Falling Behind

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"Falling Behind"
Single by Laufey
from the album Everything I Know About Love
Released11 August 2022
Genre Jazz pop
Length2:53
Label AWAL
Songwriter(s)
  • Laufey
  • Spencer Stewart
Producer(s)
  • Laufey
  • Spencer Stewart
Laufey singles chronology
"Dear Soulmate"
(2022)
"Falling Behind"
(2022)
"Ain't Christmas"
(2022)
Music video
"Falling Behind" on YouTube

"Falling Behind" is a song recorded by Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey. It was released through AWAL on 11 August 2022, as the fifth single from her first studio album, Everything I Know About Love (2022).

Contents

Background and release

Between February and July 2022, Laufey announced the release date for her debut studio album and released the album's first four singles. On 11 August 2022, when releasing "Falling Behind", Laufey explained why she wrote the bossa nova inspired song: "I felt like all the people around me were falling in love and I couldn’t help but feel like I was falling behind". [1]

Live performances

Laufey sang "Falling Behind" for MTV Jammin' before its official release. [2] On 14 August 2023, she posted a performance of the song recorded at a concert in Manila on her YouTube channel. [3] "Falling Behind" was also part of the setlist of A Night at the Symphony , recorded at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík, and ARTE's Sounds Like Art concert, recorded at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam. [4]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music. [5]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for "Falling Behind"
Chart (2023)Peak
position
US TikTok Billboard Top 50 [6] 47

Certifications

Certifications for "Falling Behind"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [7] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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