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“Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile” by The New Pornographers
From the album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019)
“Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile” by The New Pornographers appears on 9 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2019 and 2024. It was first released in 2019 on the album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights. Its best result is #6 on the WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #211 alternative song of 2019.
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"Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile" comes off the New Pornographers' 2019 album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights, and it's A.C. Newman's song from the ground up: he wrote the words and music, produced it, and plays guitar and keyboards. Kathryn Calder adds synthesizer and sings with Newman and Simi Stone, John Collins holds down the bass, and Joe Seiders handles drums and percussion.
Eight people share the recording credit, Jack Endino among them, with Calder and Newman pitching in behind the desk too, and Collins doubling as engineer. With three voices on the credits and a title that reads like a pratfall and a crush at once, it sounds bright, crowded and clever, the whole gang piled onto one tune.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
| 2019 | 121 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2019 | 200 |
| 2019 | 51 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 34 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 43 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2019 | 100 |
| 2019 | 53 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 6 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2019 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1129 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 536 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile; Falling Down The Stairs of Your Smile.
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