Nobody's Fool
Kenny Loggins Lyrics

@bigcahuna42366

This is a song that 80s radio stations need to bring back to the airwaves. They are stuck on a 50 song loop of the same old hits - lots of Prince, Huey Lewis, Journey, Bon Jovi, etc. Kenny Loggins gets attention on today's retro radio, but is limited to just Footloose and Danger Zone. Nobody's Fool was enormously popular on the radio when it was released in 1988, but many younger millennials and Gen Zers have never heard this.

@angham3829

Ecclesiastes 3:1

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

King James Version

@tarakristina77

Yes! My thoughts exactly! The movie looks dumb but Kenny looks wonderful and the song is such a gem!

@H4mmerofD4wn

I'm a Gen X/Y and LOVE this song, so we exist. 🙂

@jiimmyplayz

Gen Z. I know everything about the 80's. You give me a reference or something, I'll get it, no Google search or anything

@gregdesena4207

I hear it pretty frequently on Sirius XM 80's on 8. That's the best place for 80's tunes. Great variety for the most part.

@cookinmamabree6939

He still is undisputed king of Movie Soundtracks.
His vocals and musical talent couldn't be matched, still cant!!

@pedigreehhh23

If you made a movie in the 80's you were contractually obligated to give Loggins first crack at the theme song

@hollylemon3017

💯❤

@gavinerickson7627

Kenny wrote this song for this movie and it was bigger than the film. Love it!

@coreydempsey4660

Wow, very cool

@benwatson6729

This song deserved to be in a better movie.

@robertwiegman1

Totally dude.

@rolfbernerske2786

Yes!

@chrisb8655

It absolutely did.

@ahamham4532

God orchestrates everything. By faith. ;) Hebrews 11:1-3

@smdmorga2

@Simple To Gourmet Vegan Godfather 3 was a masterpiece compared to Caddyshack 2.

@suzanneforgione1018

Anyone who wasn’t around in the 80s truly missed out on such a beautiful era. I love love love this song ❤️❤️❤️

@622Superman

Kenny Loggins...King of the 80's movie soundtracks.

@vinkojakovljevic2268

He is a truly KING !

@Johnny-ud9dx

Definitely!

@chrismaga7806

Kenny's voice is like a drug. So addictive.

@wanderingseth

I've just discovered him, and realised I already knew a few of his songs. I'm crushing so hard on him haha

@angham3829

Blessed to be a blessing.
To God be the Glory ❤️

@pcgentile

"If life has taught me anything...got to learn to be the ball.". Great lyric.

@sierratrilogy

Truer words were never spoken (or sung)...

@bruceriley8619

Or because this is for caddy shack 2, it starts off with “Back to the shack”.

@DASamX5453

I get the reference to the movie but in terms of real life, what the hell does that even mean?

@pcgentile

@@DASamX5453 I've always thought it meant to center yourself and let it all go.

@GAME.PLAYERX.5841

Kenny Loggins. The man who kept the 80s soundtracks fun

@davids5738

no kidding, he had so many big songs in the movies..

@leecroft2755

We don't get music like this anymore. Love the 80's.

@chriss.7409

And 70s too :)

@mackdye9070

It shows what can be achieved when creative people run the company instead of the bean counting suits. RIP entertainment in 2000's and later.

@jeromecabral7464

80s was such an awesome decade

@frevryngrocks9346

Miss the 80's

@Lizards_Lounge

Music...they still make it ???
All i ever see is porn music video clips, uzi's, supercars and bling... same couple of dozen tv add jingles and nursery rhymes that TODDLERS i could unders trand liking...
But music ??. No sorry...think it went extinct

@markdunyan7324

As a kid, I would watch this and constantly rewind this movie’s beginning scene just to listen to this song.

@gilbertcordova8235

Same! I JUST put this movie on for the 1st time in years and realized I still knew all the words!😂😂

@shadows.82

Good to know I was not the only one.

@rocnoir4233

Did the same. Never actually sat through the entire movie it was horrible apart from Randy Quaid.

@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf

Greatest movie ever!

@mrconancat

@@rocnoir4233 The Peter Blunt System is one of the best scenes in movie history.

@JayEm74

This song is pure 1980's gold.

@rrbrown813

Perfect example of the soundtrack being better than the movie..a real thing of the 80s..but God did I love growing up then..

@bartolomeobartolomeo7005

Movie is ok also. My childhood.

@SpeedyDePalma

Nobody remembers Mystery Men but who hasn't heard of All Star?

@jacksonteller3973

I thought the film was fine, Jackie Mason was pretty funny.

