Sara song)|Closer]]
| prev_year  = 2012
| next_title = Goodbye, Goodbye
| next_year  = 2013
}}
"'''I Was a Fool'''" is a song written and performed by Canadian duo [[Tegan and Sara]] for their seventh studio album, ''[[Heartthrob (album)|Heartthrob]]'' (2013). Inspired by [[Rihanna]]'s singles "[[Unfaithful (song)|Unfaithful]]" and "[[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]]", the song is about a woman who is in a troubled relationship but doing nothing to fix it, making her seem like a fool.
"I Was a Fool" was released in Canada as the second single from the album on April 24, 2013, and peaked at nineteen on [[Canadian Hot 100]] and number one on [[CBC Radio 2]] Top 20, making Tegan and Sara the first twins in history to take the top spot on the chart.<ref name="Morey">{{cite web|last=Morey |first=Pete |title=The Radio 2 Top 20: Tegan and Sara are first twins to top the chart) |url=http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2013/5/The-Radio-2-Top-20-Tegan-and-Sara-are-first-twins-to-top-the-chart |publisher=[[CBC Music]]. [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=May 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301002442/http://music.cbc.ca/#!/blogs/2013/6/Rear-view-Mirror-Who-was-Suzanne-and-why-did-Leonard-Cohen-make-her-famous |archive-date=March 1, 2016 }}</ref> In July 2013 "I Was a Fool" was certified Gold in Canada.
==Writing==
[[File:Rihanna in Last Girl on Earth Tour 10-05-6.jpg|thumb|Rihanna on her [[Last Girl on Earth Tour]] performing her single "[[Unfaithful (song)|Unfaithful]]", which inspired Tegan Quin to write a [[piano ballad]].|alt=Photograph of a woman who sings on stage. She wears a dark leather blouse and a short skirt, and light tights.]]
As Tegan recalls writing the lyrics, "I was in Los Angeles where I have a place with my girlfriend and I was messing around on the guitar. We ran out to do some errands and halfway there, I said to my girlfriend, 'We have to go back.' I had the line 'I did behave' stuck in my head so I went home and recorded that one part. It sat on my computer for about a week then I sat down to continue writing and the rest of the song came together really fast."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQoT0OaeMws|title=Tegan & Sara, I Was A Fool – Song Stories|date= June 13, 2013|work= NME TV|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref>
Sara wrote the bridge, with Tegan explaining in a track-by-track commentary, "There were eight or 16 bars of silence in the song—I can't remember what the number was—that I'd just left for her. She called me and was like, "That is impossible! You need to put a guitar or something in there." So I ended up just using the same chords from the chorus, and she sang overtop of it."<ref name = "under the radar">{{cite web|last=Trunick|first=Austin|date=January 22, 2013|url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_sara_heartthrob_part_two/|title=Track-by-Track: Tegan and Sara's Heartthrob Part Two|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530082018/http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/track-by-track_tegan_and_sara_heartthrob_part_two/|archive-date=May 30, 2013|work=[[Under the Radar (magazine)|Under the Radar]]|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>
==Production==
The original demo of "I Was a Fool" consisted only of a piano, an acoustic guitar and synths. Tegan showed it with six producers, one of them who was [[Greg Kurstin]]: "he was the only producer out of all of the producers we talked to who was like, "This is a pop song, a huge pop single ballad." I was like, "What?" It's awesome that he heard that." This helped the duo decide who they were going to work with on the seventh album,<ref name = "under the radar"/> which was titled ''[[Heartthrob (album)|Heartthrob]]'' and recorded between February and May 2012.<ref name="presskit">{{cite web |title= Tegan and Sara / Heartthrob Press Kit|url=http://www.media.wmg-is.com/media/portal/media/cms/docs/201301/i-press-kit_1358366785741.pdf|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Records]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104211532/http://www.media.wmg-is.com/media/portal/media/cms/docs/201301/i-press-kit_1358366785741.pdf|archive-date=November 4, 2013|access-date=August 27, 2014}}</ref>
The entire production of "I Was a Fool" took place in studios in Los Angeles, California. The original mix of "I Was a Fool" was produced, engineered with [[Jesse Shatkin]], and programmed by [[Greg Kurstin]], who also played keyboards, guitar, bass and piano, at Echo Studio. [[Billy Bush (record producer)|Billy Bush]] recorded the drums, which were played by [[Joey Waronker]], at [[EastWest Studios]] in Hollywood, with Andrew Ford and Jeremy Miller assisting. The track was mixed by [[Manny Marroquin]] at Larrabee Studios with help from Chris Galland and Del Bowers. Finally, [[Brian Gardner]] mastered it at [[Bernie Grundman]]'s studio, also in Hollywood.<ref name = "Notes"/> Sara said about the song in a [[MTV Hive]] interview, "I think that it surprised me so much, it was a beautifully-written song of Tegan’s, but something in production and mixing really, to me, sounded like a super-classic song. Almost like I couldn’t believe that it was our song." She also said it was one of their favorite songs from ''Heartthrob'' to perform live.<ref>{{cite web|last=Solomon|first=Dan|date=October 16, 2012|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/16/tegan-and-sara-heartthrob-interview/|title=Tegan and Sara Went 'Crazy' With the Hooks on 'Heartthrob' Tegan and Sara|publisher=[[MTV Hive]]. [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717052552/http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/10/16/tegan-and-sara-heartthrob-interview/|archive-date=July 17, 2014|access-date=November 19, 2014}}</ref>
