Fall into Me explained

Fall Into Me
Cover:FallIntoMe.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Emerson Drive
Album:Emerson Drive
B-Side:Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)
Released:July 1, 2002[1]
Genre:Country
Length:2:48 (album version)
2:38 (radio edit)
Label:DreamWorks
Producer:Richard Marx
Prev Title:I Should Be Sleeping
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)
Next Year:2003

"Fall into Me" is a song by Canadian country music band Emerson Drive, released on July 1, 2002, as the second single from their eponymous third studio album following the top-five hit "I Should Be Sleeping". It was written by Danny Orton and Jeremy Stover with production by American musician Richard Marx. It would peak at number three on the US Hot Country Songs chart in early 2003.[2] It was their highest charting single in the United States until "Moments" reached number one in 2007.

Content

"Fall into Me" is about a man telling his partner to open up with him and that he's not like her ex-boyfriend, who is seemed to have been cold to her.

Music video

Trey Fanjoy directed the music video for "Fall into Me". It was filmed at Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky.[3] It was released to CMT (Country Music Television) on July 14, 2002.[4] It would be nominated at the 2003 CMT Flameworthy Awards for Breakthrough Video of the Year, losing to Joe Nichols' "Brokenheartsville".

Synopsis

It features the band performing the song in an aquarium, as a woman attempts to jump into a pool fully clothed and fall into her lover's arms underwater.

Commercial performance

"Fall into Me" debuted at number 43 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart the week of July 20, 2002; it reached number three on January 18, 2003, spending over 30 weeks on the chart. It was also a success on Radio & Records, peaking at number two behind Mark Wills' "19 Somethin'".[5]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6]
US Country (Radio & Records)[7]
Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 36
US Country (Radio & Records)[9]

Notes and References

  1. The new single "Fall into Me", Add/Impact Date July 1. Billboard Country Monitor. 11. June 28, 2002.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008 . 2008 . Record Research, Inc . 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. Web site: News .
  4. News: July 27, 2002 . Video Monitor: New Ons . June 3, 2024 . . 51 . 114 . 30.
  5. News: January 24, 2003 . R&R Country Top 50 . June 3, 2024 . . 51 . 1488.
  6. News: December 20, 2002 . Most Played Country Songs of 2002 . June 3, 2024 . . 36 . 10 . 51.
  7. News: December 13, 2002 . Top 100 of 2002 . June 3, 2024 . . 63 . 1483.
  8. 2003 . Best of 2003: Country Songs . . . July 13, 2012.
  9. News: December 12, 2003 . Most Heard R&R 2003 Country . June 3, 2024 . . 41 . 1534.