@tonyarceneaux286

I like the movie.

@Thee-jd7zw

This song is easily the best part of the movie. That said if they had simply made a movie and not attempted to clumsily connect it with the original it would probably just be another forgettable flick. Unfortunately it will always be compared to the original and because of that it’s really, really bad.

@scottijamez

Never be another decade like the 80's!!...I'm so glad i can say i was a part of it!!

@ReverendBrown.

One Day it'll all make sense 80s best decade ever!!! 1988 greatest year ever!!! Oh man to go back to ‘88 & live it again.

@georgetzortzis2946

Loved the 80’s was wish I could of stayed there forever

@decentdude9772

And I'm upset that I wasn't a part of it. I'm 11 So I didn't live in the 90's either.

@jimpolk3553

Born in December of 1979. For those of us that grew up in the 80's, we are so incredibly fortunate!! Definitely the best time to have lived as a kid. Best cartoons, best music, cheesy but great movies, and penny-candy; literally candy for a penny -- usually at corner stores!!!!! Remember that??

@renada.d2931

You're so right!

@DC05570

The 80s were pop culture nirvana that endures (and is revered) to this day!!!👍🏻

@ahamham4532

Yes, I just watched the matchstick girl. 1970.
Tried to sell 4 a penny. Come to find out, Jesus and the angels, her Father in heaven..were with her the whole time, every step of the way.
Wow, it's not a sad story after all.

@ahamham4532

Jesus loves us much. See John 3:16

@lamarravery4094

You were born a little too late, it was better if you grew up in the early 70s, then you got the whole 80s and 90s experience, even a tiny bit of the 70s which was another great decade if you were a kid, Star Wars.

@puy389

Better and fresher than any of the crappy music made today.

@chiefsguy52

Kenny didn't have to go this hard for a subpar sequel. But he did it for us.

@ReverendBrown.

Kenny is a giver

@ahamham4532

"Who's foolin' who?"...

@ahamham4532

God orchestrates everything. Hallelujah. Joy.love.Jesus.

@ryanwolff4058

Kenny ate. No crumbs.

@adamf34

Got to meet Kenny once. 1 hell of a nice guy!

@coreyculbertson5036

Wow. Lucky you

@ahamham4532

Follow Jesus. ♡

@suzanneforgione1018

Very cool

@ezmony6950

Sweet

@dawnkent2092

I did too! I got a hug from him on my 32nd birthday. I wanted to marry him since I was 8 years old. Alas, things didn’t work out for me an Kenny though. I ended up marrying the dude that took me to that concert.

@TheLastOfTheFinest80

This music video itself is proof of why the 80s was such an awesome decade.

@jasonbuilt2last

So sad this song fell under the radar. I Love it! So uplifting!

@jeffmellott8928

It did ok on the charts-- top 10

@MilkAndCornbreadd

On September 17, 1988, it peaked at #8 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and also peaked at #11 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles Chart.

@jeniferansley2352

This song definitely did not fall under the radar it was a top 10 hit and I remember it was like huge where I grew up. Love it!

@kirbivore77

strange that while it was top 10 you don't hear it played hardly at all nowadays

@philipzamora4259

You might be thinking about the movie itself. That definitely fell under the radar and it's still there where it belongs.

@cashiko

Was at a car dealership getting my car fixed and this song came in through the speakers. it literally pumped me up and I downloaded it and had it playing over and over again. It seems the 80s had the best, positive music!! Better than this crap for today. I bet people where more easy going then compared to today,

@ForTheEmperorsBalls

And thats why i love 70's and 80's oldschool music.
I prefer more music like this than music that we have today.

@prettylady1991

Holy shit I have been looking for this song for so long. I was born in 1997 and my mom and step dad used to have the album and this was one of my favorite songs! So glad I found it lol. But man music is definitely different now... So glad my parents introduced me to good music. Here I am 23 and still love this kind of music!

@dynaztycrashdiet

I was a kid in the 80's & the music back then is 100% better then the rubbish that they turn out today which is just terrible.

@chrisb8655

@@dynaztycrashdiet As a fellow 80's kid, I couldn't have said that better. Completely agree with you.

@ryandeffley7652

I wish more women in their early to mid 20's had old souls. A lot of 20 something women I date are like junk food. Short term enjoyment and easily forgotten. 🤣

Most are social media obsessed and worried about IG followers, pointless social justice warrior BS, etc. Keep staying connected to the past. Definitely a better era. 👍

@Steelburgh

You know, I almost never think of Kenny Loggins when I think about awesome 80's music, but every time I hear a song of his I'm like "HELL YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT!" The dude is pretty much the quintessential 80's musician.

