"Foolish Little Girl" is a song written by Helen Miller and Howard Greenfield and performed by The Shirelles.

[3] Rival or cover versions of the original song were released by several groups that same year including Clara Wilson (aka Alpha Zoe Hall)[4] and The Cleftones (April 1963), Don Mercedes (July 15, 1963), The Chiffons (September 1963), the father and four son Filipino group The Rocky Fellers (1963), and The Cookies (1963).

Two additional covers were recorded decades later by Shirley "Lady Rose" Alston (1977) and Dionne Bromfield (October 12, 2009).

The song, which is a mini-opera, begins with the spoken recitation: "You broke his heart and made him cry, and he's been blue since then.

The Foolish Girl, hopelessly, still declares her love for him, while the mother angrily tells her to forget about him because he found somebody new.