{{Infobox song | name = Fools Love | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Misfits of Science | album = MOS Presents | released = 2004 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=4|s=00}} | label = BMG | writer = Misfits of Science | producer = MOS | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}

'''"Fools Love"''' is the 2004 debut single from New Zealand hip hop duo Misfits of Science.<ref>{{cite web|title=Misfits Of Science – Fools Love|url=http://www.discogs.com/Misfits-Of-Science-Fools-Love/release/769570|website=Discogs|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-07-31|title=Misfits of Science - Fools Love - Amazon.com Music|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Love-Misfits-Science/dp/B00067GJ6G|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731032210/https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Love-Misfits-Science/dp/B00067GJ6G|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-07-31|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> The song spent four weeks at No.1 on the New Zealand singles chart in August 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=MISFITS OF SCIENCE - FOOLS LOVE (SONG)|url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Misfits+Of+Science&titel=Fools+Love&cat=s|website=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> The music video was nominated for Best Music Video at the 2004 New Zealand Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=2004 Winners|url=http://staging.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2004-winners/|website=NZ Music Awards|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|accessdate=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080630/http://staging.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2004-winners/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The song samples Doris Day's recording of "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" and "A Fool in Love" by Ike & Tina Turner.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fools Love|url=http://www.whosampled.com/Misfits-of-Science/Fools-Love/|website=Who Sampled|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref>

== Music video ==

The music video was directed by Shane Mason and Mark Trethewey. It is made in an animated style, giving the rap duo comedically oversized heads and surrounding them with hip hop cliches, such as car, cash, and booty girls. The video was nominated for Best Music video at the 2004 New Zealand Music Awards, and also won best video at the 2004 bNet Music Awards and the 2004 Juice TV Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=4th Annual Juice TV Awards Winners|url=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/newsitem/pi_newsitemid/303|website=NZ Musician|accessdate=6 August 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307032214/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/newsitem/pi_newsitemid/303|archivedate=7 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fool's Love|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/fools-love-2003|website=NZ On Screen|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> The video also prompted the creation of a Special Commendation award for directors Trethewey and Mason at the 2004 Kodak Music Clip Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hot Competition at Kodak Music Clip Awards|url=http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/newsitem/pi_newsitemid/201|website=NZ Musician|accessdate=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011953/http://www.nzmusician.co.nz/index.php/ps_pagename/newsitem/pi_newsitemid/201|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Track listing ==

;CD #"Fools Love" – 4:00 #"Fools Love Ragga Remix" (Radio Edit) featuring Tuff Enchant #"Fools Love" (Instrumental) #"Fools Love" (A Capella)

==Charts and certifications==

{{col-start}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2004) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|New Zealand|1|year=2004|artist=Misfits of Science|song=Fools Love|refname=}} |- |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Region ! Certification ! Sales/shipments |- | New Zealand (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|title=New Zealand Artist: Misfits Of Science|url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/charts/s26281/misfits-of-science-fools-love|website=Muzic.net.nz|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> | 2× Platinum | 24,000* |- | colspan="3" align="center" | <small>*sales figures based on certification alone</small> |- |} {{col-end}}

== Production credits ==

* Engineer: Shane Mason, Simon Holloway * Engineer (Assistant): Ben Hudson, Sonna Fegert * Executive Producer: Adee Keil, Simon Holloway * Producer: Misfits of Science (MOS) * Producer (Additional), mixed by, mastered by: Simon Holloway

== References ==

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== External links == * [http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/fools-love-2003 "Fools Love" music video at NZ On Screen]

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Category:2004 singles Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand Category:Misfits of Science (group) songs Category:2004 songs