Catch Me I'm Falling

"**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 (US);
Recorded	1983
Genre	New wave; synth-pop;
Length	3:58
Label	Wheatley; Curb;
Songwriter(s)	David Sterry; Richard Zatorski;
Producer(s)	Steve Hillage
Real Life singles chronology

"Catch Me I'm Falling" is a song by Australian new wave and synth-pop band Real Life. Released in December 1983 as the third single from the band's debut studio album Heartland. The song is 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] It also hit no. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States.

The song is about living one's dreams.

Music video

At the beginning of the video the band members are wearing luminous glow in the dark face paint. The band performs the song in a bright room along with their respective instruments and then it is distributed among the members throughout the studio. In addition there are movie effects.^{[example needed]}^[2]

Track listings

7" single (WRS-006)

"Catch Me I'm Falling" – 3:33
"Thrill Me" – 4:12

7" single (MCA-52362/ MCA 885)

"Catch Me I'm Falling" – 4:02
"Exploding Bullets" – 4:09

12" single (RCA / WRST 007)

"Catch Me I'm Falling" (Edit) – 4:10
"Exploding Bullets" (Extended Mix) – 5:38
"Catch Me I'm Falling" (Extended Mix) – 5:52

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	8
Germany (Media Control Charts)^[4]	9
Switzerland (Swiss Hitparade)^[5]	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[6]	40
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[7]	46

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	66

Cover versions

1984: Conny & Jean ("Hilf mir, ich liebe dich"/"Wege durch die Nacht")
1984: Headliner (Thomas Anders)
1998: At Vance
2005: Novaspace
2020: Topmodelz

References

^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1984". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ Music video in youtube.com
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Real Life – Catch Me I'm Falling (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
^ "hitparade.ch > Real Life in der Schweizer Hitparade" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
^ "Billboard > Artists / Real Life > Chart History > The Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/12/84". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2018-01-31.. Cash Box magazine.
^ "Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via Imgur.

[auchartforum-1] "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. Archived from the original on 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2016-08-24.

[7] "Cash Box Top 100 5/12/84". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2018-01-31.. Cash Box magazine.

[8] "Kent Music Report No 548 – 31 December 1984 > National Top 100 Singles for 1984". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 12 January 2022 – via Imgur.

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