Falling for the First Time
| "Falling for the First Time" | ||||
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| Single by Barenaked Ladies | ||||
| from the album Maroon | ||||
| Released | May 22, 2001[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:40 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Steven Page Ed Robertson | |||
| Producer(s) | Don Was | |||
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"Falling for the First Time" is the third single by Canadian group the
Music video
The music video begins with a security guard at a museum (played by BNL's keyboardist Kevin Hearn's cousin Harland Williams) who is bored watching the camera monitors decides to change the channel to a TV station. The only channel to pop up shows the band playing the song, despite efforts by the guard to return the monitors to normal. Enraged the guard takes the camera monitor and tosses it into the garbage bin. As the guard returns to his desk the song has just ended, in the background the band can be seen leaving with several pieces of stolen artwork from the museum along with taking the monitor he just tossed, revealing that the video was used to distract the guard.
A shortened version exists that was made in conjunction with
Critical response
Rolling Stone magazine said that the single "strives to translate the emotional rush of falling in love into a swirling, shimmering wall of sound, with a nice detour for the earthbound observation, 'anyone perfect must be lying.'"[3] Billboard said the song was "shimmering."[4]
Personnel
- Ed Robertson – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars
- Steven Page – acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
- Jim Creeggan – electric bass, backing vocals
- Kevin Hearn – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
- Tyler Stewart – drums, backing vocals
- Rob Menegoni – tambourine
Charts
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 11[citation needed] |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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| Canada Radio ( Nielsen BDS)[5]
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75 |
Footnotes
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0011ZW9DO Amazon: Falling for the First Time
- ^ Top Tunes Toon promo "Barenakedladies" Kids' WB!.mov. YouTube. Doug Chapin. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- ^ Moon, Tom (2000-09-14), "Barenaked Ladies". Rolling Stone. (849):171
- ^ Paoletta, Michael (2000-09-16), "Reviews & Previews: ALBUMS". Billboard. 112 (38):26
- ^ "BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 26, 2002. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
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