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Fall Down (Toad the Wet Sprocket song)

{{Short description|1994 single by Toad the Wet Sprocket}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Fall Down

| cover = Fall Down single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Toad the Wet Sprocket

| album = Dulcinea

| B-side = All Right

| released = {{start date|1994|4}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Alternative rock{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2017/07/ranking-every-alternative-rock-hit-from-worst-to-best/7/|title=Ranking: Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best|date=July 4, 2017|access-date=December 27, 2021|website=Consequence|last=Cosores|first=Philip}}{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Vincent |title=How Toad the Wet Sprocket Navigates the Age of Nostalgia |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/music/how-toad-the-wet-sprocket-navigates-the-age-of-nostalgia/article_1bd0007b-4093-545d-87bf-1bace722855d.html |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=Post and Courier |date=September 12, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=McDonnel |first1=Brandy |title=Toad the Wet Sprocket to play OKC summer show |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/article/5594426/toad-the-wet-sprocket-to-play-okc-summer-show |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=The Oklahoman |date=May 11, 2018}}

| length = 3:24

| label = Columbia

| writer = Todd Nichols, Glen Phillips

| producer = Gavin MacKillop

| prev_title = I Will Not Take These Things for Granted

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Something's Always Wrong

| next_year = 1994

}}

"Fall Down" is a song by alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket from their fourth studio album, Dulcinea (1994). "Fall Down" was co-written by Glen Phillips and Todd Nichols. Released to US radio in April 1994, the song topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Canada, the song peaked at number 10 and ended 1994 as the country's 76th-most-successful single. The music video for the song was directed by Samuel Bayer. In 2017, Consequence magazine ranked the song number 245 (out of 354) on their list of "Every Alternative Rock No. 1 Hit from Worst to Best".

Background

Singer Glen Phillips said,

{{quote|I think it was written before the Fear album came out. That was an early one, and loosely based on a woman - a girl at the time - in high school, who was rebelling against and living out people's worst expectations of her. I think when you're misunderstood there's an urge sometimes to self-destruct as a form of rebellion. So, watching that happen and thinking about it.{{cite web|url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/glen-phillips|title=Glen Phillips : Songwriter Interviews |last=Prato|first=Greg|website= Songfacts|date=November 1, 2022 |access-date=December 13, 2022}}}}

Chart performance

"Fall Down" reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in June 1994 and remained there for six weeks before being supplanted by the Offspring's "Come Out and Play" in July. It also reached the top five of the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, peaking at number five, and was a top-40 Billboard Hot 100 hit, reaching number 33.

Track listings

US CD, 7-inch, and cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fall Down|others=Toad the Wet Sprocket|year=1994|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=38K 77474}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fall Down|others=Toad the Wet Sprocket|year=1994|type=US 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Columbia Records|id=38-77474}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fall Down|others=Toad the Wet Sprocket|year=1994|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Columbia Records|id=38T 77474}}

  1. "Fall Down" – 3:23
  2. "All Right" – 5:46

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fall Down|others=Toad the Wet Sprocket|year=1994|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=6603682}}

  1. "Fall Down" – 3:23
  2. "One Little Girl" – 3:23
  3. "Come Back Down" – 3:16
  4. "Nightingale Song" (live) – 2:18

European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fall Down|others=Toad the Wet Sprocket|year=1994|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=COL 660368 1}}

  1. "Fall Down" – 3:23
  2. "One Little Girl" – 3:23

Charts

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!Chart (1994)

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scope="row"| Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url= https://imgur.com/a/hQh7AMm | title=Toad the Wet Sprocket ARIA Chart History complete to 2024|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= July 26, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.

|align="center"| 125

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|10|chartid=2564|rowheader=true|access-date=March 18, 2018}}
{{single chart|Scotland|66|date=19941015|rowheader=true|access-date=March 18, 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|79|date=19941015|rowheader=true|access-date=March 18, 2018}}
{{single chart|UKrock|7|date=19941015|rowheader=true|access-date=March 18, 2018}}
scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1994-07-23/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=July 23, 1994|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

|33

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1994-06-18/|title=Alternative Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=June 18, 1994|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

|5

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/1994-09-03/|title=Mainstream Rock Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=September 3, 1994|url-access=subscription|access-date=August 23, 2023}}

|1

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1994)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2687&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2687.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2687|title=RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1994|magazine=RPM|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=October 21, 2018}}

|76

scope="row"|US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=52|page=YE-62|date=December 24, 1994}}

|27

scope="row"|US Modern Rock Tracks (Billboard)

|5

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Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="2"|United States

|April 1994

|{{hlist|College|alternative|triple A radio}}

|rowspan="3"|Columbia

|rowspan="2"|{{cite magazine|title=Success Kisses Columbia's Toad the Wet Sprocket|magazine=Billboard|volume=106|issue=16|pages=14, 20|date=April 16, 1994}}

June 1994

|Top 40 radio

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|October 3, 1994

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=October 1, 1994}}

References

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{{Toad the Wet Sprocket}}

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Category:1994 songs

Category:1994 singles

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Music videos directed by Samuel Bayer

Category:Songs written by Glen Phillips (singer)

Category:Songs written by Todd Nichols (musician)

Category:Toad the Wet Sprocket songs