@mythdefied9070

He was pretty much the god of '80s movie theme songs.

@josephmackela8466

I just can’t say that about a 90s song or 00’s!! I agree!!

@melindafarina7840

Definitely !!!

@MrStoney2009

@@mythdefied9070 My friends referred to him as Mr. Soundtrack"

@angham3829

Blessed to be a blessing. Jesus is Lord. ✝️ All Glory to God forever.♥️

@amysimpson-greene4407

This abomination of a sequel didn't deserve such a banger of a theme song.

@johnbadalamenti8034

This is the real deal. A monster singer and guitar player. Kenny sings better than almost everyone in the industry.

@philipzamora4259

One of those all-time great movie themes. I could listen to it on loop for hours and not get sick of it.

@MrRifftheref

I love this song. It is very catchy. Kenny is a genius.

@slevinkalevera1260

Being year 2021, having been a teenager and young adult in the 80s all I can say is "I SHOULD NOT HAVE WANTED TO GROW UP SO FAST.

@angham3829

Ecclesiastes 3:1

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

King James Version

@PsyphaX09

Such a beautiful song and soooooo underrated!

@Ronton617

I almost forgot about this song until I heard it on Sirius Xm 80's on 8. Wow, brought back such great memories from the summer of 88. So glad I grew up in the 80's and the music that went along with it. Kenny had so many good songs in the 80's. Music from that Era will love on forever. I miss those days.....Fun times for sure.

@obsidiansea

Love both Caddyshack and Caddyshack II - the gopher was my favorite character. '80s movies are the best.

@SandTguy

Kenny Logins should be a National Treasure. He’s unmatched and his songs kick ass. Need I say anything more.

@eyeamserious7900

Spent years looking for this song! One of those songs from my youth that I "forgot about". Twice in the years since I heard bits of it playing in the background somewhere. It's been an enigma, like the itch you can't quite scratch for 30 years. DANCING AND FIST PUMPING ALL BY MYSELF!!! What a relief and ear candy... What the hell happened to the world since the innocence of this time?

@rm78noir

Ahhhhhh, Kenny Loggins and the 80's movie, going hand in hand forever!

@TDTam11

VH1 played this literally 3x an hour Sept/Oct 1988....and 10 year old me loved it!!

@tonyadesrosier5863

"If time has taught me anything...you got to learn to be the ball.

@kennyLogins

Thanks for the great love ❤️ and support you show me as a special fan of mine😍, I hope you won't stop listening to tracks , and thanks for your sincere
Compliment and love towards my tracks ❤️may God bless you.

@Lars211

We all get super pumped singing along with the chorus!!

@relaxshacksDOTcom

I'm one of the few that actually really likes Caddyshack 2- so bad/so 80s that its very entertaining....

@jasonk5882

Randy Quaid's character and scenes are fantastic.

@thewayneflyinghigh9128

relaxshacksDOTcom from what is aw of caddyshack two it sucked balls.

@@jasonk5882 you ever tried putting with a wedgie???

@brianez1980

You're not alone. It's so bad it's fun

@Megared82

I like Caddyshack 2 but I saw it before I saw Caddyshack 1. It's WAY inferior to the first one but I see some charm in it.

@partyonurpussy

Total 80’s Jam .....puts me right back in those magical times🔥

@angham3829

It's love❤️🎶✝️☝🏼,🐝🍃♥️🐝🍃📖🐝🍃👑

@EthanTrace

This song was way too good for this movie! 🔥

@pedigreehhh23

For you pre internet folks: this was one of those songs that you (me anyway) could NEVER find out who sung it, we all had them as a kid. I think that's part of what makes you appreciated some more than others, you remember when you finally found out who it was and could but it listen to it on repeat

@DrRiddlez2015

This song peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1988

@anthonylove821

I never understood why he never played this live. It’s such a great song that I bet his fans would love to hear. Unless the record company tied his hands and kept him from performing it.

@Faltor895

I think because it sounds hard to sing.

@ryanwolff4058

Nobody's Fool would be tough to sing on a concert tour. Much of the song (specifically the chorus and each verse leading into the chorus) is in Kenny's upper vocal register and requires a lot of breath support. Unless they dropped it to a lower key and/or did it as a slower acoustic song, performing Nobody's Fool live every night would blow out Kenny's vocal chords.

@ShellAlaskaVenture

I read an article this summer in which Kenny confirmed this is a doozy to sing and that if he does sing it, he needs some recovery time (easy tunes). He killed it in DC in June.

@Buzzard-jw8cc

I'm glad I'm not alone...

