Fall for You (Secondhand Serenade song)

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"Fall for You"
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Single by Secondhand Serenade
from the album A Twist in My Story
Released2008
Recorded2007
Genre
Length3:05
Label Glassnote
Songwriter(s) John Vesely
Producer(s) Danny Lohner, John Vesely
Secondhand Serenade singles chronology
"Vulnerable"
(2007)
"Fall for You"
(2008)
"A Twist in My Story"
(2008)

"Fall for You" is a song by Secondhand Serenade, the solo project of John Vesely. It was the first single from Secondhand Serenade's second studio album A Twist in My Story (2008). The single was released as a digital download in 2008, peaking, after receiving a lot of airplay in summer months, in September 2008, at No. 8 on the Billboard Pop 100 charts [4] and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

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The song debuted at number 27 on the Australian ARIA Singles Charts and has since peaked at number 19. The song was certified 2× Platinum in the United States by the RIAA. [5] This song is written in the key of C major. [6]

Music video

A music video was released a week after the single was released. The video was shown on MTV's Total Request Live . It features John Vesely playing the piano and performing the song intercut with footage of Vesely with a woman.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2008–09)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 19
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [8] 36
Japan (Japan Hot 100) [9] 65
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 21
US Adult Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [11] 12
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [12] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)Position
Australia (ARIA) [13] 89
US Billboard Hot 100 [14] 58
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard) [15] 26

Certification

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [16] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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