| "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" |
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| Published | 1935 by Boosey & Hawkes |
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| Composer(s) | Jack Strachey |
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| Lyricist(s) | Eric Maschwitz as Holt Marvell |
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"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" is a 1936 jazz pop song written by Eric Mascwitz. It is one of the group of Mayfair songs like A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square. It was been covered numerous times by James Brown in 1963 and Bryan Ferry in 1973.
References
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- Discography
- Awards and nominations
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| Albums |
- Billie Holiday Sings/Solitude
- An Evening with Billie Holiday
- Billie Holiday
- Billie Holiday at Jazz at the Philharmonic
- Stay with Me
- Music for Torching
- Velvet Mood
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Body and Soul
- Songs for Distingué Lovers
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport
- All or Nothing at All
- Lady in Satin
- Last Recording
- The Essential Billie Holiday: Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live
- Lady in Autumn: The Best of the Verve Years
- Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933–1944
- Remixed and Reimagined
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| Songs |
- "Ain't Nobody's Business"
- "As Time Goes By"
- "Billie's Blues"
- "Blue Moon"
- "Body and Soul"
- "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?"
- "Don't Explain"
- "Easy Living"
- "Embraceable You"
- "Everything Happens for the Best"
- "Everything Happens to Me"
- "Fine and Mellow"
- "Gloomy Sunday"
- "God Bless the Child"
- "Good Morning Heartache"
- "I Cover the Waterfront"
- "I Loves You, Porgy"
- "If You Were Mine"
- "I Thought About You"
- "I'll Be Seeing You"
- "I'll Get By"
- "I'll Never Be the Same"
- "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm"
- "Just One of Those Things"
- "Lady Sings the Blues"
- "Left Alone"
- "Love for Sale"
- "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)"
- "Me, Myself, and I"
- "Miss Brown to You"
- "My Man"
- "Moonlight in Vermont"
- "Night and Day"
- "No More"
- "Now or Never"
- "Our Love Is Different"
- "P.S. I Love You"
- "Pennies from Heaven"
- "Please Don't Do It Here"
- "Preacher Boy"
- "Sophisticated Lady"
- "Stormy Blues"
- "Stormy Weather"
- "Strange Fruit"
- "Sugar"
- "Summertime"
- "That Ole Devil Called Love"
- "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"
- "Too Marvelous for Words"
- "Trav'lin' Light"
- "What a Little Moonlight Can Do"
- "What Is This Thing Called Love?"
- "Why Was I Born?"
- "Willow Weep for Me"
- "You Go to My Head"
- "Your Mother's Son-In-Law"
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| Related articles |
- "Angel of Harlem"
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill
- Statue
- The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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| 1950s | |
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| 1960s | | 1960 |
- "I'll Go Crazy"
- "Think"
- "You've Got the Power"
- "This Old Heart"
- "The Bells"
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| 1961 |
- "Bewildered"
- "I Don't Mind"
- "Baby, You're Right"
- "Just You and Me, Darling"
- "Lost Someone"
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| 1962 |
- "Night Train"
- "Shout and Shimmy"
- "Mashed Potatoes U.S.A."
- "Three Hearts in a Tangle"
- "I've Got Money"
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| 1963 |
- "Like a Baby"
- "Every Beat of My Heart"
- "Prisoner of Love"
- "These Foolish Things"
- "Signed, Sealed, and Delivered"
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| 1964 |
- "Oh Baby Don't You Weep"
- "Please, Please, Please"
- "Caldonia"
- "The Things That I Used to Do"
- "Out of Sight"
- "Have Mercy Baby"
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| 1965 |
- "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"
- "Try Me"
- "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
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| 1966 |
- "Lost Someone"
- "I'll Go Crazy"
- "Ain't That a Groove"
- "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
- "Money Won't Change You"
- "Don't Be a Drop-Out"
- "Sweet Little Baby Boy"
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| 1967 |
- "Bring It Up"
- "Kansas City"
- "Think"
- "Let Yourself Go"
- "Cold Sweat"
- "Get It Together"
- "I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)"
- "There Was a Time"
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| 1968 |
- "You've Got to Change Your Mind"
- "I Got the Feelin'"
- "Licking Stick – Licking Stick"
- "America Is My Home"
- "I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry"
- "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud"
- "Goodbye My Love"
- "Tit for Tat (Ain't No Taking Back)"
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| 1969 |
- "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose"
- "Soul Pride"
- "I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself)"
- "The Popcorn"
- "Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me)"
- "Lowdown Popcorn"
- "World"
- "Let a Man Come In and Do the Popcorn"
- "Ain't It Funky Now"
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| 1970s | | 1970 |
- "It's a New Day"
- "Funky Drummer"
- "Brother Rapp"
- "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"
- "Super Bad"