@narigon3942

He played this in his 1988 Back to Avalon tour. It was the opener.
1. Nobody’s Fool,
2. Playing with the Boys
3. This is It

@paulbernard2785

damn! ... Kenny Loggins was a hit making machine in the 80s...his music was in so many soundtracks during that time, and it still sounds great

@chiles79

Undoubtably the best part of Caddyshack II!

@ericwatson54

The ONLY good part of "Caddyshack II".

@DaveWollenberg

Kenny hit #8 in Billboard, 9-17-88. Theme from 'Caddyshack 2'.

@YouCantHoldOnTooLong

Great song! I still remember when it was popular back in 1988. I was nine years old and this video was played constantly on MTV when it actually was MTV and not worthless reality shows. Unfortunately, Caddyshack II really sucked. I've always liked this song much better than "I'm Alright" from the original movie. This song has lots of liveliness and energy, whereas "I'm Alright" is rather boring and repetitive. One thing's for sure, there will never be another decade as good as the eighties!

Happy Birthday Kenny Loggins!

~Dutch

@jamescox922

Yep ... I agree. “Nobody’s Fool” is a much better tune than “I’m Alright”!

@alondathomas293

Actually, "I'm Alright" is the way better song in my opinion. Never cared for this song, since it just sounds like a typical generic '80s song from that time. The two songs he did for the Footloose soundtrack were even better, and major hits too. He also had another great hit called "Vox Humana" from another album he had out around the same time the "Footloose" hit blew up, which has been forgotten since it was overshadowed by his other two hits. Btw, Loggins just put out a new memoir called "I'm Alright", and he also put out a new version of "Danger Zone", his hit from the original Top Gun soundtrack.

@YouCantHoldOnTooLong

@@alondathomas293 Did you ever like the song "Meet Me Half Way" from the soundtrack to Over The Top?

~Dutch

@Faltor895

​@@alondathomas293His other two hits, lol. He had a few more than that.

@jameyjones8863

How is this so crisp and hi-def from back then.

@cernstormrunner7263

80s songs just hit different.

@TBrianOnline

I also don't remember this song but I really miss the 80's. The movies, even the crappy ones, had a certain magic about them for us, little kids, back then.

@coolcat6303

This song kicks ass & is one of Kenny's most underrated.  The movie?  Meh... not so much.  But i'll always have a soft spot in my heart for that lovable (albeit destructive) gopher.

@chiefsguy52

A true '80s legend.

@TheUncleshady

Watching 80s stuff during COVID-19 quarantine because I want hairstyle ideas since I haven't been to a barber in 3 months

@nathanmason2926

One of great songs from the 80's

@duckbilledmonfrogga

Gosh, I love this. It makes me feel bad for anyone who has missed out on it.

@ericwatson54

I agree.
I say, miss the movie, not the song.

@froggy7570

Ah... Kenny Loggins! The underrated King of nostalgic cinema montages. Great times!

@angryreynholm3115

Undoubtedly the best thing to come from the film.

@TapesnCartridges

This song and movie were some of the last good memories I had from the 80s. I watched it with my brother right before he left for college. Watching it today, the movie has a nice ensemble of stars but had a nonsense plot. The song still takes me back to that 80s magic.

@Sinister80s

2:52 I love that bit of the song so much!

@jerry77734

this song is the best part of Caddyshack II.

@Doobie1975

haven't seen the movie but always liked this song a lot, too bad the radio stations seem to neglect this song from getting played anymore.

@tamerabradley3700

Wish I could go back to the 80's when life was actually FUN, MISS YOU 80'S AND ALL THE GREAT TIMES....

@Oheeeoh

Looks like Kenny Loggins modeled his haircut after the gopher just for this video. That's dedication folks!

@ReverendBrown.

Oheeeoh hey man, it was the 80s. That hairdo was on all the window posters of all the hair cutterys in every mall in America.

@lamarravery4094

Top Gun, Footlloose, Caddyshack 1 & 2, that Sly Stallone arm wrestling film, Kenny was the one you hired to make music for your movie in the 1980s.

@fatboyslimz2554

i swear this man had every major movie theme song in the 80s. <3 <3

@larsweldy8323

We ALL sing the chorus!?... it's awesome!!

@rrbrown813

Kenny ruled the
80s

@cubdukat

This song was the only reason to even consider seeing this movie. Fortunately, buying "Back to Avalon" was cheaper and infinitely more satisfying.

@thevisualedge

Loggins is the undisputed 80's soundtrack king: Top Gun, Footloose, Caddy Shack I & II, Over The Top ...

