Fall (song)

"Fall," written by Clay Mills, Sonny LeMaire, and Shane Minor, is the title of a song recorded by Curb Records recording artists Clay Walker and Kimberley Locke. Both singers included their version of the song on their albums, both released within weeks of each other in early 2007. While Walker's version was released to country radio, Locke's was released to the Adult Contemporary format.

Content

"Fall" is a mid-tempo ballad which finds the narrator addressing a lover who has had a bad day. The narrator then asks said lover to let go of the stress and "fall / Go on and lose it all / Every doubt, every fear / Every worry, every tear".

Clay Walker version

Infobox single
Name = Fall
Artist = Clay Walker
from Album = Fall
Released = 2007
Format = CD single
Genre = Country
Length = 3:37
Label = Asylum-Curb
Writer = Sony LeMaire, Shane Minor, Clay Mills
Producer = Keith Stegall, Jimmy Ritchey
Last single = "'Fore She Was Mama"
(2006)
This single = "Fall"
(2007)
Next single = "She Likes It in the Morning"
(2008)Walker's version, the first version of the song to be released, was the second single from his 2007 album, which was also titled "Fall". A music video was issued on October 17, 2007. [http://www.curb.com/news.cfm Curb Records News] Curb.com]

Chart performance

His version of the song debuted at #59 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated April 7, 2007. It charted for 37 weeks and peaked at #5 on the country chart dated November 17, 2007, giving Walker his fourteenth Top Five single on that chart (and first since "The Chain of Love", which peaked at #3, in mid-2000). This version also peaked at #56 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Kimberley Locke version

Infobox Single
Name = Fall


Artist = Kimberley Locke
from Album = Based on a True Story
Released = February 25, 2008
April 8, 2008 (remixes)
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2008
Genre = Adult Contemporary
Length = 3:31 (Album Version)
3:16 (Radio Edit)
Label = Curb
Producer =
Last single = "Frosty the Snowman"
(2007)
This single = "Fall"
(2008)
Next single =
Misc = Extra musicsample |filename=Kimberley_Locke_-_Fall.ogg |title=Fall |format=Ogg
Kimberley Locke covered the song as the third single from her album "Based on a True Story", which was released only 2 weeks after Clay Walker's album. [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000N0TLHU Based On A True Story: Kimberley Locke] Amazon.com] Locke's version was released to AC radio on February 25, 2008, with club remixes following in April. After a performance of the single on American Idol results show on March 26th, 2008, the song shot up to #50 on the Top Pop single downloads on Itunes.

Billboard reviewed the single as "a stunning showcase for the versatile vocalist" and suggests this may be her most satisfying single yet along with 8th World Wonder, her biggest hit to date.Taylor, Chuck [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3ifbf63e08888f1b208bf1ce1561a213b0 Fall] Billboard Magazine]

Track listings and formats

*US Promotional Single - CURBD-2073
# "Fall (Radio Edit) - 3:16

*US Promotional Remixes Maxi-Single - CURBD-2087
# "Fall" (Bimbo Jones Extended Mix) - 7:22
# "Fall" (Almighty Club Mix) - 7:03
# "Fall (Piper Extended Club Mix) - 7:48
# "Fall" (Scotty K Vocal Klub Mix) - 6:54
# "Fall" (Almighty Dub) - 6:40
# "Fall" (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) - 3:33
# "Fall" (Almighty Radio Edit) - 3:21
# "Fall" (Piper Radio Edit) - 3:53
# "Fall" (Scotty K Radio Edit) - 3:48

*Digital Maxi-Single / The Radio Edits EP
# "Fall" (Bimbo Jones Radio Edit) - 3:32
# "Fall" (Almighty Radio Edit) - 3:22
# "Fall" (Piper Radio Edit) - 3:53
# "Fall" (Scotty K Radio Edit) - 3:48

*Digital Maxi-Single / The Extended Mixes EP
# "Fall" (Bimbo Jones Extended Mix) - 7:21
# "Fall" (Almighty Club Mix) - 7:03
# "Fall" (Piper Extended Club Mix) - 7:47
# "Fall" (Scotty K Vocal Klub Mix) - 6:54

Chart performance

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