Foolin'

"Foolin" is a 1983 single by British Hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Pyromania. When released as a single later that year, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock chart and #28 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Legacy

The popular Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation, which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song. The song is playable in the music video game Rock Band 3.

Music video

The music video was directed by David Mallet. Shot in June 1983, at Ritz theatre, Elizabeth, NJ, USA. Aired on August 1983, it featured Billy Idol's then-girlfriend Perri Lister playing the harp with her eyes closed. On the video compilation Historia, the text commentary before this video states, "Indeed, a face without eyes," a pun on Idol's song "Eyes Without a Face".

Track listing

7": Mercury / PolyGram / 814-178-7 (US)

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Degrassi: The Next Generation (season 5)

The fifth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation commenced airing in Canada on 19 September 2005, concluded on 20 March 2006 and contains nineteen episodes. Degrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian serial teen drama television series. This season depicts the lives of a group of high school sophomores, juniors and seniors as they deal with the some of the challenges and issues teenagers face such as body image, teenage pregnancy, drug dealing, coming out, sexual identity, religion, eating disorders and relationships.

Filming took place between May 2005 and November 2005.

Season five aired Mondays at 8:30 p.m. on CTV, a Canadian terrestrial television network. In the United States, it was broadcast at 8:00 p.m. on The N, a digital cable network aimed at teenagers and young adults. The season was released on DVD as a four disc boxed set on 3 July 2007 by Alliance Atlantis Home Entertainment in Canada, and by FUNimation Entertainment in the US. Registered users of the Canadian and US iTunes Stores are also able purchase and download the season for playback on home computers and certain iPods.The N Soundtrack was released on 1 August 2006, following this season.

Foolin' (Dionne Bromfield song)

"Foolin'" is the second single from British singer Dionne Bromfield's second studio album, Good for the Soul. The song features American rapper Lil Twist and was released 5 June 2011 and a new release 7 July 2011. It Reached 7 on the Bulgarian Top 40, however failed to enter the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video was filmed in the United Kingdom by UK director Trudy Bellinger.

Synopsis

The scenes in the video sees Bromfield with three different alter ego's sitting on chairs in a Bar before the scene switches to her sitting by a swimming pool, where she is later accompanied by a male.

The video also features Chris and Wes, winners of the 2011 season of Sky1's show Got to Dance, as her backup dancers.

In just over three weeks, the video went past one million views on YouTube, making it Bromfield's most-viewed video to date. It was uploaded to YouTube on 18 May 2011 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-two seconds.

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