Falling to Pieces

"Falling to Pieces"
Single by Faith No More
from the album The Real Thing
B-side
ReleasedJuly 2, 1990 (1990-07-02)[1]
StudioStudio D (Sausalito, California)
Genre
Length5:15
LabelSlash
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Mike Patton
Producer(s)Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
"Epic"
(1990) 		"Falling to Pieces"
(1990) 		"Midlife Crisis"
(1992)
The Real Thing track listing
  1. "From out of Nowhere"
  2. "Epic"
  3. "Falling to Pieces"
  4. "Surprise! You're Dead!"
  5. "Zombie Eaters"
  6. "The Real Thing"
  7. "Underwater Love"
  8. "The Morning After"
  9. "Woodpecker from Mars"
  10. "War Pigs"
  11. "Edge of the World"

"Falling to Pieces" is a 1990 song by Faith No More. It is the third single from their third studio album The Real Thing. It went to number 16 in New Zealand, number 26 in Australia, number 41 in the United Kingdom and number 92 in the United States.

Track listings

Disc one

  1. "Falling to Pieces" – 3:39
  2. "We Care a Lot" (live at Brixton) – 3:59
  3. "Underwater Love" (live at Brixton) – 3:32
  4. "From Out of Nowhere" (live at Brixton) – 3:47

Disc two

  1. "Falling to Pieces" (re-mix)
  2. "Zombie Eaters"
  3. "The Real Thing" (live)
  • "The Real Thing" was recorded live at the Wireless on July 30, 1990 also, features ad-lib from Public Enemy's "911 Is a Joke".

The Brixton Academy live tracks are different mixes to those found on the LP of the concert, most notably including the line "About the smack and crack and whack that hits the streets" on "We Care a Lot", which is mostly muted on the LP mix.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "New Singles". Music Week. June 30, 1990. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Alderslade, Merlin; Goodman, Eleanor; Pattillo, Alice; Leivers, Dannii; Hill, Stephen; Edwards, Briony; Lewry, Fraser (March 19, 2020). "The 50 best metal bands of all time". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ DF, Anso (July 17, 2015). "Friday 5: What Are Funk Metal's Five Best Moments". Metal Sucks. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ Terich, Jeff (August 26, 2019). "Shadow of the Horns: The Best Metal Albums of 1989". Treble. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ Hart, Ron (June 20, 2019). "Faith No More's 'The Real Thing' at 30: How They Switched Singers & Delivered a Classic". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ fnm.com discography