- "Santa Claus Is Definitely Here to Stay"
- "Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved"
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| 1971 |
- "Spinning Wheel"
- "Soul Power"
- "I Cried"
- "Escape-ism"
- "Hot Pants"
- "Make It Funky"
- "I'm a Greedy Man"
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| 1972 |
- "Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing"
- "King Heroin"
- "There It Is"
- "Honky Tonk"
- "Get on the Good Foot"
- "I Got a Bag of My Own"
- "What My Baby Needs Now Is a Little More Lovin'"
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| 1973 |
- "I Got Ants In My Pants (And I Want to Dance)"
- "Down and Out in New York City"
- "Think"
- "Sexy, Sexy, Sexy"
- "Stoned to the Bone"
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| 1974 |
- "The Payback"
- "My Thang"
- "Papa Don't Take No Mess"
- "Funky President (People It's Bad)"
- "Coldblooded"
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| 1975 |
- "Reality"
- "Sex Machine"
- "Hustle!!! (Dead on It)"
- "Superbad, Superslick"
- "Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"
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| 1976 |
- "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
- "Get Up Offa That Thing"
- "I Refuse to Lose"
- "Bodyheat"
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| 1977 |
- "Kiss in 77"
- "Give Me Some Skin"
- "If You Don't Give a Doggone About It"
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| 1978 |
- "Eyesight"
- "The Spank"
- "For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes"
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| 1979 |
- "It's Too Funky in Here"
- "Star Generation"
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| 1980s | | 1980 |
- "Regrets"
- "Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"
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| 1981 | |
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| 1983 |
- "The Night Time Is the Right Time (To Be With the One That You Love)"
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| 1984 | |
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| 1985 | |
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| 1986 | |
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| 1987 | |
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| 1988 | |
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| 1989 | |
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| 1990s | | 1991 |
- "(So Tired of Standing Still We Got to) Move On"
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| 1993 | |
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UK-only charting singles |
- "Hey America" (1970)
- "Bring It On...Bring It On" (1983)
- "Froggy Mix" (1985)
- "She's the One" (1988)
- "The Payback Mix" (1988)
- "I Got You (I Feel Good) [James Brown v. Dakeyne]" (1992)
- "Funk on Ah Roll" (1999)
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Notable productions |
- "The Grunt" (1970)
- "Gimme Some More" (1971)
- "I Know You Got Soul" (1971)
- "Pass the Peas" (1972)
- "Think (About It)" (1972)
- "Doing It to Death" (1973)
- "Soul Power 74" (1973)
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Other songs |
- "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" (1960)
- "Maybe the Last Time" (1964)
- "Old Landmark" (1980)
- "Killing Is Out, School Is In" (2001)
- "Gut Bucket" (2006)
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Billy Ward and his Dominoes |
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- Billy Ward
- Clyde McPhatter
- Charlie White
- Joe Lamont
- Bill Brown
- James Van Loan
- David McNeil
- Jackie Wilson
- Eugene Mumford
- Milton Merle
- Cliff Givens
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| Songs | |
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| 1970s |
- "It's All Over Now" (1970)
- "Reason to Believe"/"Maggie May" (1971)
- "Every Picture Tells a Story"/"Reason to Believe" (1971) Spain only
- "(I Know) I'm Losing You"/"Mandolin Wind" (1971)
- "Handbags and Gladrags" (1972)
- "You Wear It Well" (1972)
- "Angel" (1972)
- "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (1972)
- "Twistin' the Night Away" (1973, 1987)
- "Oh! No Not My Baby" (1973)
- "Farewell" / "You Send Me" (1973)
- "Mine for Me" (1974)
- "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" (1974) Stewart/Faces
- "Sailing" (1975)
- "This Old Heart of Mine" (1975)
- "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (1976)
- "The Killing of Georgie" (1976)
- "Get Back" (1976)
- "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1977)
- "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (1977, 1990)
- "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (1978)
- "Hot Legs" (1978)
- "I Was Only Joking" (1978)
- "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978, 1997)
- "Ain't Love a Bitch" (1979)
- "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (1979)
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| 1980s | |
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| 1990s |
- "It Takes Two" (1990) Stewart/Turner
- "Rhythm of My Heart" (1991)
- "The Motown Song" (1991)
- "Your Song" (1992)
- "Ruby Tuesday" (1993)
- "Have I Told You Lately" (1993)
- "Reason to Believe" (unplugged, 1993)
- "All for Love" (1993) Stewart/Adams/Sting
- "Leave Virginia Alone" (1995)
- "Lady Luck" (1996)
- "Ooh La La" (1998)
- "Rocks" (1998)
- "Cigarettes & Alcohol" (1998)
- "Faith of the Heart" (1999)
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| 2000s | |
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| 2010s | |
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