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"What Kind of Fool" is the title of a vocal duet
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 from 1981 (see 1981 in music
1981 in music

See also:* :Category:Record labels established in 1981* list of 'years in music'...
) by singers Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
 and Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb

Barry Alan Crompton Gibb Order of the British Empire is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, to English parents....
. The songwriters for "What Kind of Fool" are Gibb and Albhy Galuten
Albhy Galuten

Albhy Galuten is a Grammy Award winning United States record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and technology executive.He produced 18 chart-topper single with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies....
.

Released as the third single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 from Streisand's 1980 album Guilty
Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)

Guilty is an album released by Barbra Streisand in 1980. After the success of the Bee Gees in 1977/1978 there was some time to perform songwriting for other artists and Barbra Streisand asked Barry Gibb to write an album for her....
, "What Kind of Fool" was the third consecutive Top 10 single from the album in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. "Woman in Love
Woman in Love

"Woman in Love" is a popular 1980 song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her album, Guilty . The song was written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees...
" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 chart, and the album's title track (also a duet between the two singers) reached #5, both in late 1980.






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"What Kind of Fool" is the title of a vocal duet
Duet (music)

A duet is a musical composition or musical piece for two performers. In classical music the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word Wiktionary:duo is also often used....
 from 1981 (see 1981 in music
1981 in music

See also:* :Category:Record labels established in 1981* list of 'years in music'...
) by singers Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand is an United states singer and film and theatre actress. She has also achieved note as a composer, political activist, film producer and film director....
 and Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb

Barry Alan Crompton Gibb Order of the British Empire is a singer, songwriter and producer. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, to English parents....
. The songwriters for "What Kind of Fool" are Gibb and Albhy Galuten
Albhy Galuten

Albhy Galuten is a Grammy Award winning United States record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and technology executive.He produced 18 chart-topper single with songs and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies....
.

Released as the third single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 from Streisand's 1980 album Guilty
Guilty (Barbra Streisand album)

Guilty is an album released by Barbra Streisand in 1980. After the success of the Bee Gees in 1977/1978 there was some time to perform songwriting for other artists and Barbra Streisand asked Barry Gibb to write an album for her....
, "What Kind of Fool" was the third consecutive Top 10 single from the album in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. "Woman in Love
Woman in Love

"Woman in Love" is a popular 1980 song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her album, Guilty . The song was written by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees...
" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 chart, and the album's title track (also a duet between the two singers) reached #5, both in late 1980. "What Kind of Fool" spent three weeks at #10 on the Hot 100 in March and April of 1981. It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary music and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States....
.

The songs on the Guilty album were a collaboration between Streisand and all the members of The Bee Gees, including Barry's brothers, Robin
Robin Gibb

Robin Hugh Gibb Order of the British Empire is a singer and songwriter. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, to English parents, the twin brother of Maurice Gibb , and younger brother to Barry Gibb....
 and Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb

Maurice Ernest Gibb Order of the British Empire was a musician and singer-songwriter. He was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, Isle of Man, the twin brother of Robin Gibb, and younger brother to Barry Gibb....
. But Barry Gibb played the largest role of the brothers on the album, co-writing and co-producing most of the tracks and appearing on the album cover embracing Streisand. Co-producer Karl Richardson was quoted describing Barry Gibb's contribution to this song: "He did the demo first. Barbra sang to the demo, then he came back and replaced a couple of things after he had heard what she was doing."