==Composition==
The three-minute, 24-second "I Was a Fool" is performed in [[common time]] at a [[tempo]] of 88 [[beats per minute]]. Originally composed in the key of [[B-flat minor|B♭ minor]], the vocal range spans from [[A♭ (musical note)|A♭<sub>3</sub>]] to [[D♭ (musical note)|D♭<sub>5</sub>]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0125383&ref=google|title=Tegan and Sara – I Was a Fool (Digital Download)|date=September 24, 2013|publisher=Musicnotes.com. Naked in a Snowsuit Publishing|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> The lyrics of "I Was a Fool" deal with a troubled relationship but doing nothing about it, repeatedly packing her bags without leaving, making her a fool.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7oyterpa9s|title=Tegan & Sara "I Was A Fool" – 'Heartthrob': Track by Track|date= February 15, 2013|publisher= The Warner Sound|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref> [[Annie Zaleski]] of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' and [[AbsolutePunk]] critic Drew Beringer opined "I Was a Fool" to be reminiscent of 1980s big-hair-era [[Ballad#Power ballads|power ballads]] by [[Heart (band)|Heart]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Zaleski|first=Annie|date=January 29, 2013|url=http://www.avclub.com/review/tegan-and-sara-emheartthrobem-91671|title=Tegan And Sara: Heartthrob|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|publisher=[[The Onion]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=118029592#post118029592|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221040415/http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=118029592%23post118029592|url-status=dead|title=Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob – Album Review|last=Beringer|first=Drew|publisher=[[AbsolutePunk]]. [[Buzz Media]]|access-date=November 17, 2014|archive-date = February 21, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'' reviewer Sarah H. Grant wrote the song sounded like the Irish band [[The Corrs]],<ref name = "COS">{{cite web|last=H. Grant|first=Sarah|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/01/album-review-tegan-and-sara-heartthrob/|title=Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob|date=January 30, 2013|publisher=[[Consequence of Sound]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> while ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Chris Martins described it as a [[Kate Bush]]-style [[ballad]].<ref name = "Spin">{{cite web|last=Martins|first=Chris|date=November 17, 2014|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/01/tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool-for-love-stream/|title=Hear Tegan and Sara's Kate Bush-Style Ballad 'I Was a Fool'|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|publisher=[[SpinMedia]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> Carolyn Vallejo of [[SpinMedia|Alter the Press!]] said it sounded like a song from [[Britney Spears]]' album ''[[...Baby One More Time (album)|...Baby One More Time]]''.<ref name = "ATP"/>
==Critical reception==
"I Was a Fool" was given positive reviews by [[music criticism|critics]] and publications. Carl Williott of [[Idolator (website)|Idolator]] described it as "a warm, shimmering song that makes you want to sway",<ref name = "Idolator1">{{cite web|last=Williott|first=Carl|date=January 14, 2013|url=http://www.idolator.com/7387952/tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool-listen|title=Tegan And Sara's "I Was A Fool": Listen|work=[[Idolator (website)|Idolator]]|publisher=[[Spin Media]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> and another writer for the site, Stephen Sears, called it the best song of ''Heartthrob'', writing that "[[Gwen Stefani]]’s make-up will run as she cries with jealousy over [the track]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Sears|first=Stephen|date=January 29, 2013|url=http://www.idolator.com/6772541/tegan-and-saras-heartthrob-album-review|title=Tegan And Sara's 'Heartthrob': Album Review|publisher=Idolator. SpinMedia|access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> [[Stereogum]] journalist Michael Nelson also honored it as the best track of the record, saying that it "sounds like an instant classic, the type of thing that should soundtrack a few million breakups over the next few years and still be prominent in our cultural consciousness three decades from now".<ref name = "Stereogum"/> Marc Burrows of ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' called "I Was a Fool" one of the album's "best moments", along with "Love They Say" and "Now I'm All Messed Up", praising the lyrical content: "the heartbreak comes in waves, but it's never cloying, never over the top. Instead it gives real punch..."