Everybody Plays the Fool

"Everybody Plays the Fool" is a 1972 song first recorded by American R&B group The Main Ingredient, and written by J. R. Bailey, Rudy Clark and Ken Williams. It was the first single released from the group's album Bitter Sweet, released with the B-side "Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me?)". "Everybody Plays the Fool" was the group's highest charting hit single, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the fall of 1972. It also peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and at No. 25 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart. It was certified gold by the RIAA.

"Everybody Plays the Fool"
Side A of US single
Single by the Main Ingredient
from the album Bitter Sweet
B-side"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me?)"
ReleasedAugust 1972
Recorded1972
StudioRCA Studio C (New York City)
Genre
  • Soul
  • R&B
Length3:22
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Luther Simmons
  • Tony Silvester
The Main Ingredient singles chronology
"Black Seeds Keep on Growing"
(1971)		 "Everybody Plays the Fool"
(1972)		 "You've Got to Take It (If You Want It)"
(1972)

The song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song at the 1973 ceremony, losing to "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".

A 1991 cover of the song by Aaron Neville, from the album Warm Your Heart, was also successful, reaching #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 in New Zealand.

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