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{{Infobox song
| name          = Fool Hearted Memory
| cover         = 
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[George Strait]]
| album         = [[Strait from the Heart]]
| B-side        = The Steal of the Night
| released      = May 27, 1982
| recorded      = September 9, 1981
| studio        = [[Music City Music Hall]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
| venue         = 
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Neotraditional Country]]|[[honky-tonk]]}}
| length        = {{unbulleted list|{{duration|m=2|s=40}} (album version)|{{duration|m=2|s=12}} (single edit)}}
| label         = [[MCA Records|MCA]] <small>12236</small>
| writer        = [[Byron Hill]]<br>Blake Mevis
| producer      = Blake Mevis
| prev_title    = [[If You're Thinking You Want a Stranger (There's One Coming Home)]]
| prev_year     = 1982
| next_title    = [[Marina del Rey (song)|Marina del Rey]]
| next_year     = 1982
}}
"'''Fool Hearted Memory'''" is a song written by [[Byron Hill]] and Blake Mevis, and recorded by American [[country music]] singer [[George Strait]].  The song was Strait's first number 1 single (Billboard Magazine, 1982).<ref name="Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs 1944-2008">[http://www.recordresearch.com/ BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY SONGS 1944-2008]</ref>  It was released in May 1982 as the first single from Strait's ''[[Strait from the Heart]]'' album, and was included in the soundtrack of the feature film ''[[The Soldier (1982 film)|The Soldier]]'' on Embassy Films. The song won an [[ASCAP]] Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1982.

==Critical reception==
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, saying that Strait "finds his literal voice" on this song. He states that it is "stronger and more confident than it had been on his first album. While the song calls for a certain amount of restraint and sadness, Strait is able to fully capture those emotions without sounding at all timid." He goes on to say that you cannot listen to the song without "reveling in the delightfully country fiddle riff that dominates the track."<ref>[http://www.countryuniverse.net/2011/07/14/retro-single-review-george-strait-fool-hearted-memory/] Review by Kevin John Coyne</ref>

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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!align="left"|Chart (1982)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=George Strait}}
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|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
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===Year-end charts===
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!Chart (1982)
!Position
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|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 23, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|15
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{George Strait 1980s singles}}

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[[Category:1982 singles]]
[[Category:1982 songs]]
[[Category:George Strait songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Byron Hill]]
[[Category:Songs written by Blake Mevis]]
[[Category:MCA Records singles]]


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