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"How Can I Fall?"
Single by Breathe
from the album All That Jazz
B-side"All This I Should Have Known", "Monday Morning Blues" (US)
ReleasedNovember 1988
Recorded1985–87; CBS Studios (London)
GenreSoft rock
Length
  • 4:42 (album version)
  • 4:08 (US edit)
  • 3:59 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • David Glasper
  • Marcus Lillington
Producer(s)Bob Sargeant
Breathe singles chronology
"Hands to Heaven"
(1987) 		"How Can I Fall?"
(1988) 		""Don't Tell Me Lies (reissue)"
(1989)

"How Can I Fall?" is a song by British band Breathe, written by the group members David Glasper and Marcus Lillington. It was released in June 1988 as the second single from their debut studio album, All That Jazz (1987). In the United Kingdom, "How Can I Fall?" was the third single from the album, following "Hands to Heaven" and the UK-only release "Jonah".

The song was successful in the United States where it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Internationally, "How Can I Fall" reached the top 40 in the Belgium and Netherlands; however, in the United Kingdom it peaked solely at #48.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988–1989) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) 23
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 23
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 29
UK Singles (OCC) 48
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 1
US Billboard Hot 100 3
US Cash Box Top Singles 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 36
Chart (1989) Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 49
US Billboard Hot 100 27

References

  1. "Breathe – How Can I Fall?" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8683." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 4, 1989" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. "Breathe – How Can I Fall?" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  6. "Breathe Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  7. "Breathe Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  8. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles (week ending December 3, 1988)". Cash Box. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  9. "Top 100 Singles of '88" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 49, no. 10. 24 December 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  10. "1989 Year-End Charts – Adult Contemporary Songs". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  11. "1989 Year-End Charts – Hot 100 Songs". Billboard. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

External links

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Studio albums
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