Falling to Pieces - Wikipedia

"Falling to Pieces" is the third single on Faith No More's first studio album with Mike Patton on vocals, The Real Thing. It is one of their best known hits ... FallingtoPieces FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Forthe2006song,seeFallingtoPieces(Firewindsong).ForthesongbyTheScriptthatisalsoknownas"FallingtoPieces",seeBreakeven(song). 1990singlebyFaithNoMore"FallingtoPieces"ArtworkforUScommercialcassettesingleSinglebyFaithNoMorefromthealbumTheRealThingB-side"WeCareaLot"(Live)"UnderwaterLove"(Live)"FromOutofNowhere"(Live)ReleasedJuly2,1990RecordedDecember1988StudioDinSausalito,CaliforniaGenreFunkmetal[1][2]alternativemetal[3]powerpop[4]Length5:15LabelSlashSongwriter(s)Music:BillyGouldRoddyBottum"Big"JimMartinLyrics:MikePattonProducer(s)MattWallaceFaithNoMoresingleschronology "Epic"(1990) "FallingtoPieces"(1990) "MidlifeCrisis"(1992) TheRealThingtracklisting "FromoutofNowhere" "Epic" "FallingtoPieces" "Surprise!You'reDead!" "ZombieEaters" "TheRealThing" "UnderwaterLove" "TheMorningAfter" "WoodpeckerfromMars" "WarPigs" "EdgeoftheWorld" "FallingtoPieces"isthethirdsingleonFaithNoMore'sfirststudioalbumwithMikePattononvocals,TheRealThing. Itisoneoftheirbestknownhits,peakingat#92ontheBillboardHot100and#40ontheMainstreamRockcharts.Despiteitssuccessandunlikeotheroftheband'shits,thesongdidnotgoontobealivestaple,appearingveryrarelyinconcertsaftertheirappearanceatthe1993PhoenixFestival,[5]whereBillyGouldannounced"thisisthelasttimewe'lleverplaythissongagain"rightbeforethesong.[6]DuringSecondComingTour,thebandpickedupthesongagainandperformeditatleastonceataconcertinRiodeJaneiroin2009.ThesongwasperformedattheOpen'erFestivalin2014forthefirsttimesince2009.Ina2016interview,Gouldstated,"Thatsongsucks,let’sfaceit.Idon’tknow,wedon’tgrooveonthatone.Also,whenyouplayitlive,itjustkindofgetsboring".[7] Contents 1Tracklists 2Musicvideo 3Trivia 4Releasehistory 5Charts 6References Tracklists[edit] Promo "FallingtoPieces"(Remix)–4:19 "FallingtoPieces"(VideoVersion)–4:32 "FallingtoPieces"(AlbumVersion)–5:12 DiscOne "FallingtoPieces"-3:39 "WeCareaLot"(LiveatBrixton)-3:59 "UnderwaterLove"(LiveatBrixton)-3:32 "FromOutofNowhere"(LiveatBrixton)-3:47 DiscTwo "FallingtoPieces(Re-Mix)" "ZombieEaters" "TheRealThing"(‡Live) ‡LiveattheWirelessJuly30,1990alsofeaturesad-libfromPublicEnemy's"911IsaJoke" TheBrixtonAcademylivetracksaredifferentmixestothosefoundontheLPoftheconcert,mostnotablyincludingtheline"Aboutthesmackandcrackandwhackthathitsthestreets"on"WeCareaLot",whichismostlymutedontheLPmix.[8] Musicvideo[edit] Thebass-drivensongspawnedavideodirectedbyRalphZiman(whoalsodirectedthevideofor"Epic"),inwhichleadsingerMikePattonwearsaseriesofdifferentoutfits,includingoneresemblingAlexfromtheStanleyKubrickfilmAClockworkOrange.BillyGouldwearsvariousdeathmetalbandshirtsduringthevideoincludingCarcassand,atthetime,Sepultura.Thevideoisalsonotableforusingadifferentmixofthesongfeaturingmoreprominentbackgroundvocals,keyboards,andaguitarsoloduringthefadeout. ThereisalsoanotherlesserknownmusicvideowhichusesclipsfromtheBrixtonAcademyperformance,playedwiththealbumversionofthesong.[9] AscreenshotfromtheRalphZiman-directed1990musicvideo. Trivia[edit] Thesongwasprominentlyusedinthe2001filmBlackHawkDownwhiletheRangersandDeltaForceoperatorsarepreparingfortheirassault. ThesongwasperformedagainforthefirsttimeinyearsattheRiodeJaneiroshow,November2009. Partofthesongservesasanepigraphforthe1993novelMalaOnda,byChileanwriterAlbertoFuguet. Thesongcanbeheardinthe2007filmTowelhead,whichwassetintheyear1991. Thesongwasagainperformedatthe2014Open'erFestivalinPoland. Releasehistory[edit] Country Date Europe July2,1990 Japan March1,1991 Charts[edit] Chart(1990) Peakposition Australia(ARIA)[10] 26 NewZealand(RecordedMusicNZ)[11] 16 UKSingles(OCC)[12] 41 USBillboardHot100[13] 92 USMainstreamRock(Billboard)[14] 40 