Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love

{{Infobox song

| name = Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love

| cover = Where Were You When I Was Falling In Love - Lobo.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lobo

| album = Lobo

| B-side = I Don't Wanna Make Love Anymore

| released = July 1979

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock

| length = 3:16

| label = MCA

| writer = {{ubl|Sam Lorber|Jeff Silbar|Steve Jobe}}

| producer = Bob Montgomery

| prev_title = You're All I Ever Need

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Holdin' On for Dear Love

| next_year = 1979

}}

"Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love" is a popular song written by Jeff Silbar, Sam Lorber and Steve Jobe. It was a hit for singer Lobo and was released as a single in 1979 from his self-titled album.{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M10EAAAAMBAJ|last=Tuber|first=Keith|title=Lobo Reveals His True Identity|journal=Orange Coast |volume=6 |issue=1|pages=76–77|date=January 1980|publisher=Emmis Communications|accessdate=July 6, 2020|via=Google Books}}

The song was Lobo's final Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at No. 23, and his fourth and final No. 1 song on the Adult Contemporary chart, which it topped for two weeks in September/October 1979.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=148}}

Chart history

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Chart (1979)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| style="text-align:center;"|41

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6862b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6862b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6862b|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=November 3, 1972 |accessdate=July 18, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"|67

Canada RPM Adult Contemporary{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6845&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6845.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6845|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=September 29, 1979 |accessdate=July 18, 2018}}

| style="text-align:center;"|35

U.S. Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}

| style="text-align:center;"|23

U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=148}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

U.S. Cash Box Top 100[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19791020.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, October 20, 1979]

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See also

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