Could It Be I'm Falling in Love

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| name =

| cover = Could It Be I'm Falling in Love by The Spinners US vinyl.png

| alt =

| caption = One of A-side labels of U.S. vinyl release

| type = single

| artist = The Spinners

| album = Spinners

| B-side = "Just You and Me Baby"

| released = {{start date|1972|11}}

| recorded =

| studio = Sigma Sound, New York City

| venue =

| genre =

• Philadelphia soul{{cite book|first=Alice|last=Echols|title=Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture|chapter= I Hear a Symphony: Black Masculinity and the Disco Turn|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Hot_Stuff_Disco_and_the_Remaking_of_Amer.html?id=DzrvOAA2tvAC|date=March 29, 2010|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-06675-3|page=15}}{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|pages=270–271}}
• R&B
• smooth soul{{AllMusic |class=album|id=mw0001895894|title= Various Artists - Sounds of the Seventies: 1973 (1989) Review|last= Sendra|first= Tim|access-date= February 13, 2025}}

| length = 4:13

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Mystro & Lyric

| producer = Thom Bell

| chronology = The Spinners

| prev_title = How Could I Let You Get Away

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = One of a Kind (Love Affair)

| next_year = 1973

| misc = {{External music video|header=Vinyl video|{{YouTube|ZeTycs9ffBU|"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" by The Spinners}}}}

}}

"Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" is a 1972 song recorded by the American R&B vocal group The Spinners (known as "Detroit Spinners" in the UK). It was co-written by Melvin and Mervin Steals, two songwriter brothers working for Atlantic, who were sometimes credited as "Mystro and Lyric."{{cite web |title=Could It Be I'm Falling in Love by The Spinners |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18006 |accessdate=January 22, 2010 |work=Songfacts}} It was produced by Thom Bell, recorded at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios and the house band MFSB provided the backing. Bobby Smith sings lead through most of the song, while Philippé Wynne handles vocal duties on the outro.

Released as the follow-up single to the group's first hit for Atlantic Records, "I'll Be Around," "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" would equal the success of its predecessor, peaking at #1 on the R&B chart, #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 the weeks of March 3 and 10, 1973 and selling over one million copies.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=545}}{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-spinners/chart-history/hsi/ | title=The Spinners Chart History (Hot 100) | magazine=Billboard | access-date=November 7, 2024}}[https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1973-03-10/ Billboard Hot 100, Week of March 10, 1973 – Billboard.com.] Retrieved December 7, 2024. The song also found success in the UK, peaking at #11 on the UK Singles Chart.