Falling (LeBlanc and Carr song)

1977 single by LeBlanc & Carr

"Falling"

Single by LeBlanc & Carr
from the album  Midnight Light
B-side| "I Believe That We"
Released| October 1977
Genre| Soft rock
Label| Big Tree
Songwriter(s)| Lenny LeBlanc, Eddie Struzick[1]
Producer(s)| Pete Carr
LeBlanc & Carr singles chronology
| "Hound Dog Man (Play It Again)"
(1977)  | "Falling"
(1977)  | "Midnight Light"
(1978)

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"Falling" is a 1977 song by Lenny LeBlanc and Pete Carr. It was their highest-charting single, peaking at number 13 in the United States during the winter of 1978. It was the first of two charting singles from their Midnight Light LP.

"Falling" spent 28 weeks on the American charts. On Cash Box, the song reached number 11. "Falling" also hit number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart as well as Canadian Pop Singles.[2]

A song originally recorded by LeBlanc in 1976, "Sharing the Night Together", became a bigger hit than "Falling" when covered and released by Dr. Hook in the fall of 1978. (U.S. number 6, Canada number 3).

## Chart history

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1977–1978)  | Peak
position

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Canada RPM Top Singles[2] | 11
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] | 25
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 13
US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 11
US Cash Box Top 100 [5] | 11

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1978)  | Rank

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Canada RPM Top Singles [6] | 90
US Billboard Hot 100[7] | 79
US Cash Box [8] | 83

## References

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1. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
2. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-04-11. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-05-06. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 \- ISBN 0-89820-089-X
5. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 18, 1978". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
6. ^ "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
7. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
8. ^ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978

## External links

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* LeBlanc & Carr - Falling on YouTube

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