Ship of Fools (World Party song)

The single featured two non-album b-sides: "World Groove (Do The Mind Guerrilla)" and a cover of "Nowhere Man" by the Beatles. The latter was included on the 12" single that also featured a longer version of "Ship Of Fools". The music video heavily features environmental themes, with Wallinger and a group of musicians superimposed over images depicting environmental issues. ==Reception==

"Ship Of Fools" was World Party's sole Billboard Top 40 single, debuting on that chart on 4 April 1987 and peaking at number 27. It also reached no. 42 on the UK singles chart, no. 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart, and no. 4 on the Australian Music Report chart. ==Track listings==

All songs by Karl Wallinger except where noted 7-inch single • "Ship of Fools" – 4:13 • "World Groove (Do You Mind Guerrilla)" – 2:48 12-inch single • "Ship of Fools" – 6:37 • "World Groove (Do You Mind Guerrilla)" – 2:48 • "Nowhere Man" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:45 ==Charts==

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Australian indie pop/rock band Something for Kate released an acoustic cover version of the song on their Live at the Corner album in 2008. A 2017 episode of the third season of the American black comedy-crime drama anthology series Fargo features a minimalist cover of "Ship of Fools" performed by series creator/show runner Noah Hawley (who provides vocals) and series composer Jeff Russo, exclusively for the show. The song appears at the end of the season's fifth episode, "The House of Special Purpose", and can also be found on the third season's soundtrack album. In 2021 alternative rock band Lazlo Bane released a music video for the song and later included it on their 2021 album ''Someday We'll Be Together''. ==References==