"The Foolish Thing to Do" is a song by the British synthpop band Heaven 17 and featuring American singer Jimmy Ruffin. It was released in 1986 as a non-album single. The song was written by Glenn Gregory, Ian Craig Marsh, Martyn Ware and Nick Plytas, and produced by Marsh and Ware (as the British Electric Foundation). "The Foolish Thing to Do" reached No. 80 in the UK and remained in the charts for two weeks. A music video was filmed to promote the single. The B-side, "My Sensitivity (Gets in the Way), is a cover of the Luther Vandross song. Ruffin performed lead vocals on both tracks. For the CD version of Heaven 17's fifth studio album Teddy Bear, Duke & Psycho, released in 1988, a new version of the song featured Gregory performing the lead vocal.more »
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