"Fall" | ||||
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Single by Clay Walker | ||||
from the album Fall | ||||
Released | April 9, 2007 | |||
Format | CD single | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:37 | |||
Label | Asylum-Curb | |||
Writer(s) |
Sonny LeMaire Shane Minor Clay Mills |
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Producer(s) | Keith Stegall | |||
Clay Walker singles chronology | ||||
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"Fall" | ||||
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Single by Kimberley Locke | ||||
from the album Based on a True Story | ||||
Released | February 25, 2008 April 8, 2008 (remixes) |
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Format | CD single, digital download | |||
Recorded | 2007 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:31 (album version) 3:16 (radio edit) |
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Label | Curb | |||
Writer(s) | Sonny LeMaire Shane Minor Clay Mills |
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Producer(s) | Matthew Gerrard | |||
Kimberley Locke singles chronology | ||||
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"Fall", written by Clay Mills, Sonny LeMaire, and Shane Minor, is a song which has been recorded by both country music singer Clay Walker and pop music singer Kimberley Locke, both of whom are signed to Curb Records. Both versions were released within weeks of each other in mid-2007; while Walker's version was released to country radio, Locke's was released to the adult contemporary radio format. Walker's reached number 5 on the U.S. country singles charts, and Locke's reached Number One on the U.S. Dance charts. Go West front man Peter Cox has recorded a version of "Fall" on his 2010 CD "The S1 Sessions".
"Fall" is a mid-tempo ballad in which the narrator addresses a lover who has had a bad day. The narrator then offers moral support to the lover: "Fall, go on and lose it all / Every doubt, every fear / Every worry, every tear".
Walker's version, the first version of the song to be released, was the second single from his 2007 album, which was also titled Fall. A music video was issued on October 17, 2007.
Walker stated that Fall was one of his favorite songs on his album. He also said after recording the track that “Keith stood up and high-fived the engineer when we got done with the vocal and I thought, that’s the first that I’ve ever seen that, maybe he was just glad that I got all the lyrics right, it was refreshing to know there wasn’t a lot of wasted time in the studio with Keith. He knows what he wants and he communicates that with the musicians really well."
In an interview with The Flint Journal Walker said, "'Fall' was a huge hit for us. I think people are going to want to see us and ticket sales are already going up. As long as people want to hear us -- and I feel like they do -- we're going to get out and give it to them."
Chuck Taylor of Billboard wrote "Walker's rich, confident baritone offers all the more reassurance, as does his self-assured smile". Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song a B+ rating and wrote, "This is another good single from an artist who has fully come into his own."