Fall in Love (Bailey Zimmerman song)

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"Fall in Love"
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Single by Bailey Zimmerman
from the album Religiously. The Album. and the EP Leave the Light On
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2022 (2022-02-11) [1]
Genre Country
Length3:52
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Austin Shawn
Bailey Zimmerman singles chronology
"Small Town Crazy"
(2021)
"Fall in Love"
(2022)
"Rock and a Hard Place"
(2022)
Music video
"Fall in Love" on YouTube

"Fall in Love" is the debut single by American country music singer Bailey Zimmerman. The song charted in June 2022, ahead of its release to radio and became Zimmerman's first number one on the Country Airplay chart, the first debut single to do so in 2022 and the fastest debut single to reach the top spot since 2015. [2] It is lead single from his debut EP Leave the Light On and his debut studio album Religiously. The Album.

Contents

Content

Bailey Zimmerman wrote the song with Austin Shawn and Gavin Lucas. Jessica Nicholson of Billboard described the song as "lamenting" a lost love. [3] Zimmerman came up with the song's idea in 2020, when he wrote the first verse and chorus before presenting them to Austin Shawn and Gavin Lucas at a songwriting session. Lucas thought the song had a style similar to Americana music. [3]

Commercial performance

"Fall in Love" debuted at number 54 on Billboard Country Airplay and number 9 on the same publication's Hot Country Songs chart. [4] These peaks preceded the song's release to country radio, which occurred on July 11. [3] The song reached number one on the Country Airplay charts on December 5, 2022. [5]

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "Fall in Love"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] 4× Platinum320,000
United States (RIAA) [16] 4× Platinum4,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for "Fall in Love"
RegionDateFormatVersionLabel
VariousFebruary 11, 2022Original
April 12, 2022Acoustic
United StatesJuly 11, 2022 Country radio Original

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