Released: November 16, 1964

Songwriter: Richard Ahlert Kay Rogers

Producer: Clyde Otis

[Verse 1]
Sure you haven't got the wrong number?
You sure it's me you want to talk to tonight?
Everyone in town's got your number
Everybody's got you pegged right

[Chorus]
Is that why you got in touch with me?
I guess you must be running out of fools

[Verse 2]
When you went and left me there crying
Your goodbye was even colder than ice
It didn't bother you I was crying
And now you want to break my heart twice

[Chorus]
Is that why you got in touch with me?
I guess you must be running out of fools

[Bridge]
Guess you got back (Guess you got)
To my name (To my name)
In your little black book
Well, listen
Tell you what (Tell you what)
Bet you forgot (You forgot)
How I even look

[Verse 3]
So go ahead with all your sweet talking
Go ahead for all the good it can do
Have yourself a dime's worth of talking
And then I'm going to hang right up on you

[Chorus]
Because this time, you're not, you're not getting through to me
I guess you must be running out of fools

[Outro]
Even fools like me
Even fools like me
I said you're running out of fools
Even old fools like me

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known simply by her first Aretha. She is the reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” with a legacy that spans five decades. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Aretha began her career singing gospel at her father, minister C. L. Franklin’s church as a child. In 1960, at the age of 18, Aretha embarked on a secular career, recording for Columbia Records with modest success.

After moving to Atlantic Records in 1967, she released a steady string of US top ten hits through 1973 including “Spanish Harlem”, “Chain Of Fools”, “Baby I Love You”, “Since You’ve Been Gone”, “Daydreaming”, “The House That Jack Built”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", ”Think“ and her first chart-topper “Respect” – a song that also won Aretha her first of 18 Grammys. During this time, several of her songs were also successful overseas.

By the mid-70s, Aretha’s commercial success waned and she left Atlantic for Clive Davis' Arista Records in 1980. Her 1982 song “Jump to It,” returned her to the top 40 for the first time in six years. 1985’s Who’s Zoomin' Who? got her back into the top 10 twice with its title track and “Freeway Of Love”. Four more songs reached the top 40 through 1986.