Falling Down (Oasis song)

Song infobox
Name = Falling Down
Artist = Oasis


Album = Dig Out Your Soul
Released = 14 August 2008
track_no = 7
Recorded =
Genre = Psychedelic rock
Length = 4:32
Writer = Noel Gallagher
Label = Big Brother
Producer = Dave Sardy
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Dig Out Your Soul
Type = studio
Tracks = Side one
# "Bag It Up"
# "The Turning"
# "Waiting For the Rapture"
# "The Shock of the Lightning"
# "I'm Outta Time"
# "(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady"
# "Falling Down"
# "To Be Where There Is Life"
# "Ain't Got Nothin'"
# "The Nature of Reality"
# "Soldier On"

"Falling Down" is a song by the British rock band Oasis. It was written by the band's lead guitarist and principal songwriter Noel Gallagher. The song appears as the seventh track on the band's seventh album, "Dig Out Your Soul". It was released as a download-only single on iTunes on 14 August 2008. Fact|date=August 2008

The song was remixed by The Chemical Brothers and was issued as a promo for the upcoming album. The remix was also featured as the B-side on "The Shock of the Lightning" single. [ [http://www.oasisinet.com/site.php?site=news&idx=816 Oasis - Official website ] ] On 11 July 2008, this version of the song appeared both on the Internet and on the radio.

The song (which features Noel Gallagher on the lead vocals) is centred around a groove based rhythm section supplied by Zak Starkey's drumming and Andy Bell's bass.

It was reported that a video for the song will be shot, which means that "Falling Down" will most likely will be released as a single in the future. [http://www.factoryfilms.net/factory.php]

The lyric: "Catch the wheel that breaks the butterfly" references the quotation: "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?" from
Alexander Pope's Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot.

The entered in the Dutch Top 100 for 2 weeks, peaking #93. [http://www.dutchcharts.nl/]

Track listing

*iTunes Download
#"Falling Down", 4:32

References

Charts

Canadian Hot 100 - #45Dutch Top 100 - #93 [http://www.dutchcharts.nl/]