| Fallin | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Connie Francis |
| B-Side: | Happy Days and Lonely Nights |
| Released: | 1958 |
| Recorded: | 2 September 1958 |
| Genre: | Rock and roll |
| Length: | 2:12 |
| Label: | MGM Records K 12713 |
| Producer: | Morty Kraft |
| Chronology: | Connie Francis US |
| Prev Title: | Stupid Cupid |
| Prev Year: | 1958 |
| Title2: | Happy Days and Lonely Nights |
| Next Title: | My Happiness |
| Next Title2: | Never Before |
| Next Year: | 1958 |
"Fallin" is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield,[1] that was recorded by Connie Francis on 2 September 1958 at Metropolitan Studio (NYC) in a session produced by Morton "Morty" Kraft who also conducted.[2]
The same team had been responsible for Francis' precedent single "Stupid Cupid" which had returned Francis to the Top 20 after the disappointing #36 peak of "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" the follow-up to her breakout hit "Who's Sorry Now?". Francis recalls Bobby Darin telling her "on 'Stupid Cupid' you were yourself – now [on "Fallin{{'-}}"] you're imitating me and it's not going to make it big. It's not a Top Ten hit." Francis adds: "And the lyrics were too sexy for then."[3]
"Fallin" was an upbeat rock and roll song in the same vein as "Stupid Cupid" but failed to approach its success peaking at #30.[4] The B-side of "Fallin" was "Happy Days and Lonely Nights", a signature song of torch song legend Ruth Etting. Francis' version received enough airplay to reach #88 on the Cash Box Best Selling Singles chart.
In the UK, "Fallin" was released with a different standard: "I'll Get By" as the B-side with both tracks charting at #20 for "Fallin" and #19 for "I'll Get By".[5]