Australian music channel Max placed the song at number 503 in their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2011. ĭavid Browne from Entertainment Weekly compared Jewel to British singer Kate Bush on the track, in his review. A reviewer from The Daily Vault said "Foolish Games" "works because of the wailing chorus both tired and yearning". The magazine also noted that "this piano-anchored ballad places the singer/songwriter in a setting that is almost orchestral and far more lush than those of her previous hits". He wrote that "the vocally sweeping ballad offers the richest arrangement among her hits, with lyrics that affectingly express the emotional descent of a woman whose love is unappreciated, perhaps even unseen, by her object of affection". Chuck Taylor from Billboard stated that it is the "quintessential musical moment" of the Pieces of You album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic described the song as "superior". The song was included on Jewel's Greatest Hits as a duet with Kelly Clarkson. Jewel was also nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Foolish Games". The single is ranked at number 20 on Billboard 's All Time Top 100 and held the Guinness World Record for the longest chart run of a single, 65 weeks, but this achievement has since been surpassed multiple times. "Foolish Games/You Were Meant for Me" was listed as the second-best performing song of 1997 by Billboard. As a result, Billboard listed "Foolish Games" as peaking at number two despite the song never actually reaching that position. The latter, which had peaked at number two and was spending its 41st week on the chart, rebounded to number 12 as "Foolish Games/You Were Meant for Me", eventually peaking at number seven eight weeks later. Because of this, instead of debuting and charting on the Billboard Hot 100 in the traditional way, "Foolish Games" was able to continue the chart life of "You Were Meant for Me". The song details the frustration and agony of knowing that the intensity of one's love is not reciprocated by one's lover.Ī CD single for the song was not issued in the United States, but a re-released version of the "You Were Meant for Me" CD single had a hidden bonus track of the single version of "Foolish Games". This version is shorter than the album version by one verse. Jewel re-recorded the single for the soundtrack to produce a more radio-friendly version, similar to her other singles " Who Will Save Your Soul" and " You Were Meant for Me". It was also the third single to be lifted from the Batman & Robin motion-picture soundtrack. " Foolish Games" is a song by American singer-songwriter Jewel from her debut studio album, Pieces of You (1995).
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