@kikiaamaria2823

This mans voice is golden and the 80s would be shit without him

@Faltor895

The 80s had tons of great songs.

@ShermerHighSchool

PURE 80s energy straight to the heart :D Goosebumps I tell ya!

@guitarsinhats6721

maybe one of the best choruses of all time.

@mikal

God damn. This chorus is so good that it makes me want to watch Caddyshack 2.

@DoThaWork

Don't do it.

@philipzamora4259

There's no question which Caddyshack movie is better. But, I'd wager that this theme is far superior to "I'm Alright" from the original. Pitting Kenny Loggins against himself.

@bosoxfan2525

Agreed

@ReverendBrown.

Phil, I’m picking up what you’re laying down.

@Thunderlion-yd4nv

@Philip Zamora Yeah...I like the Bon Jovi vibes of this theme, better than the 1980s-version-of-The-Monkees vibes of “I’m Alright” (the first movie’s theme).

@mnmade9062

Heard a small clip of this son in a Family Guy episode and it triggered a memory of this song which I’ve not heard in probably 30 years and totally forgot existed. I had to come find it because it’s a great song and is about as 80’s as it gets in both sound and looks. Kenny was the king in the 80’s.

@jameswilliams-of3mv

..great 80's song.. Kenny rocks!

@MrTulips21

The 80s was so much simpler then today back then people met and talked today they just text.

@brandonedwards6470

"Hey Kenny, we made another bomb again, we need you to bail us out again."
Kenny: "Roger that."
"Once again, in Kenny we trust."

@armysniperman80

wait, are you implying the first movie was a bomb?!?!

@big8dog887

Actually, this is probably the only movie Kenny was involved in that could be classified that way. The first Caddyshack, Footloose and Top Gun were all classics.

@jonathangonzales5749

The reigning king of the movie soundtrack!

@anticensor

I swear Kenny Loggins cures depression just by being Kenny Loggins

@chris9348

Nothing better than 80's Movie Theme songs! Can listen to them all day long.. This movie? Sure it wasn't the greatest but hey, its the 80's, we can forgive.. This theme is near the top of my list though..

@seanpower5320

Kenny Loggins is Awesome!!

@tonyacasdrummer

I loved caddyshack 2. I know it’s not part 1 but it’s hilarious!

@yurdp

Agreeded. I see it as it’s own movie that happens to be titled Caddyshack II.

@ahamham4532

"But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

-1 Corinthians 1:27-31
KJV

@jaxstiffler4632

i miss the 80's !! FRIDAY NIGHT VIDEOS !!

@zak22wolftheultramanzenith35

"And Kenny Loggins returned to perform the movie's theme song 'Nobody's Fool'. Which is what the audience said after not going to see this movie."
-Brad Jones (The Cinema Snob)

@richardlamb5369

Kenny logging is a true music genius pure talent!!!!

@menacexp

love how Chevy makes a cameo at the end - he was supposed to be in the movie

@danvelgtr

Love Loggin's 3 x octave melodic voice.

@59cdv

Every so often a favorite song would come on the car radio just as I got to my destination. When it did, I would put the car in reverse and drive around some more until it ended. "Nobody's Fool" was one of them. Why the local '80s FM stations repeatedly air the same old '80s "standards", yet hardly ever play lesser-known gems like this I will never understand. "Footloose", "Don't Stop Believin" & "Small Town" start to get boring after a while.

@bullforcetrading9995

Dam, I miss the 80's with a passion!!! :-(

@yusakug

If Caddyshack II were half as good as this song is, it would be one of the greatest comedies of all time. This song deserved to be attached to a different and better movie.

@prezman615

MY GOD I LOVE KENNY LOGGINS!!!!

@henshawsm

In the summer of 1988 I was almost 10 years old when Cddyshack 2 came out. My aunt worked at a theater and was able to get me and my siblings in for free to see whatever movie we wanted. I was forced to see Big top Pee-Wee as my siblings voted me out. I did get to see this on VHS a few months later and I remember this song being cool. The rest of the movie being kind of blah.

@Doobie1975

How did you like Big Top Pee Wee? I saw parts of it once and hated it considering Pee Wee's Big Adventure was one of my all time favorite movies.

@henshawsm

@@Doobie1975 it was okay it was definitely not like the first one which I really enjoyed.

@jdcapps21

Amazing story thank you for sharing

@matthoward8764

Kenny even looks a little like that darn gopher!! 

@richardlaceyfield9

Love the song and the gopher . Thanks Kenny .

@bobwalton4630

Kenny turned his back on smooth music in 1980 and the world has not been the same since