When You're Falling

Summary

"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 British singer Peter Gabriel.

"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,[1] 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, all of them witnessing the man falling at one point.

Track listing edit

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 edit

Chart performance for "When You're Falling"
Chart (2001) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] 86
UK Singles Chart[3] 139
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[4] 27

References edit

  1. ^ "Afro Celt Sound System featuring Peter Gabriel - When You're Falling (CD)". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  2. ^ "Afro Celt Sound System feat. Peter Gabriel – When You're Falling" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: A – Azzido Da Bass". zobbel.de. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Peter Gabriel Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2020.