Falling Down

Album: Dig Out Your Soul (2008)
Charted: 10
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Songfacts®:

  • Noel Gallagher, who wrote this track and provided the vocals, told Q magazine October 2008: "Three chords, one note Krautpop! The kind of song I've wanted to write for years."
  • The Chemical Brothers did a re-mix of this for the B-side of the single release of "The Shock of the Lightning." It was the first ever official remix of an Oasis song. A number of reviewers have commented on this song's similarities with Noel Gallagher's prior collaboration with the Chemical Brothers, "Setting Sun."

Comments: 2

  • Molly from Niagara Falls, NyUsed as the opening for the anime "Eden of the East". But their label wanted too much royalties so when Funimation released it here, they were only able to use it for one episode.
  • Hetfield from Port Louis, MauritiusOne of the best of Noel!!!
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