Jimmy Scott re-wrote part of the song but never got credit; instead, Gladys Hampton put her name on it.

The song also has been recorded by LaVern Baker, Red Garland, Michael Jackson, Jan & Dean, Etta James, the Heartbeats (No.

78, 1957), Clyde McPhatter, Arthur Prysock, Ernie Andrews, Jimmy Scott recorded several more times in his career, Kay Starr, Dakota Staton, Betty Carter, Nancy Wilson and Dinah Washington.

In the US, "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" was intended to serve as the B-side for the track "Jealous of You (Tango della Gelosia)", which like Francis's precedent A-side hit "Mama" was a ballad of Italian origin.

In her autobiography Who's Sorry Now?, published in 1984, Francis mentioned that in the early years of her career the language barrier in certain European countries made it difficult for her songs to get airplay, especially in Germany.

1 in Germany in its German cover version "Ich zähle täglich meine Sorgen" for Peter Alexander.

After that, "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel" was finally released in an edited version.

[15] "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel" became the best-selling single of 1960 in West Germany, where the original English version of the song also reached No.

The unabridged version of "Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel" was released for the first time in 1964 in the U.S. on the album Connie Francis Sings German Favorites.

The song has also been an album cut for Lynn Anderson, James Booker, Pat Boone,[17][18] Margo, Jody Miller, Marie Osmond, Sandy Posey, Billy Vaughn, Kitty Wells and Bobby Vee.

Translated versions of the song include those made by Celly Campello (pt) (in Portuguese as "Alguém é bobo de alguém"), Marketta Joutsi and also Sinikka Lehtevä (in Finnish as "Pajunköyttä") and Siw Malmkvist (in Swedish as "Tunna skivor" and in Danish as "Den kolde skulder").

An Icelandic version, "Allir eru einhvers apaspil", was recorded by María Baldursdóttir, with lyrics written by Rúnar Júlíusson (is).