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When You're Falling

"When You're Falling" is a song by world music group Afro Celt Sound System, released as the first single from the band's third studio album Volume 3: Further in Time. The song features vocals from Peter Gabriel, Iarla Ó Lionáird, and members of Screaming Orphans.[1]

"When You're Falling"
Single by Afro Celt Sound System featuring Peter Gabriel
from the album Volume 3: Further in Time
Released2001
GenreWorld
Length5:14 (Album version)
3:44 (Single version)
LabelReal World
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Simon Emmerson
Afro Celt Sound System singles chronology
"Release"
(2000) 		"When You're Falling"
(2001)
Peter Gabriel singles chronology
"While the Earth Sleeps"
(1996) 		"When You're Falling"
(2001) 		"The Barry Williams Show"
(2002)

The song's music video, directed by Adam Berg, features a man falling from the sky until he eventually falls through the ground, where he continues to fall until he eventually falls out of Earth. Peter Gabriel appears three times during the music video, as an airplane pilot, a man inside a building, and a man walking on the street.

Following the September 11 attacks in the United States, Slate reported that Clear Channel Communications distributed a memorandum to various program directors. The memorandum contained a list of over 150 songs that they believed contained "questionable lyrics", with one of those songs being "When You're Falling".[2] The vice president of programming at Clear Channel had assembled the list for radio programmers and advised them to exercise restraint when selecting songs to broadcast.[3]

Track listing

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CD single (UK)

  1. "When You're Falling" (Short radio edit) – 3:44
  2. "When You're Falling" (Wren & Morley Mix) – 4:35
  3. "When You're Falling" (Album version) – 5:16
  4. "When You're Falling" (video)

Promo CD single (UK)

  1. "When You're Falling" (Short radio edit) – 3:40
  2. "When You're Falling" (Long radio edit) – 4:14

Promo CD single (US)

  1. "When You're Falling" (Short radio edit) – 3:40
  2. "When You're Falling" (Long radio edit) – 4:14
  3. "When You're Falling" (Album version) – 5:14
  4. Call-out hook

Charts

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Chart performance for "When You're Falling"
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 86
UK Singles Chart[5] 139
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[6] 27

References

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  1. ^ Marziano, Alfredo; Perasi, Luca (2024). Peter Gabriel: The Rhythm Has My Soul. Milan, Italy: L.I.L.Y Publishing. p. 229. ISBN 978-88-909122-5-2.
  2. ^ Truitt, Eliza (September 17, 2001). "It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It". Slate.com. Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved September 14, 2007.
  3. ^ Nizam, Eric (2004). "Crash into me baby: America's implicit censorship since 11 September". In Korpe, Marie (ed.). Shoot the Singer!. London: Zed Books. pp. 151, 158. ISBN 1-84277-505-7.
  4. ^ "Afro Celt Sound System feat. Peter Gabriel – When You're Falling" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: A – Azzido Da Bass". zobbel.de. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Peter Gabriel Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2020.


 

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