References[edit] ^Alderslade,Merlin;Goodman,Eleanor;Pattillo,Alice;Leivers,Dannii;Hill,Stephen;Edwards,Briony;Lewry,Fraser(March19,2020)."The50bestmetalbandsofalltime".MetalHammer.ArchivedfromtheoriginalonJuly9,2020.RetrievedJanuary13,2021. ^DF,Anso(July17,2015)."Friday5:WhatAreFunkMetal'sFiveBestMoments".MetalSucks.RetrievedDecember4,2021. ^Terich,Jeff(August26,2019)."ShadowoftheHorns:TheBestMetalAlbumsof1989".Treble.RetrievedJanuary13,2021. ^Hart,Ron(June20,2019)."FaithNoMore's'TheRealThing'at30:HowTheySwitchedSingers&DeliveredaClassic".Billboard.RetrievedJanuary13,2021. ^fnm.comTapeTradingResources ^"FallingToPieces"atPhoenixFestival1993 ^"FaithNoMoreBillyGouldInterview2016".eonmusic-musicisourpassion!.RetrievedJuly2,2017. ^fnm.comdiscography ^"FaithNoMoreFrequentlyAnsweredQuestions". ^"FaithNoMore–FallingtoPieces".ARIATop50Singles.RetrievedNovember26,2016. ^"FaithNoMore–FallingtoPieces".Top40Singles.RetrievedNovember26,2016. ^"FaithNoMore:ArtistChartHistory".OfficialChartsCompany.RetrievedNovember26,2016. ^"FaithNoMoreChartHistory(Hot100)".Billboard.RetrievedNovember26,2016. ^"FaithNoMoreChartHistory(MainstreamRock)".Billboard.RetrievedNovember26,2016. vteMTVVideoMusicAwardforBestVisualEffects "Rockit"(1984) "Don'tComeAroundHereNoMore"(1985) "TakeOnMe"(1986) "Sledgehammer"(1987) "Hourglass"(1988) "LeaveMeAlone"(1989) "SowingtheSeedsofLove"(1990) "FallingtoPieces"(1991) "EvenBetterThantheRealThing"(1992) "Steam"(1993) "KissThatFrog"(1994) "LoveIsStrong"(1995) "Tonight,Tonight"(1996) "VirtualInsanity"(1997) "Frozen"(1998) "Special"(1999) "AllIsFullofLove"(2000) "RockDJ"(2001) "FellinLovewithaGirl"(2002) "GowiththeFlow"(2003) "HeyYa!"(2004) "FeelGoodInc."(2005) "WeRunThis"(2006) "GoodLife"(2008) "Paparazzi"(2009) "Uprising"(2010) "E.T."(2011) "FirstoftheYear(Equinox)"(2012) "SafeandSound"(2013) "TheWriting'sontheWall"(2014) "WhereAreÜNow"(2015) "Up&Up"(2016) "HUMBLE."(2017) "AlltheStars"(2018) "ME!"(2019) "Physical"(2020) "Montero(CallMebyYourName)"(2021) vteFaithNoMore MikeBordin BillyGould RoddyBottum MikePatton JonHudson MikeMorris WadeWorthington MarkBowen CourtneyLove ChuckMosley JimMartin TreySpruance DeanMenta Studioalbums WeCareaLot IntroduceYourself TheRealThing AngelDust KingforaDay...FoolforaLifetime AlbumoftheYear SolInvictus Livealbums LiveattheBrixtonAcademy Compilations WhoCaresaLot? ThisIsIt:TheBestof EpicandOtherHits ThePlatinumCollection TheWorks TheVeryBestDefinitiveUltimateGreatestHitsCollection Singles "QuietinHeaven"/"SongofLiberty"(asFaith.NoMan) "WeCareaLot" "Anne'sSong" "FromOutofNowhere" "Epic" "FallingtoPieces" "MidlifeCrisis" "ASmallVictory" "Everything'sRuined" "(I'm)Easy" "AnotherBodyMurdered" "DiggingtheGrave" "Ricochet" "Evidence" "AshestoAshes" "LastCupofSorrow" "Stripsearch" "IStartedaJoke" "Motherfucker" Othersongs "NewImprovedSong" "LandofSunshine" "TheWorldIsYours" Videos YouFatBastards:LiveattheBrixtonAcademy WhoCaresaLot?:TheGreatestVideos Concerttours AlbumoftheYearTour TheSecondComingTour SolInvictusTour Relatedbands Brujeria DeadCross Fantômas GeneralPattonvs.TheX-Ecutioners ImperialTeen Mr.Bungle OzzyOsbourne PeepingTom PrimitiveRace Tomahawk Relatedarticles Discography Songsrecorded Members TributeoftheYear:ATributetoFaithNoMore Authoritycontrol MusicBrainzreleasegroup Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Falling_to_Pieces&oldid=1071805498" Categories:FaithNoMoresongs1990singlesSongswrittenbyBillyGouldSongswrittenbyRoddyBottumSongswrittenbyMikePattonSongswrittenbyJimMartin(musician)1989songsSlashRecordssinglesFunkmetalsongsHiddencategories:UsemdydatesfromOctober2018ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticleswithhAudiomicroformatsSinglechartusagesforAustraliaSinglechartusagesforNewZealandSinglechartusagesforUKsinglesbynameSinglechartcalledwithoutsongSinglechartusagesforBillboardhot100SinglechartusagesforBillboardmainstreamrockArticleswithMusicBrainzreleasegroupidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages ItalianoPortuguêsРусский Editlinks