Catch Me I'm Falling

"Catch Me I'm Falling"
Single by Real Life
from the album Heartland
B-side "Exploded Bullets"
Released December 1983 (AUS)
March 1984 (USA)
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded 1983
Genre New wave, synthpop
Length 3:58
Label Curb Records
Songwriter(s) David Sterry, Richard Zatorski
Producer(s) Steve Hillage
Real Life singles chronology
"Send Me an Angel"
(1983)		 "'Catch Me I'm Falling'"
(1983)		 "Face to Face"
(1985)

"Send Me an Angel"
(1983)		 "Catch Me I'm Falling"
(1983)		 "Face to Face"
(1985)

"Catch Me I'm Falling" is a song by Australian band Real Life, featured on the album Heartland. Released as a single in late 1983, it built on the success of the debut single "Send Me an Angel" and became the band's second top 10 hit in Australia, spending 27 weeks in the Kent Music Report top 100.[1]

The song is about living one's dreams.

Music video

At the beginning of the video there is a crowd in darkness with a luminous paint. The band performs the song in a bright room and then it is distributed among the members throughout the studio with some other people. In addition there are movie effects.[2]

Track listings

7": Wheatley Records / WRS 006 Australia

  1. "Catch Me I'm Falling" - 3:33
  2. "Thrill Me" - 4:12

7": MCA Records / MCA-52362 US / MCA 885 United Kingdom

  1. "Catch Me I'm Falling" - 4:02
  2. "Exploding Bullets" - 4:09

12": RCA / WRST 007 Australia

  1. "Catch Me I'm Falling" (Edit) - 4:10
  2. "Exploding Bullets" (Extended Mix) - 5:38
  3. "Catch Me I'm Falling" (Extended Mix) - 5:52

Charts

Cover versions

References

  1. 1 2 "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Music video in youtube.com
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Real Life – Catch Me I'm Falling (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  5. ↑ "hitparade.ch > Real Life in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  6. ↑ "Billboard > Artists / Real Life > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
  7. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending May 12, 1984 at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2012). Cash Box magazine.
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