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"Ship of Fools" (subtitled "Save Me from Tomorrow" [1]) is a rock song by World Party released as a second single from the 1987 debut album Private Revolution. It was written and produced by singer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger, formerly of The Waterboys. Wallinger was the sole member of World Party at the time of release. [2]
"Ship of Fools" is a rock song performed by English rock singer Robert Plant. It was the third single released from his 1988 album Now and Zen , following " Heaven Knows " and " Tall Cool One ". It reached number 76 on the UK singles chart, number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.
"Ship of Fools" was also featured on the final two-hour episode of Miami Vice, "Freefall". It is the musical accompaniment to Crockett and Tubbs return to Miami via motor yacht after rescuing General Bourbon (a thinly veiled Manuel Noriega -type character) from the fictional Central American nation of Costa Morada.
Four of the songs from the album remained in live rotation throughout the band's existence. "Scarlet Begonias" in particular became an extended-jam highlight, later usually paired with a segue into "Fire on the Mountain," while "U.S. Blues" was a preferred encore. "Ship of Fools" and "China Doll" were played with less frequency.
"Indian Lake" is a song with music and lyrics written by Tony Romeo. [3] [4] It was recorded by the pop band The Cowsills, and included on their 1968 album Captain Sad and His Ship of Fools (MGM E/SE-4554).
The album's first single "Ship of Fools", reached a modest number 42 in the British charts but did much better outside the UK – it reached No. 4 in Australia, No. 21 in New Zealand, and No. 27 in the US, in the process becoming the act's only major international hit. "Private Revolution" was also issued as a single, but only charted in the UK ...
Wallinger was born on 19 October 1957, in Prestatyn, Wales, to Julian and Phyllis Wallinger, and was one of six children. [2] His father was an architect. [4] He showed musical promise from an early age, immersing himself in the music of the Beatles (notably studying Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and attempting not only to sing the words but to vocally recreate all of the sounds on the ...
"Ship of Fools" is a song by English synth-pop duo Erasure, released in February 1988 by Mute as the lead single from their third studio album, The Innocents (1988). [3] The song was written by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell , and produced by Stephen Hague and Dave Jacob. [ 4 ]