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“When You're Falling” by Afro Celt Sound System with Peter Gabriel
From the album Volume 3: Further in Time (2001) With Peter Gabriel
“When You're Falling” by Afro Celt Sound System with Peter Gabriel appears on 9 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 2001 and 2025. It was first released in 2001 on the album Volume 3: Further in Time. Its best result is #5 on the WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #135 alternative song of 2001.
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"When You're Falling" was the first single from Volume 3: Further in Time, Afro Celt Sound System's third album, released on Real World in 2001, and it brought in Peter Gabriel as a guest, singing lead and playing keyboards. Iarla Ó Lionáird sings too, alongside members of Screaming Orphans; Simon Emmerson, James McNally, Ó Lionáird and Martin Russell share the writing, and Emmerson produced.
Gabriel said in a 2001 interview that the track was loose and relaxed, with some fooling around in the a cappella harmonies stacked up at the end and an improvised middle section, and that what he'd braced for as hard work ended up a pleasure. American adult alternative stations got it that June, and it entered Billboard's Adult Alternative Airplay chart at number eight, the highest new entry that week.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 34 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001 | 101 |
| 2001 | 21 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 | 191 |
| 2001 | 86 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001 | 103 |
| 2001 | 5 | 93XRT Chicago, IL | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2001 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 911 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 685 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2016 | 801 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2024 | 927 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2025 | 679 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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