Falling (song)
| Falling | |
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| Volbeat | |
| publication | 2010 |
| length | 5:01 |
| Genre (s) | Metal |
| Author (s) | Michael Schøn Poulsen |
| album | Beyond Hell / Above Heaven |
Fallen is the eighth single from the Danish metal band Volbeat . It is the first single from their fourth studio album Beyond Hell / Above Heaven . Fallen was Volbeat's first single, which also reached chart positions outside of Denmark.
Emergence
The song was recorded in spring 2010 at Hansen Studios in the Danish city of Ribe . The lyrics and music were written by singer and guitarist Michael Schøn Poulsen . The album was produced by Jacob Hansen , who also contributed background vocals. A music video was shot for the song , which largely contains recordings from Volbeat's performance at the Rock am Ring music festival in June 2010.
Michael Schøn Poulsen dedicated the song to his father, who died in June 2008.
“He has accompanied and supported me throughout my musical career. I also played each of my compositions for him and asked his opinion. [...] But in life there is always light and shadow, because on the other hand I got to know the love of my life and got married. "
Track list
- Fall (Edit) - 4:21
- Fall (album version) - 5:02
- A Warrior's Call - 4:20
- Rebel Angel - 3:25
reception
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Frank Albrecht from the German magazine Rock Hard described the song "Fallen" in his review of the album Beyond Hell / Above Heaven as a pop catchy tune. Robert Fröwein from the Austrian online magazine Stormbringer.at described the song as "rocky, fast, with typical Volbeat guitar melodies that go straight into the body and a top vocal performance".
The single entered the Danish singles chart at number 13. In Sweden the single reached number 16, in Finland number 18 and in Germany number 62. In Denmark, the single was awarded a gold record in March 2019 . The readers of the German magazine Metal Hammer voted Fallen the best song of 2010. The music video took fourth place in the Best Video Clip category.
The German magazine SLAM discovered similarities in the chorus of "Fallen" to the song "Out of Breath" by the US rock band Lifehouse .
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc Halupczok : The next jump . In: Metal Hammer , September 2010, page 40ff.
- ↑ Volbeat in the Danish charts. danishcharts.com, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Volbeat in the Swedish charts. swedishcharts.com, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Volbeat in the Finnish charts. finnishcharts.com, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Volbeat in the Austrian charts. austriancharts.at, accessed on April 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Volbeat in the Dutch charts. dutchcharts.nl, accessed April 20, 2013 .
- ↑ Volbeat - Traps. GfK Entertainment, accessed April 10, 2019 .
- ^ Frank Albrecht: Volbeat - Beyond Hell, Above Heaven. Rock Hard , accessed October 22, 2018 .
- ^ Robert Fröwein: Volbeat - Beyond Hell / Above Heaven (CD). Stormbringer.at, accessed on December 2, 2013 .
- ↑ Volbeat "Fallen". IFPI , accessed March 12, 2019 (Danish).
- ^ Readers' poll 2010 . In: Metal Hammer, April 2010, page 56ff.
- ↑ VOLBEAT versus LIFEHOUSE. SLAM , accessed December 2, 2013 .