<ref name = "Drowned in Sound">{{cite web|last=Burrows|first=Marc|date=February 6, 2013|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17465/reviews/4146021|title=Album Reviews: Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|publisher=Silentway|access-date=November 17, 2014|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213154701/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17465/reviews/4146021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Sarah H. Grant, reviewing ''Heartthrob'' for ''[[Consequence of Sound]]'', called it "magnificent", and named it an "essential track" of the album, along with "Now I’m All Messed Up" and "[[Closer (Tegan and Sara song)|Closer]]".<ref name = "COS"/> In a review by ''[[Pitchfork Media]]'', Laura Snapes used the song as an example to show the LP avoided being anything generic or radio-friendly.<ref name = "Pitchfork Media">{{cite web|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=January 28, 2013|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17597-heartthrob/|title=Tegan and Sara: Heartthrob|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Jason Lipshutz said, "The lyrics are simple but effective, and Tegan delivers each word with purpose."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|date=January 29, 2013|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1535913/tegan-and-sara-heartthrob-track-by-track-review|title=Tegan and Sara, 'Heartthrob': Track-By-Track Review|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> However, in a positive review of the album by ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'', Dan Weiss called "I Was a Fool" an "early misfire", also noting it as the only track that didn't have "one memorable phrase you won’t be able to excise from your head ‘til at least April."<ref name = "Paste">{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=Dan|date=January 29, 2013|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2013/01/tegan-and-sara-heartthrob.html|title=Tegan and Sara: Heartthrob|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|publisher=[[Wolfgang's Vault]]|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref> Carolyn Vallejo wrote for Alter the Press! that it fell "short of irony-pop and find themselves stuck in [[boy band]] territory", describing it as "sickeningly sweet and a bit too naïve".<ref name = "ATP">{{cite web|last=Vallejo|first=Carolyn|date=January 2013|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2013/01/atp-album-review-tegan-and-sara.html|title=ATP! Album Review: Tegan and Sara – Heartthrob|publisher=Alter the Press! SpinMedia|access-date=November 17, 2014}}</ref>
==Commercial performance==
"I Was a Fool" debuted on the ''Billboard'' [[Canadian Hot 100]] at number 73, on the issue dated May 18, 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2013-05-18/canadian-hot-100|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: May 18, 2013|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=November 19, 2014|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703142627/http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/2013-05-18/canadian-hot-100|url-status=dead}}</ref> By July 20, 2013, it made its peak position of 19.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2013-07-13|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: July 13, 2013|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> It lasted a total of 22 weeks on the chart.<ref name = "CDNHot100"/> It topped the [[CBC Radio 2]] Top 20, making Tegan and Sara the first twins in history to get a number-one on the chart.<ref name="Morey"/> By July 2013, it had been certified gold by [[Music Canada]]. On the American ''Billboard'' [[Adult Top 40]] chart, it landed in the top 40 at number 37, making it the duo's second to appear on the chart after "Closer".<ref name=US/> It entered at number 143 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], their first single to chart in the country.<ref name=uk/>
==Music video==
The video was released on April 24, 2013, simultaneously with the single. Tegan is shown singing the song while playing the piano. A woman portrayed by [[Mae Whitman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=I Was A Fool Tegan and Sara|url=http://www.teganandsara.com/i-was-a-fool/|access-date=August 12, 2013|date = April 15, 2013|website = Tegan and Sara|last = Quin}}</ref> is shown crying, looking at a painting signed "Sid" as well as turning her phone over after receiving a call from the same person, whose name is revealed to be Sidney. Sara is seen singing on the balcony. The woman is later shown next to smashed up records as she picks up a copy of ''Heartthrob''. She also throws away paintings and burns more of Sidney's possessions, and then proceeds to throw the shards of the broken records from her balcony and smile. Tegan and Sara are then shown on both sides of a glass window as Tegan places her hand to it; Sara disappears and Tegan is then replaced by the woman with her hand to the window, looking out at the sun.
