Falling and Laughing

"Falling and Laughing"
Single by Orange Juice
A-side	Falling and Laughing
B-side	Moscow Olympics/Moscow
Released	February, 1980
Format	7"
Genre	Post-punk
Label	Postcard Records
Writer(s)	Edwyn Collins
Producer(s)	Orange Juice
Orange Juice singles chronology
"Falling and Laughing" (1980) "Blue Boy" (1980)

"Falling and Laughing" is the debut single by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. It was the first single released by the independent rock label Postcard Records, owned by Alan Horne. "Falling and Laughing" marked a new shift of the post-punk sound in general, by using themes that were not normally used in the genre, such as love and innocence. It also had a brighter sound, contrasting with the music that their contemporaries, including Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen, were making at the time, while maintaining its roots in the experimentalism of the genre.^[1]

A re-recording of the song appears on the band's 1982 debut album You Can't Hide Your Love Forever.

The first 1000 copies came with a free flexi-disc, containing an early version of Felicity, a song written by James Kirk and later covered by the Wedding Present. ^[2]

Track listing

1. "Falling and Laughing" - (4:00)
2. "Moscow" - (2:01)
3. "Moscow Olympics" - (2:07)

References

1. "Postcard Records - TweeNet". Twee.net. 2001-09-01. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
2. "I Wish I Was A Flexidisc: Orange Juice - Felicity flexi (1980)". Iwishiwasaflexidisc.blogspot.co.uk. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2014-08-06.