If Anyone Falls Explained

If Anyone Falls
Cover:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91IqSPJGtpL._SY355_.jpg
Alt:Cover for the Single
Type:single
Artist:Stevie Nicks
Album:The Wild Heart
B-Side:Wild Heart
Released:September 3, 1983
Recorded:1983
Genre:Rock[1]
Length:4:07
Label:Modern
Producer:Jimmy Iovine
Prev Title:Stand Back
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Nightbird
Next Year:1983

"If Anyone Falls" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was the second single from her second solo studio album The Wild Heart (1983). The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number eight on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Background

The song is based on an instrumental synthesizer track called “The Last American,” written by singer-songwriter Sandy Stewart. Dallas studio owner and producer Gordon Perry sent the track to Nicks. “The next thing I know, I’m on the phone and Gordon’s saying, ‘You can’t have it back. They want to use it on Stevie’s next album,” Stewart told Record Magazine in 1984.[2]

Cash Box said that it "manages to be familiar and sure-footed without being predictable."[3]

Credits

Charts

Chart (1983)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Singles8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 14

Notes

References

  1. Web site: Alexis. Petridis. Wild-hearted hits: Stevie Nicks’ 20 best songs – ranked!. The Guardian. July 4, 2024. July 8, 2024.
  2. News: Hedges. Dan. July 1984. Breaking away: Stevie Nicks’ co-writer steps out. Record. 26 November 2021.
  3. Reviews. Cash Box. September 17, 1983. 2022-07-20. 8–10.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 457.