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((short description|1956 single by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers))
((Refimprove|date=April 2021))
((Infobox song
| name       = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| cover      = US_78_why_do_fools_fall_in_love_teenagers.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Frankie Lymon]] & [[the Teenagers]]
| album      = [[The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon]]
| B-side     = Please Be Mine
| released   = January 10, 1956
| recorded   = November 1955
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Doo-wop]], [[rock and roll]]
| length     = 2:20
| label      = [[Gee Records|Gee]]
| writer     = [[Frankie Lymon]], [[Herman Santiago]], [[Jimmy Merchant]]<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/19/nyregion/here-s-who-first-asked-rock-s-big-question.html|title=Here's Who First Asked Rock's Big Question|first=Richard|last=Perez-Pena|date=19 November 1992|access-date=28 April 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]))</ref>
| producer   = [[George Goldner]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[I Want You to Be My Girl]]
| next_year  = 1956
))
"'''Why Do Fools Fall in Love'''" is a song by American [[rock and roll]] band [[Frankie Lymon]] & [[the Teenagers]] that was released on January 10, 1956. It reached No. 1 on the R&B chart,<ref>((cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=368))</ref> No. 6 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Pop Singles chart,<ref>((cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGNPTZplEvQC&q=%22why+do+fools+fall+in+love%22%2B+lymon+%2B+gee&pg=PA134 |title=The heart of rock & soul: the 1001 greatest singles ever made - Dave Marsh - Google Books |date= 7 May 1999|isbn=9780306809019 |access-date=2012-01-08|last1=Marsh |first1=Dave ))</ref> and No. 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] in July.<ref name="everyhit">((Cite web|url=http://www.everyhit.com/|title=UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts|website=Everyhit.com|access-date=28 April 2021))</ref><ref name="500 Number One Hits">((cite book| first= Jo| last= Rice| year= 1982| title= The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits| edition= 1st| publisher= Guinness Superlatives Ltd | location= En-field, Middle-sex| pages= 26–7| isbn= 0-85112-250-7))</ref> Many renditions of the song by other artists have also been hit records in the U.S., including versions by [[the Diamonds]] (in 1956), [[the Beach Boys]] (in 1964), and [[Diana Ross]] (in 1981).

The song was included in [[Robert Christgau]]'s "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings—published in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981)<ref>((cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|access-date=March 16, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com))</ref>—and ranked No. 314 on the ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>((cite magazine |title=Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/frankie-lymon-and-the-teenagers-why-do-fools-fall-in-love-20110526 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=October 1, 2015))</ref>

==Background and authorship==
In late 1955, The Teenagers (at that time calling themselves The Premiers) auditioned a song called "Why do Birds Sing So Gay?" for [[George Goldner]], recording producer and owner of [[Gee Records]]. [[Herman Santiago]], tenor of the group, had written the song based on a line from some love letters given to the guys by a tenant in bassist [[Sherman Garnes]]' apartment building. One of them featured the words "Why do birds sing so gay?," which fit in with lyrics of other songs that Herman had been writing based on a 1-6-2-5 chord pattern. Herman adjusted the harmony to take advantage of Frankie Lymon's high tenor/soprano. Along the way, at Goldner's suggestion, some of the lyrics were changed. During the audition, Frankie's voice stood out and Goldner recommended the lead in subsequent recording sessions be given to Frankie. Frankie did some improvising and recreated the melody to match his own style. According to Jimmy Merchant, what happened at the recording session was a combination of "Frankie's singing ability coupled with George Goldner's special ability to bring out the best in Frankie."<ref>Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks, "The Teenagers", based on interviews with Jimmy Merchant.</ref>

Although early vinyl single releases of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" credit Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago, and George Goldner as co-writers of the song, later releases and cover versions were attributed only to Lymon and record producer George Goldner. Goldner's name was later replaced by [[Morris Levy]] when Levy bought Goldner's interest in Gee Records, the Teenagers' record company.

