What a Fool Believes
Song by Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonaldWikipedia
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Oct 7, 2026
Todd NathansonHOST
Excuse me, Doobie Brothers.
Todd NathansonHOST
What a fool believes.
AltamiraGUEST
Might as well be.
Todd NathansonHOST
Yeah, there's a dividing point where the Doobie Brothers are the Doobie Brothers versus when they are just Michael McDonald and the Doobies.
Todd NathansonHOST
I'm
AltamiraGUEST
aware.
AltamiraGUEST
And the number one song of the most yacht rock song of all time is What a Fool Believes.
AltamiraGUEST
Peg, significantly lower in the chart.
ChristopherHOST
And then I finally said, "Are you Michael McDonald?" And he said, uh, "Yeah, I'm afraid so." [laughs] Yeah, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
ChristopherHOST
The guy who wrote and performed songs like What a Fool Believes and I Keep Forgettin'.
ChristopherHOST
And the fact that they had the same name was a complete coincidence.
ChristopherHOST
I was unnamed, so it was my mom, Kay, who named me.
Michael GoslingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then I finally said, "Are you Michael McDonald?" And he said, uh, "Yeah, I'm afraid so." [laughs]
speaker_3NARRATOR
Yeah, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, the guy who wrote and performed songs like What A Fool Believes and I Keep Forgettin'.
speaker_3NARRATOR
And the fact that they had the same name was a complete coincidence.
Michael GoslingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was unnamed, so it was my mom, Kay, who named me.
Paul MyersHOST
But they can be really into things that weren't necessarily hip.
Paul MyersHOST
They were really pop like Michael McDonald, What a Fool Believes or Phil Collins' Susudio.
Paul MyersHOST
I mean, just follow your bliss, right?
Meg LouieGUEST
Yes, exactly.
Chris FranjolaHOST
When Gosling asked what he did for a living, his father mentioned he was a musician preparing to tour through St. Louis that summer.
Chris FranjolaHOST
And he said, "Wait a minute, are you Michael McDonald?" And he said, "Yes, I'm afraid I am." His biological father is indeed Michael McDonald, the singer-songwriter from Doobie Brothers, uh, member of such hits as What a Fool Believes.
Chris FranjolaHOST
I keep forgetting.
Chris FranjolaHOST
The fact that the father and son shared the same first name was just completely coincidental.
Jon RawlHOST
And of course, the Doobies, with so many memorable songs from the, going back to the early '70s, the first song that kinda got them going was Listen to the Music, and then they had songs like Black Water, which was a number one, their first number one, Take Me in Your Arms, Rock Me.
Jon RawlHOST
And then they had Takin' It to the Streets, What a Fool Believes.
Jon RawlHOST
Just so many big hits, uh, going up to 1980.
Jon RawlHOST
The, uh, last song I guess you could say was Real Love that was a big hit for them.
Steve HarrisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So who is Michael's birth father? Well, it's someone you might have heard of, or better yet, it's someone you might have heard on the radio.
Steve HarrisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, he's kinda well-known.
Steve HarrisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then I finally said, "Are you Michael McDonald?" And he said, uh, "Yeah, I'm afraid so." [laughs] Yeah, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, the guy who wrote and performed songs like What a Fool Believes and I Keep Forgettin'.
Steve HarrisSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the fact that they had the same name was a complete coincidence.
Dave OttoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Minute and a half after 6 o'clock.
Dave OttoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Gooby Brothers, What a Fool Believes.
Dave OttoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Dave Otto, Paul Talbot, Natalie Windsor, 104, KCZP.
Dave OttoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Paul, this comes from Jean-Pierre Maldonado of Mesa.
Steve HarrisCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
Steve HarrisCORRESPONDENT
The guy who wrote and performed songs like What a Fool Believes and I Keep Forgetting.
Steve HarrisCORRESPONDENT
And the fact that they had the same name was a complete coincidence.
Steve HarrisCORRESPONDENT
I was unnamed, so it was my mom, Kay, who named me.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The guy who wrote and performed songs like What a Fool Believes and I Keep Forgetting.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the fact that they had the same name was a complete coincidence.
speaker_1SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I was unnamed, so it was my mom, Kay, who named me.
Erik ZacharyHOST
[laughs]
Jordan FosterHOST
[laughs] Dude, I love What a Fool Believes.
Jordan FosterHOST
That's such a good song.
Erik ZacharyHOST
Jordan, who would you trade your dad in for?
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