"Falling into You" is a song by Argentine singer Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo from her 1994 album, Marie-Claire D'Ubaldo. The Spanish-language version, "Y Caigo Un Poco Mas", was also released in 1994, on her album Alma de Barro. In 1996, the song was covered by Canadian singer Celine Dion, and released as the first single from her 1996 album, Falling into You.
| Falling into You | |
| Cover: | Falling into You (song).jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Celine Dion |
| Album: | Falling into You |
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| Recorded: | 1995 |
| Studio: | Mandeville Studios, Track Recording Studios, Westlake Audio & Ocean Way Recording |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 4:18 |
| Prev Title: | To Love You More |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | Because You Loved Me |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Canadian singer Celine Dion recorded "Falling into You" for her fourth English-language album, Falling into You (1996). It was released as the first single in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on 19 February 1996. In other parts of the world "Because You Loved Me" was released as the lead single instead.
"Falling into You" reached number-one in Spain and in Greece, and became a top ten hit in Norway (number eight) and in the UK (number ten). The single has sold 200,000 copies in the UK. The song has been included on several of Dion's compilations, including the Australian edition of All the Way... A Decade of Song (1999); The Collector's Series, Volume One (2000); and European editions of (2008). Dion performed the song during her tour in 1996–97 and during her Celine Dion Live 2018 tour.
Rick Nowels offered the song to Belinda Carlisle for her album A Woman & a Man. Carlisle recorded a demo, which Nowels later played for Dion, but the song was rejected by her then-manager, Miles Copeland III.[1]
Dion revealed the recording process of this song in her authorized biography Celine Dion: For Keeps:
AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine marked "Falling into You" as one of the standouts on the album.[2] Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus called it "gorgeous".[3] Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian said in her review of the album, "Only the autumnal Falling Into You and the hint-of-reggae (really) Make You Happy diverge from the mainstream".[4] Pan-European magazine Music & Media described it as "a slow lullaby of a ballad, punctuated in the intro and outtro by Spanish guitars, martial sounding drum rolls and a Careless Whisper type sax riff."[5] A reviewer from Music Week rated it five out of five, adding, "Less is more on this restrained, angelically sung ballad, quite possibly Dion's most beautiful yet."[6] Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic noted that it is "sultry and schmoozy with only a hint of saxophone in the latter stages that add to the mood and sexiness of this down-tempo pop-ballad."[7]
The music video for the song was directed by British director Nigel Dick between 18–19 January 1996 in Gorbio, France and released in February 1996. It begins in a small village. Dion plays a woman who belongs to a group of circus artists. She gets flowers on the door of her carriage, from a little boy. He obviously delivers them for a man. The card says "Bonne chance (Good luck)". Dion, now holding the flowers, begins to sing. Then she sits at the dressing table in front of a mirror. A clown helps her put on a long-haired wig. In evening, the circus is performing in front of a crowd of people. Various artists perform, while the singer stands leaning against a stone wall. Obviously sad, while she sings. Then a fire artist comes on stage and Dion assists him with handing him torchs, while he performs. In one scene, she reaches him one of them, but instead, he takes another. Dion runs off in the dark, driving away in a car. The video ends with her driving in a winding mountainside in daylight. There she meets a motorcyclist who is obviously waiting for her. Then they embrace each other. The video was uploaded to YouTube in 2011. In August 2020, it has got more than 11,700,000 views.[8]
In March 2021, the video has been remastered in HD quality to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album's release.
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media)[9] | 11 |
| European Hit Radio (Music & Media)[10] | 5 |
| European Adult Contemporary (Music & Media)[11] | 3 |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[12] | 10 |
| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[13] | 6 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[14] | 20 |
| Italy (Musica e dischi) | 19 |
| Poland (ZPAV Airplay)[15] | 6 |
| Spain (AFYVE)[16] | 1 |
| Chart (1996) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[17] | 98 | |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[18] | 67 | |
| European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media)[19] | 78 | |
| European Hit Radio (Music & Media)[20] | 27 | |
| France (SNEP)[21] | 92 | |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] | 165 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[23] | 81 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 19 February 1996 | Epic | [24] | |
| 26 February 1996 | CD2 | [25] |