After a lengthy court battle, songwriting credits were awarded to original Teenagers members Herman Santiago and Jimmy Merchant in December 1992.<ref>((cite court |litigants=Merchant v. Lymon|vol=828 |reporter=F.Supp. |opinion=1048 |pinpoint= |court=S.D.N.Y.|date=July 23, 1993 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=43526739017844608 |access-date=April 5, 2023| ))</ref>

However, this ruling was overturned by the [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] because Santiago and Merchant did not bring the case to court soon enough.  This gave the song rights back to Lymon and Levy.<ref>((cite court |litigants=Merchant v. Levy |vol=92 |reporter=F.3d |opinion=51 |pinpoint= |court=2d Cir.|date=Aug. 7, 1996 |url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17363566383284114372 |access-date=April 5, 2023| ))</ref> The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a further appeal. <ref>((cite court |litigants=Merchant v. Levy |vol=519 |reporter=U.S. |opinion=1108 |pinpoint= |court=U.S.|date=1997| ))</ref> The current publisher of the song is [[EMI Music Publishing]], which still lists these two as the songwriters.

==Beach Boys version==
((Infobox song
| name       = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| cover      = Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_Beach_Boys.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Beach Boys]]
| album      = [[Shut Down Volume 2]]
| A-side     = [[Fun, Fun, Fun]]
| released   = February 3, 1964
| recorded   = January 1, 1964
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      =
| length     = 2:07 (original version)
*2:33 (extended version)
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer     = [[Frankie Lymon]], [[Morris Levy]]
| producer   = [[Brian Wilson]]
| prev_title = [[Little Saint Nick]]
| prev_year  = 1963
| next_title = [[I Get Around]]
| next_year  = 1964
))
The song was used as a [[B-side]] for [[the Beach Boys]] single "[[Fun, Fun, Fun]]", which reached #5 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in [[1964 in music|1964]].<ref>((cite web|title=The Beach Boys, "Fun, Fun, Fun" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Fun%2C+Fun%2C+Fun+by+The+Beach+Boys&id=41265|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref> The Beach Boys' version of the song charted at #120.<ref>((cite web|title=The Beach Boys, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love+by+The+Beach+Boys&id=41266|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref> It was included on the Beach Boys 1964 album ''[[Shut Down Volume 2]]'' and had only appeared in mono since the release of the single back in 1964. The single mix of the song was later found and used on the 2007 ''[[The Warmth of the Sun (album)|The Warmth of the Sun]]'' compilation and on ''[[The Original US Singles Collection The Capitol Years 1962–1965]]''. This box set, released in 2008, also used a recently found mono single edit mix. In 2009, a new stereo mix was created with a newly discovered intro, thanks to the discovery of the original multitrack masters by [[Jon Stebbins]] and is featured on the band's compilation ''[[Summer Love Songs]]''. The song was also performed as part of the band's [[The 50th Reunion Tour|50th Anniversary Tour]], usually during the first half of the shows. One of the performances was later included on the [[Live – The 50th Anniversary Tour|live album]] from the tour.

=== Personnel ===
Sourced from Craig Slowinski.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-beach-boys-1964-keep-eye-on-summer.html|title=FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS: The Beach Boys 1964: Keep an Eye on Summer - new copyright extension release|last=Black|first=Frank|date=2014-12-03|website=FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS|access-date=2019-04-04))</ref>

'''The Beach Boys'''

* [[Al Jardine]] –  harmony and backing vocals
* [[Mike Love]] – intro bass vocal, harmony and backing vocals
* [[Brian Wilson]] – lead, harmony, and backing vocals, upright piano
* [[Carl Wilson]] – harmony and backing vocals
* [[Dennis Wilson]] – harmony and backing vocals

'''Additional musicians'''

* [[Leon Russell]] – upright piano, tack piano
* [[Al De Lory|Al de Lory]] – grand piano
* [[Bill Pitman]] – acoustic guitar
* [[Tommy Tedesco]] – electric guitar
* [[Ray Pohlman]] – bass guitar
* [[Jimmy Bond (musician)|Jimmy Bond]] – double bass
* [[Hal Blaine]] – drums, timpani
* [[Frank Capp]] – glockenspiel, temple blocks, castanets
*[[Steve Douglas (saxophonist)|Steve Douglas]] – tenor saxophone
*[[Plas Johnson]] – tenor saxophone
*[[Jay Migliori]] – baritone saxophone

