"How Do You Fall in Love" | ||||
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Single by Alabama | ||||
from the album For the Record | ||||
B-side | "Keepin' Up" [1] | |||
Released | August 1, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Greg Fowler Teddy Gentry Randy Owen | |||
Producer(s) | Alabama Don Cook | |||
Alabama singles chronology | ||||
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"How Do You Fall in Love" is a song written Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Greg Fowler, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in August 1998 as the first single from their compilation album For the Record . It peaked at number 2 in the United States, and number 9 in Canada.
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "beautiful ballad, ripe with simple, universal truths about the mercurial nature of love and relationships." She goes on to say that Owen's "endearing vocal performance is as warm and comfortable as wrapping yourself in a favorite blanket." [2]
The music video was directed by Brent Hedgecock, and features the band singing the song in the rain.
"How Do You Fall in Love" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 1, 1998.
Chart (1998) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [3] | 9 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] | 82 |
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] | 2 |
Chart (1998) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [6] | 93 |
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [7] | 62 |
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