Fallin' for You (Colbie Caillat song)

"Fallin' for You"
Single by Colbie Caillat
from the album Breakthrough
Released June 26, 2009
Format CD single, digital download
Recorded 2009
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:37
Label Universal Republic
Writer(s) Colbie Caillat and Rick Nowels
Producer(s) Rick Nowels, John Shanks and Ken Caillat
Colbie Caillat singles chronology
"Lucky"
(2008)		 "Fallin' for You"
(2009)		 "I Never Told You"
(2010)

"Fallin' for You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat. It was written by Caillat along with Rick Nowels, and produced by Nowels, John Shanks, and Caillat's father Ken Caillat, for her second studio album Breakthrough (2009). The song was released on June 26, 2009 as the lead single from the album, through Universal Republic. Musically, the song is a pop ballad, and the lyrics, according to Caillat, speak of people falling for a guy that they are friends with.

The song was included on the international soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera Viver a Vida (Portuguese for Seize the Day). "Fallin' for You" is Caillat's fourth single to be included in a soap opera in Brazil. The first was "Bubbly" in Sete Pecados, the second was "Midnight Bottle" in Três Irmãs and the third was "Lucky" in Caras & Bocas.[1]

Music video

The video was released in July and is directed by The Malloys.[2]

In the video, she goes to the beach with a man, played by Bobby Moynihan, who is not her type (as she says during a phone call in the beginning of the video), but she starts to like him more and more over the course of the outing.[3] At the end of the video when she sings the lyrics "Oh, I'm fallin' for you." the man pops out of the trailer asking, "Seriously? You mean it?" and Caillat nods, indicating that she has fallen for him.[4]

Cover versions

YouTube singer/songwriter Kina Grannis did a cover of the song in August 2009.[5]

Track listing

German Maxi single

  1. "Fallin' For You" 3:40
  2. "Something Special" 3:06
  3. "Hoy Me Voy" (feat. Juanes) 3:22
  4. "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (Live) 5:56

German CD single

  1. "Fallin' For You" 3:40
  2. "Hoy Me Voy" (feat. Juanes) 3:22
Official Version

Chart performance

The song debuted at #12 and was Caillat's highest debut ever on the Billboard Hot 100, the hot shot debut of the week and her most successful song on the U.S. charts since her debut single "Bubbly". The song returned to the Top 20 for two weeks, when her album debuted at #1, reaching #15. With 118,000 first-week downloads, it's also her first top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs chart since debut single "Bubbly" peaked at No. 4 in November 2007. On Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, the song spent 14 weeks at number two, before rising to number one the week of February 6, 2010.[6] On the Canadian Hot 100, the song was the hot shot of the week, debuting at #55.

Charts

Chart (2009–10) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 24
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 28
Germany (Official German Charts)[11] 16
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[12] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 68
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 31
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 21
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 12
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[17] 5
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] 1
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[19] 2
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[20] 17

End of year charts

Chart (2009) Position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[21] 99
US Billboard Hot 100[22] 68
US Adult Contemporary Songs (Billboard)[23] 20
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[24] 14

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
United States (RIAA) Platinum[25] 1,400,000

See also

References

  1. ↑ Fallin' For You In Viver a Vida
  2. ↑ "Colbie Caillat - Fallin’ For You Lyrics and Video". Musicloversgroup.com. 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ↑ "Colbie Caillat - Fallin' For You music video, lyrics and code". MuVids. 2009-07-16. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. ↑ "COLBIE CAILLAT NEW SINGLE, "FALLIN’ FOR YOU" IMPACTS RADIO "BREAKTHROUGH" SET FOR AUGUST 25 RELEASE". MVRemix. 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Fallin' For You - Colbie Caillat Cover". YouTube. 2009-08-19.
  6. ↑ "Information Not Found". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  7. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Japan Hot 100 for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Colbie Caillat – Fallin' for You". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Colbie Caillat – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Colbie Caillat. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Canadian Hot 100: 2009 Year-End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Hot 100 Songs: Page 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Songs: Page 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Adult Pop Songs: Page 1". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-02-15.

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