==Live performances==
The duo premiered "I Was a Fool", along with "Now I'm All Messed Up" and "[[I'm Not Your Hero]]", in [[Vancouver]] on September 23, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ableson|first=Joe|date=September 2012|url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2012/09/tegan-and-sara-perform-three-new-songs.html|title=Tegan and Sara Perform Three New Songs Live In Vancouver|publisher=Alter The Press! SpinMedia|access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> Tegan and Sara appeared on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' to perform "I Was a Fool" and "Closer". Kyle McGovern of ''Spin'' opined on their performance of "I Was a Fool": "the Canadian pair beautifully blended acoustic guitar strums and their signature harmonies with a lilting piano line, deservedly earning cheers and whistles from the crowd."<ref>{{cite web|last=McGovern|first=Kyle|date=February 1, 2013|url=https://www.spin.com/2013/02/tegan-sara-closer-kimmel-heartthrob/|title=Watch Tegan and Sara Bring 'Heartthrob' Gems to 'Kimmel'|work=Spin|publisher=SpinMedia|access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> In February 2013, the duo played the song in February 2013 at the [[Virgin Group|Virgin]] Red Room.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLP8bjv7VI|title= Tegan + Sara – I Was A Fool (Live for Virgin Red Room) |publisher=[[Virgin Group]]|date=February 28, 2013|access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> In January 2014, they performed it at ''Billboard'' Women in Music 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/video/tegan-sara-perform-i-was-a-fool-live-at-billboard-women-in-music-2013-5876735|title=Tegan & Sara perform "I Was a Fool" Live at Billboard Women In Music 2013|date=January 17, 2014|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref>
==Cover and remixes==
[[File:Mendler 043.jpg|thumb|right|170px|[[Bridgit Mendler]] released her cover of "I Was a Fool" in February 2013.]]
In February 2013, American singer [[Bridgit Mendler]] released her cover of "I Was a Fool".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/bridgit-mendler/videos/34787055/title/bridgit-mendler-fool-acoustic-cover|title=Bridgit Mendler – I Was A Fool (Acoustic Cover)|access-date=July 28, 2013|publisher=Fanpop}}</ref> The music video was released on February 20, 2013, on Mendler's official YouTube channel and on [[social networking service]]s.<ref name=item/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bringthenoiseuk.com/201302/music/news/video-news-bridgit-mendler-covers-i-was-a-fool|title=Bridgit Mendler Covers I Was A Fool|publisher=Bring the Noite UK|access-date=July 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007035918/http://www.bringthenoiseuk.com/201302/music/news/video-news-bridgit-mendler-covers-i-was-a-fool|archive-date=October 7, 2013}}</ref> Mendler said she decided to record the song after spending weeks singing it nonstop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dis411.net/2013/02/21/bridgit-mendlers-acoustic-version-of-i-was-a-fool/|title=Bridgit Mendler's Acoustic Version Of "I Was A Fool"|publisher=Dis411|access-date=July 28, 2013|archive-date=November 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013216/http://www.dis411.net/2013/02/21/bridgit-mendlers-acoustic-version-of-i-was-a-fool/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the video she sings on an old stage with great curtains in the background.<ref name="item">{{cite web|url=http://www.itemvn.com/album/Bridgit-Mendler-I-Was-A-Fool-Single/0BBDEB29B4|title=Bridgit Mendler – I Was A Fool (Single)|publisher=Itemvn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622041507/http://www.itemvn.com/album/Bridgit-Mendler-I-Was-A-Fool-Single/0BBDEB29B4|archive-date=June 22, 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> A guitarist and a keyboardist accompany Mendler. The video is shot in black and white.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/tidbits/bridgit-mendler-covering-tegan-and-saras-i-was-fool|title=BRIDGIT MENDLER covering Tegan and Sara's 'I Was A Fool'|date=February 25, 2013|publisher=Coup de Main Magazine|access-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> The cover was positively received. Carl Smith of Sugar Space was positive about Mendler's cover and said he loved it, while also remarking that "Bridgit's given the tune an acoustic twist with a dramatic black and white video to match. There is literally nothing this girl cannot do."