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“I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You” by Tom Waits
From the album Closing Time (1973)
“I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You” by Tom Waits appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2004 and 2007. It was first released in 1973 on the album Closing Time. Its best result is #222 on the WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,445 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You" is one of Tom Waits' own songs from Closing Time, the debut album Asylum Records released in March 1973. Jerry Yester, once of the Lovin' Spoonful, produced it, and Waits sits at the piano and sings, with Shep Cooke on guitar, Jesse Ehrlich on cello, John Seiter on drums and Delbert Bennett on trumpet. Richard Moore engineered and mixed.
That lineup gets at the push and pull of the whole record: Waits wanted a jazz album built around his piano, and what came out leaned mostly toward folk. It was the first of his seven major releases for Asylum.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 222 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2007 | 584 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
Also listed as: I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You.
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