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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (song)

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"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
Single by Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers
from the album The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
B-side"Please Be Mine"
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1956
RecordedNovember 1955
GenreDoo-wop, rock and roll
Length2:20
LabelGee
Songwriter(s)Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, Jimmy Merchant
Producer(s)George Goldner
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers singles chronology
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
(1956)
"I Want You to Be My Girl"
(1956)

"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" is a 1956 song by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom and number 1 on the R&B charts. It went on to be covered by The Beach Boys in 1964 and Diana Ross in 1981 as the title track for her 12th studio album Why Do Fools Fall in Love. It topped the single charts in the Netherlands and Belgium.

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