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.5thingsaboutpop.com/2013/03/bridgit-mendler-facts.html|title=5 Things About Bridgit Mendler|publisher=Sugar Space|access-date=July 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803073038/http://www.5thingsaboutpop.com/2013/03/bridgit-mendler-facts.html|archive-date=August 3, 2013}}</ref> Richard Dawson of 5 Things About Pop compared the cover to Mendler's own song "Hold On for Dear Love" and said that the version was lovely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sugarscape.com/node/819368|title=Bridgit Mendler covers Tegan & Sara's I Was A Fool. Amazingly.|publisher=5thingsaboutpop|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129154707/http://www.sugarscape.com/music/news/a819368/bridgit-mendler-covers-tegan-saras-i-was-a-fool-amazingly/|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=July 28, 2013}}</ref> Writers for ''Teen Beat'' said they were falling in love with the song, and Mendler was very excited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ontheteenbeat.com/2013/02/21/bridgit-mendler-covers-tegan-and-sara/|title=Bridgit Mendler Covers Tegan And Sara!|publisher=ontheteenbeat|access-date=July 28, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129035544/http://ontheteenbeat.com/2013/02/21/bridgit-mendler-covers-tegan-and-sara/|archive-date=November 29, 2014}}</ref> In May 2013 Mendler performed the song on [[MTV Live HD|MTV Live UK]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bridgitmendler.com.br/assistam-ao-acustico-de-i-was-a-fool-para-mtv-inglesa/|title=Mendler on MTV Live UK|publisher=BridgitMendler.com|access-date=July 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045659/http://bridgitmendler.com.br/assistam-ao-acustico-de-i-was-a-fool-para-mtv-inglesa/|archive-date=November 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[Matthew Dear]] premiered his remix of "I Was a Fool" on April 18, 2013. Its consists of an "icy, slow-building ambient bassline and beat" that Michael Nelson of [[Stereogum]] said to have made Tegan and Sara's vocals "somehow even more heartbreaking".<ref name = "Stereogum">{{cite web|last=Nelson|first=Michael|date=April 18, 2013|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1325252/tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool-matthew-dear-remix/mp3s/|title=Tegan And Sara – "I Was A Fool" (Matthew Dear Remix)|publisher=[[Stereogum]]. SpinMedia|access-date=November 18, 2014}}</ref> On May 21, 2014, the duo teamed up with [[Indaba Music]] to start a remix contest for the song, with the prize being $750, inclusion on one of their official releases, autographed merchandise products and exposure on their official website. The contest lasted until June 18, 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teganandsara.com/indaba-i-was-a-fool-remix-contest/|title=Indaba 'I Was A Fool' Remix Contest|date=May 21, 2014|publisher=teganandsara.com|access-date=November 18, 2014}}</ref> with the winner being the VBND remix.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool-remix-contest/winners|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205083533/https://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/tegan-and-sara-i-was-a-fool-remix-contest/winners|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 5, 2014|title=Remix Tegan and Sara's "I Was a Fool" to win $750, be officially released, and be featured|publisher=[[Indaba Music]]|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> On September 30, 2014, a release consisting of sixteen remixes, including remixes by Matthew Dear and VBND, was issued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-was-a-fool-remixed/id920363335|title=I Was a Fool Remixed|date=September 30, 2014|publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc|access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref>
==Credits and personnel==
The following information adapted from the liner notes of ''Heartthrob'':<ref name="Notes">{{cite AV media notes|others=Tegan and Sara|title=[[Heartthrob (album)|Heartthrob]]|year=2013|publisher= Vapor|id=2-532232}}</ref>
;Locations
* Recorded and engineered at Echo Studio, Los Angeles, California; drums recorded at [[EastWest Studios]], Hollywood, California
* Mixed at Larrabee Sound Studios, Los Angeles, California
* Mastered at [[Bernie Grundman|Bernie Grundman Mastering]], Hollywood, California.