==Diana Ross version==
((Infobox song
| name       = Why Do Fools Fall in Love
| cover      = Why_Do_Fools_Fall_in_Love_-_Diana_Ross.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Diana Ross]]
| album      = [[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (album)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]
| B-side     = Think I'm in Love
| released   = September 25, 1981
| recorded   = 1980
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[R&B music|R&B]], [[soul music|soul]], [[rock & roll]]
| length     = 2:51
| label      = [[RCA Records]]
| writer     = Herman Santiago
| producer   = Diana Ross
| prev_title = [[Endless Love (song)|Endless Love]]
| prev_year  = 1981
| next_title = [[Mirror Mirror (Diana Ross song)|Mirror Mirror]]
| next_year  = 1981
| misc       = ((External music video|type=single|header=Music video|1=((YouTube|VFRBK5Phd4w|"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"))))
))

American singer [[Diana Ross]] released a [[cover version]] on the [[RCA Records|RCA]] label on September 25, 1981 as the first single from [[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (album)|her album of the same name]] (1981). She also produced her rendition of the song. It was a hit, peaking at No. 2 on the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|US adult contemporary chart]], No. 4 in the [[UK Singles Chart]], No. 6 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B chart]], and No. 7 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'''s Pop Singles Chart,<ref>((cite web|title=Diana Ross, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Positions|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love%3F+by+Diana+Ross&id=11803|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref> and earning her a British Phonographic Industry silver disc award for sales in excess of 250,000 copies. It also reached No.1 in Belgium and the Netherlands and climbed to the top 10 in Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland as well as making the top 20 in Australia, Canada and West Germany. A reissue of Ross' cover peaked at No. 36 on the UK chart in July, 1994.<ref name="everyhit" />

After Ross returned the song to the top ten, a major controversy ensued concerning Lymon's estate. Three women involved in lawsuits and countersuits over Lymon's copyrights and royalties each claimed to be Lymon's rightful widow. The string of court cases were portrayed in the 1998 film ''[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]''.

In the music video, Ross performs the song on Fremont Street in Las Vegas.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1u9hg_diana-ross-why-do-fools-fall-in-lov_music |title=Diana Ross - Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Video Dailymotion |publisher=Dailymotion.com |date=2007-04-28 |access-date=2014-03-18))</ref>

===Track listings===
* '''7" single'''
# "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" - 2:51
# "Think I'm In Love"

* '''UK remix CD'''
#"Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (159.0 bpm) - 2:53
#"I'm Coming Out" (Joey Negro Extended 12", 109.7 bpm) - 6:05
#"The Boss" (David Morales Club, taken from: ''Diana Extended/The Remixes'', 124.0 bpm) -  6:29
#"Love Hangover"  (Joey Negro Hangover Symphony, 121.0 bpm) - 8:57

* '''UK reissue 7"'''
#"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"
#"I'm Coming Out" (Joey Negro 7" Mix)

