Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)
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| Single by Alicia Keys | |||||||||
| from the album Songs in A Minor | |||||||||
| B-side | "Rear View Mirror" | ||||||||
| Released | April 2, 2001 | ||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||
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| Length | 3:30 (album version) 3:16 (radio version) |
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| Label | J | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Alicia Keys | ||||||||
| Producer(s) | Alicia Keys | ||||||||
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"Fallin'" is a song by American singer Alicia Keys from her debut studio album Songs in A Minor (2001). It was released as the lead single from Songs in A Minor in April 2, 2001, by J Records. "Fallin'" is generally considered her signature song.
"Fallin'" attained global success, reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 5 in several countries. It also received numerous certifications around the world, and is one of the best-selling singles of 2001. In 2009, "Fallin'" was named the 29th most successful song of the 2000s, on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. It won three Grammy Awards in 2002, including Song of the Year, Best R&B Song, and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and was also nominated for Record of the Year.
The song was written by Alicia Keys as the lead single from her debut studio album, Songs in A Minor. When asked about the background behind the song, Keys told Billboard, "I wanted to write a song for someone who was 10 or 12 years old – like a young Michael Jackson. Even though he was young, he was singing some deep stuff back then. [The song] is about the ins and outs of a relationship. Sometimes, you're completely head-over-heels in love with someone, and sometimes you can't stand that person. You fall in and out, sometimes it goes back and forth, and that's just what relationships are about." The song samples the early James Brown hit, "It's a Man's Man's Man's World."
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