Fall in Love with Me (song)

"Fall in Love with Me" is a single by American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire released in November 1982 upon Columbia Records.[1] The single rose to No. 4 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 14 on the RPM Canadian Pop Singles chart.[2][3][4]

"Fall In Love With Me"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Powerlight
B-side"Lady Sun"
ReleasedNovember 1982[1]
Recorded1982
GenreElectro-funk, post-disco, boogie, R&B
Length3:54
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn, Maurice White
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"I've Had Enough"
(1982)		 "Fall In Love With Me"
(1982)		 "Side by Side"
(1983)
Music video
"Fall in Love with Me" on YouTube

Overview

"Fall in Love with Me" was produced by Maurice White and composed by White, Wayne Vaughn and Wanda Vaughn of The Emotions. As well the song came upon EWF's 1983 studio album Powerlight.

The single's b-side was a song called Lady Sun from EWF's 1981 studio album Raise!.Both [1]

A music video was also released in 1983 to accompany the single.[5]

Critical reception

Vanity Fair wrote "Fall in Love With Me, the single, is a classic disco throbber, with Maurice White inviting listeners to help yourself to all of me".[6] Christopher Connelly of Rolling Stone exclaimed "A bit of the grit that surfaced on Raise! gives 'Fall in Love with Me' a needed push".[7] Connie Johnson of The Los Angeles Times noted that "Fall in Love with Me and The Speed of Love allow for scatty rude-boy vocals from (Maurice) White. They're also packed with the chiming, multilayered backup vocals and complex melodic development that are quintessential EWF."[8] Chip Stern of Musician wrote "Fall in Love With Me featur(es) White's gruff but kindly midrange".[9] Craig Lytle of Allmusic proclaimed that the song has "a festive rhythm and sauntering vocals".[10] Dave Marsh of The Philadelphia Daily News also declared that "Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton should get hold of the solo Roland Bautista plays on Fall In Love With Me which rips the song's already skyrocketing energy level to a new dimension".[11]

Fall In Love With Me was Grammy nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.[12]

Charts
Chart (1983)[2][3] Peak
position
Swedish Singles Sverigetopplistan 11[13]
Belgian Singles Ultratop 18[14]
Canada RPM Top Singles 14[4]
Dutch Singles Dutch Single Top 100 21[15]
France (IFOP)[16] 22
US Billboard Hot 100 17
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 4
US Billboard Hot Dance/Disco 31
Year-end chart (1983)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[17] 100
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References
  1. Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall In Love With Me. Columbia Records. November 1982.
  2. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall in Love with Me (R&B Singles)". Billboard.com.
  3. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall in Love with Me (Hot 100)". Billboard.com.
  4. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall in Love with Me (Canadian Pop Singles)". Baclac.gc.ca. RPM.
  5. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall In Love With Me". imdb.com.
  6. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". Vol. 46. Vanity Fair. April 1983. p. 31 & 32. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  7. Connelly, Christopher (March 17, 1983). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
  8. Johnson, Connie (February 27, 1983). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". newspapers.com. Los Angeles Times. p. 304.
  9. Stern, Chip (April 1, 1983). "RECORD REVIEWS: Earth, Wind & Fire". proquest.com. No. 54. Musician. p. 93.
  10. Lytle, Craig. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  11. Marsh, Dave (April 30, 1983). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". newspapers.com. Philadelphia Daily News. p. 105.
  12. "Earth, Wind & Fire". grammy.com. The Recording Academy.
  13. "Earth, Wind & Fire". sverigetopplistan.se. Sverigetopplistan.
  14. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall in Love With Me". ultratop.be. Ultratop.
  15. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Fall in Love With Me". dutchcharts.nl. Dutch Charts.
  16. "Toutes les Chansons N° 1 des Années 70" (in French). InfoDisc. 1983-02-05. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  17. "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95 no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.
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