Fool Bar

Fool Bar is the third studio album by Dutch singer-songwriter Douwe Bob. It was released in the Netherlands on 6 May 2016, through Universal Music Group.^[1] The album peaked at number 2 on the Dutch Albums Chart. The album includes the single "Slow Down", the song represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The album was produced by Matthijs van Duijvenbode and Kasper Frenkel.

Fool Bar
Studio album by Douwe Bob
Released	6 May 2016
Recorded	2015
Genre	Pop country folk
Label	Universal Music Group
Producer	Matthijs van Duijvenbode Kasper Frenkel
Douwe Bob chronology
Pass It On (2015) Fool Bar (2016) The Shape I'm In (2018)
Singles from Fool Bar
"Slow Down" Released: 5 March 2016

Reception

Commercial performance

On 14 May 2016 the album debuted at number 4 on the Dutch Albums Chart in its first week of release, later peaking at number 2.

Singles

"Slow Down" was released as the lead single from the album on 5 March 2016. Douwe Bob was announced as the Dutch entrant to the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 by Dutch media on 20 September 2015.^[2][3] Two days later, he confirmed the news during the Dutch talk show De Wereld Draait Door.^[4] The song was revealed as his Eurovision entry on 4 March 2016 during a press conference in Amsterdam.^[5] He performed in the first half of the semi-final.^[6] He got through the semi-final and performed in the Final on 14 May 2016, coming in 11th place with 153 points.

Track listing

Standard listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Slow Down"	Douwe Bob Posthuma Jan Peter Hoekstra Matthijs van Duijvenbode Jeroen Overman	Matthijs van Duijvenbode Kasper Frenkel	2:46
2.	"How Lucky We Are"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	3:17
3.	"History"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	3:03
4.	"Settle Down"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	4:21
5.	"It Ain't Easy"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	3:06
6.	"Get Real"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	3:36
7.	"Jacob's Song"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	5:19
8.	"Cynic"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	4:21
9.	"A Damn Good Time"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	2:28
10.	"Take It Off"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	4:04
11.	"Black Jolene"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	3:13
12.	"Love on the Rocks"	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	4:28
13.	"Wrote a Song for You" (bonus track)	Posthuma Hoekstra van Duijvenbode	van Duijvenbode Frenkel	2:43

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7]	191
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)	Position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9]	41

Release history

Region	Release date	Format	Label
Netherlands	6 May 2016[1]	Digital download CD	Universal Music Group