One Way – Who’s Foolin Who

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One Way – Who’s Foolin Who

The group One Way were originally called The Soul Partners, later Al Hudson and the Partners and when they were signed to MCA they were called One Way Feat. Al Hudson before becoming One Way. They were signed to MCA between 1980 and 1988 and scored many hits, among them even five top ten R&B hits. Their songs were up tempo and danceable but they also recorded credible ballads and love songs and they had a great female vocalist Alicia Myers.

The album “Who’s foolin’ who” from One Way includes the band’s biggest hit, “Cutie Pie”, which peaked at #61 on the Billboard Hot 100, #29 on the dance charts and #4 on the R&B charts. The album’s title track, “Who’s Foolin’ Who” was also successfully released as a single and was later covered by the Eurodance band Double You.

The album itself peaked #51 on the Billboard 200 and #8 on the R&B charts. Aside from 1984’s #1 R&B album, Lady, this album is the highest charting in their eight-year run.

When Alicia Myers left the band to start up a solo career she released an album entitled “Fooled You this Time”. It is unclear which album (Myers’ or this one) was recorded first, but evidently, the similarity in album titles was intentional. Specifically, if her album was released first, then One Way’s album title “Who’s Foolin’ Who” can be seen as a sort of “response” to her album, or vice versa. Ironically, it turns out that most of the songs on Myers’ album were written One Way band members Al Hudson and Kevin McCord.

01. Cutie Pie 5:25
02. Sweet Lady 3:40
03. You 4:41
04. You’re So Very Special 4:57
05. Who’s Foolin’ Who 5:13
06. Age Ain’t Nothing But A Number 3:43
07. Give Me One More Chance 4:47
08. Runnin’ Away 5:10

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