When It All Falls Apart Explained

When It All Falls Apart
Cover:whenitallfallsapartsingle.jpeg
Type:single
Artist:the Veronicas
Album:The Secret Life of...
Length:3:14
Label:
  • Sire
  • EngineRoom Music
Producer:
  • Josh Alexander
  • Billy Steinberg
Prev Title:Everything I'm Not
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:Revolution
Next Year:2006

"When It All Falls Apart" is the third single released from Australian pop music duo the Veronicas' debut studio album, The Secret Life of... (2005), on 20 March 2006. "When It All Falls Apart" charted within the Australian Singles Chart top 20 for 14 weeks and has been certified gold for sales over 35,000 units in Australia. In the United States, the song served as the duo's second single in June 2006. It was to be released in the United Kingdom as their first single in March 2007 but was later cancelled; "Untouched" was released as their debut UK single instead in 2009.

Music video

The music video for "When It All Falls Apart" features the Veronicas waking up in their home to a party they had the night before. While cleaning, they have flashbacks of the party to show their house got trashed, having a crocodile going around the house. At the end of their video, they sit outside and sing the rest of their song.

Track listing

  1. "When It All Falls Apart" – 3:15
  2. "Heavily Broken" (live) – 4:23
  3. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins remix edit) – 3:30

Chart performance

"When It All Falls Apart" peaked at number seven in Australia and spent seven weeks inside the top 10. It reached the same position in New Zealand and entered the top 20 in the Flanders region of Belgium.

Year-end charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)
Australia20 March 2006CD[2]
United States26 June 2006Hot adult contemporary radioWarner Bros.[3]
27 June 2006Contemporary hit radio[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006. ARIA. 16 November 2021.
  2. Web site: The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 20th March 2006. ARIA. 27. 20 March 2006. dead. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060409140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060410-0000/issue837.pdf. 9 April 2006. 16 November 2021.
  3. Web site: ACQB: Available for Airplay. FMQB. https://web.archive.org/web/20070207084832/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=64265. 7 February 2007. 27 March 2022.
  4. Web site: FMQB: CHR. FMQB. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130602195200/http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239#2005. 2 June 2013. 27 March 2022.