Song of the Day 4/1: The Doobie Brothers, “What a Fool Believes”
“What a fool believes, he sees. No wise man has the power to reason away what seems to be.” The song is about a long-past love affair, but those words apply to just about any situation. Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins wrote this together, or rather, McDonald started it and Loggins finished it by adding the bridge. Loggins recorded his version first, for his second solo album.
McDonald recorded it with the Doobie Brothers. Their version became a No. 1 hit in 1979.
This song really put Michael McDonald on the map for me, had heard him singing harmony on numerous songs before this. One of my favorite male vocalists for sure.