Fallen Leaves

Infobox Single


Name = Fallen Leaves
Artist = Billy Talent
from Album = Billy Talent II
B-side =
Released = November 19, 2006
Format =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:19
Label = Atlantic
Writer = Billy Talent
Producer = Gavin Brown
Chart position =
* #1 (Canada)
* #1 The MuchMusic Countdown
* #44 (Canadian Hot 100)
* #105 (UK)
* #289 (Europe)
Last single = "Red Flag"
(2006)
This single = "Fallen Leaves"
(2006)
Next single = "Surrender"
(2007)

"Fallen Leaves" is the third single released from the Canadian music group Billy Talent's second album, "Billy Talent II". This song reached the number 1 spot at the MuchMusic Countdown on February 23, and holds the record for the fastest song to fall from number 1 (Fell to 8 on March 2, then to 18 on March 9, then ceased to exist on the countdown on March 16).

ong Information

The song is about two friends of the band from Vancouver, British Columbia, who nearly died as a result of heroin addictionFact|date=February 2007. The lyrics reflect the effects of drugs, and the tragedy of the speaker's life; "I left my best friends, or did they just leave me?" refers to the loss of the addict's friends as he became more and more addicted, and his continuous promises are outlined in the lyrical "Just one more hit, and I'll be fine. I swear to God this'll be my one last time!".

Track listing

UK 5" Single
#Fallen Leaves (Album Version)
#Fallen Leaves (Live At MTV Campus Invasion Germany)
#Prisoner Of Today (Album Version)
#Perfect World (Demo)

Music video

The music video for the single was released in Canada on November 27, 2006 and worldwide the following week. The video, directed by Dean Karr, begins with a rooster on an engine of a car with Billy Talent in it, the rooster on the engine of the car (also Ian's guitar's nickname-the "striped rooster"). The band rides through several orange falling leaves and arrive at a dinner party full of monsters and goblins. One of the monsters ask the band to play and they obey, playing their song "Fallen Leaves" in front of the crowd. At one point, Billy Talent walks through a dark forest and finds a pool with a woman inside of it; the woman wakes up in the water and starts to panic. The video suggests the effects of the streets on these people "Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down". The monsters and goblins might symbolize the people who have been affected.Originally, the song was called "Falling Leaves", but due to the lyrics singing "Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground", they realized it made no sense and more recent copies of the album feature "Fallen Leaves", instead.

Directed by Dean Karr and Ian D'Sa.

Featuring cameos by:
* The Enigma
* Lenora Claire
* Selene Luna
* Miss Satanica
* Goddess Bunny
* Zamora the Torture King

Chart Performance

External links

* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=SWtnAh9KH0A Fallen Leaves Music Video]

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