“Foolish Games” was based on a guy that Jewel fell for when she was 16 years old and wrote about in her journal—the journal entires became a poem. A year later, the poem became a song that Jewel would perform at coffee houses and other venues.

The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #4 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and topped Billboard’s Mainstream Top 40 & Adult Top 40 charts.