;Personnel
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* Songwriting, vocals&nbsp;– [[Tegan and Sara|Tegan Quin, Sara Quin]]
* Production, [[recording engineer|recording]], [[Audio engineer|engineering]], [[Programming (music)|programming]], keyboards, guitar, bass&nbsp;– [[Greg Kurstin]]
* Drums&nbsp;– [[Brian Gardner]]
* Drums recording&nbsp;– [[Billy Bush (record producer)|Billy Bush]]
* Drums recording assistant&nbsp;– Andrew Ford, Jeremy Miller
* Additional engineer&nbsp;– [[Jesse Shatkin]]
* [[Mixing (music production)|Mixing]]&nbsp;– [[Manny Marroquin]]
* Mixing assistant&nbsp;– Chris Galland, Del Bowers
* [[Mastering engineer|Mastering]]&nbsp;– [[Brian Gardner]]
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==Charts and certifications==
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===Weekly charts===
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! Chart (2013—14)
! Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Canada|19|artist=Tegan and Sara|artistid=373137|song=I Was A Fool|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 17, 2014|refname="CDNHot100"}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcanadaac|9|artist=Tegan and Sara|artistid=373137|song=I Was A Fool|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 February 2015}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|11|artist=Tegan and Sara|artistid=373137|song=I Was A Fool|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 February 2015}}
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{{singlechart|Billboardcanadahotac|8|artist=Tegan and Sara|artistid=373137|song=I Was A Fool|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 February 2015}}
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!scope="row"| UK Singles ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/130622cluk.txt|title=CLUK Update 22.06.2013 (wk24)|publisher=UK Charts|access-date=May 13, 2013}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| US [[Adult Top 40|Adult Pop Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=US>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/373137/tegan-and-sara/chart?f=343|title=Tegan and Sara chart history: Adult Pop Songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=July 12, 2014|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703142638/http://www.billboard.com/artist/373137/tegan-and-sara/chart?f=343|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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===Year-end charts===
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! Chart (2013)
! Peak<br />position
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!scope="row"|Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/canadian-hot-100?page=6|title=Canadian Hot 100: 2013|magazine=Billboard|date=January 2, 2013|publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]]|access-date=November 22, 2014}}</ref>
|align=center|62
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===Certifications===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Canada|artist=Tegan and Sara|title=I Was a Fool|award=Platinum|certyear=2015|relyear=2013|digital=true}}
{{certification Table Bottom | noshipments=true}}
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==Release history==
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!scope="col"|Country
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format
!scope="col"|Label
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!scope="row"| Canada
| April 24, 2013
|rowspan="3"| Digital download
|rowspan="3"| Vapor, [[Warner Bros. Records]]
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!scope="row"| Ireland<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/ie/album/i-was-a-fool-single/id656199754|title=I Was a Fool – Single by Tegan and Sara (IE)|date=June 7, 2013|publisher=iTunes Store (IE). Apple|access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref>
|rowspan="2"| June 7, 2013
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!scope="row"| United Kingdom<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/i-was-a-fool-single/id656199754|title=I Was a Fool – Single by Tegan and Sara (UK)|date=June 7, 2013|publisher=iTunes Store (UK). Apple|access-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref>
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==References==
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{{Tegan and Sara}}
{{Bridgit Mendler}}
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[[Category:2013 singles]]
[[Category:Tegan and Sara songs]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Greg Kurstin]]
[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
[[Category:2013 songs]]
[[Category:Bridgit Mendler songs]]
[[Category:Black-and-white music videos]]
[[Category:Rihanna]]
[[Category:2010s ballads]]