How Can I Fall? Explained

How Can I Fall?
Cover:HowCanIFallsingle.jpg
Border:yes
Type:single
Artist:Breathe
Album:All That Jazz
B-Side:"All This I Should Have Known", "Monday Morning Blues" (US)
Released:November 1988
Recorded:1985–87; CBS Studios (London)
Genre:Soft rock
Length:
  • 4:42 (album version)
  • 4:08 (US edit)
  • 3:59 (single version)
Label:
Producer:Bob Sargeant
Prev Title:Hands to Heaven
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:"Don't Tell Me Lies (reissue)
Next Year:1989

"How Can I Fall?" is a song by British band Breathe, written by the group members David Glasper and Marcus Lillington. It was released in June 1988 as the second single from their debut studio album, All That Jazz (1988). In the United Kingdom, "How Can I Fall?" was the third single from the album, following "Hands to Heaven" and the UK-only release "Jonah".

The song was successful in the United States where it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, "How Can I Fall" reached the top 40 in the Belgium and Netherlands; however, in the United Kingdom it peaked solely at #48.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2] 36
Chart (1989)Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] 49
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 27

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles (week ending December 3, 1988). Cash Box. https://web.archive.org/web/20121006203608/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19881203.html. 6 October 2012. 6 November 2019.
  2. Top 100 Singles of '88. RPM. 49. 10. 9. 24 December 1988. 6 November 2019.
  3. 1989 Year-End Charts – Adult Contemporary Songs. Billboard. 2 January 2013. 6 November 2019.
  4. 1989 Year-End Charts – Hot 100 Songs. Billboard. 2 January 2013. 6 November 2019.