Draper states in the liner notes of "" that "Fool" was intended as a throwaway Jimmy Webb track. He explains that, reading a book on song writing by Jimmy Webb "...Inspired me to write an ironic song that is now my least favourite Mansun track. Bowie intro, comical chorus lyrics and guess what? The label wanted it as a fucking single! I couldn’t believe it". Prior to the release of "Fool" it had been rumoured that the band had suggested rerecording "Until the Next Life". On a fan Q&A Draper stated that the working method was greatly different from his work on the former two albums. He wrote: ""Little Kix" was the only album I had to make demos for, the rest I just made up as I went along".