===Charts===
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'''Weekly charts'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1981–82)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
| Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="australian-charts.com">((cite web|last=Hung |first=Steffen |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |title=Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |access-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archive-date=2014-10-06 ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
((single chart |Flanders|1|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Canadaadultcontemporary|5|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |chartid=0438|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Canadatopsingles|17|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |chartid=0452|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
| Finland ([[Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>((cite book|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=219|first=Timo|last=Pennanen|year=2021|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021|section=Diana Ross|page=219|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|access-date=July 4, 2022|language=fi))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
|-
|((singlechart|Ireland2|9|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|access-date=June 22, 2017))
|-
((single chart |Dutch40|1|year=1981|week=51 |access-date=September 30, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Dutch100|1|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |New Zealand|3|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Switzerland|9|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |UK|4|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |date=19811206|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Billboardhot100|7|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Billboardadultcontemporary|2|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
((single chart |Billboardrandbhiphop|6|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|-
| US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
((single chart |West Germany|17|song=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|artist=Diana Ross |songid=790|access-date=September 27, 2021))
|}
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'''Year-end charts'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1981)
! Position
|-
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1981|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=September 30, 2021))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|79
|-
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>((cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1981&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=September 30, 2021))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
| UK Singles (OCC)<ref>((cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Chart File Top 100 |url=http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1981/UK%20Charts%201981%20-%20Singles%20and%20albums.pdf |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |location=London |publisher=Spotlight Publications |page=27 |date=December 26, 1981 |access-date=June 13, 2016 ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|72
|-
| US ''Cash Box'' Top 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1981YESP.html |title=Top 100 Year End Charts: 1981 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2015-10-04 ))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|64
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chart (1982)
! Position
|-
| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1982|title=Jaaroverzichten 1982|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=September 30, 2021))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|49
|-
| US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>((cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1982 |title=Top 100 Hits for 1982 |website=Longboredsurfer.com |access-date=January 17, 2016))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|54
|-
| US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 30, 2021))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|46
|-
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>((cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1982/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1982|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 30, 2021))</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|43
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (1994)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
| UK Singles (OCC)
| style="text-align:center;"|36
|}

===Certifications===
((certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"))
((certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Diana Ross|title=Why Do Fools Fall in Love|award=Silver|relyear=1981|certyear=1981|id=8253-2600-1))
((Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true))

==Legacy==
The recording by [[Frankie Lymon]] & [[The Teenagers]] features in the 1973 film ''[[American Graffiti]]'' in the scene where [[Richard Dreyfuss]]'s character first notices the mysterious blonde girl. The same recording was also featured on the in-game radio station "Empire Central Radio" in the 2010 video game [[Mafia II]]. It is featured in the final episode of the first series of the 2012 BBC drama ''[[Call the Midwife]]'', as well as the [[Academy Award]]-nominated British short film ''[[Boogaloo and Graham]]''. In 1998, the legacy of the song and its author was the theme of [[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)|the movie of the same name]].

==Other charting versions==
*The Canadian group [[the Diamonds]] did a more traditional doo wop version that came out two months after Lymon's in March 1956. This version stayed 19 weeks on the ''Billboard'' chart, topping out at No. 12.<ref>((cite web|title=The Diamonds, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love+by+The+Diamonds&id=42403|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>
*[[Gale Storm]] released a version of the song as a single in 1956 that reached #9 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart.<ref>((cite web|title=Gale Storm, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love%3F+by+Gale+Storm&id=16810|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>
*[[Gloria Mann]] released a version of the song as a single in 1956 that reached #59 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart.<ref>((cite web|title=Gloria Mann, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love%3F+by+Gloria+Mann&id=17997|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>
*[[Alma Cogan]] released a version of the song as a single in 1956 that reached #25 in the UK.<ref>((cite web|title=Alma Cogan, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love+by+Alma+Cogan&id=1949|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>
*[[The Happenings]] released a slower version of the song, in a [[vocal harmony|harmony]]-driven [[soft rock]] arrangement, as a single in 1967 that reached #41 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>((cite web|title=The Happenings, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love+by+The+Happenings&id=43121|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>
*[[Ponderosa Twins Plus One]] released a version of the song as a single in 1972 that reached #40 on the US R&B chart and #102 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart.<ref>((cite web|title=Ponderosa Twins Plus One, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Positions|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love+by+Ponderosa+Twins&id=82584|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>
*[[Joni Mitchell]], backed by [[The Persuasions]], released a live version of the song as a single in 1980 that reached #102 on the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100]].<ref>((cite web|title=Joni Mitchell, "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Chart Position|url=http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Why+Do+Fools+Fall+in+Love+by+Joni+Mitchell&id=23337|access-date=December 8, 2016))</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1950s]]

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

((The Teenagers))
((Shut Down Volume 2))
((The Beach Boys singles))
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