Fools Gold (song)

"Fools Gold"
Single by the Stone Roses
A-side"What the World Is Waiting For" (double A-side)
Released13 November 1989
RecordedMid and late 1989
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 9:53 (12-inch version)
  • 4:15 (7-inch version)
LabelSilvertone
Songwriters
ProducerJohn Leckie
The Stone Roses singles chronology
"She Bangs the Drums"
(1989)
"Fools Gold" / "What the World Is Waiting For"
(1989)
"I Wanna Be Adored"
(1989)

"Fools Gold" is a song by British rock band the Stone Roses. It was released as a double A-side single with "What the World Is Waiting For" on 13 November 1989 through Silvertone Records. "Fools Gold" would go on to appear on certain non-UK versions of their self-titled debut studio album (1989). It became the band's first single to reach the top ten of the UK Singles Chart and stayed in the top-75 for fourteen weeks, peaking at number eight.