I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling

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"I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling"
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Sheet music cover, 1929
Song
Published1929
Composer(s) Fats Waller and Harry Link
Lyricist(s) Billy Rose

"I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling" is a popular song with music by Fats Waller and Harry Link and lyrics by Billy Rose, published in 1929. In 1929, right after its publication, a very large number of different recordings were made (see below); afterwards, the song has become a popular standard, recorded by many people.

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In the 1983 film Zelig , archival footage is used to show Fanny Brice giving a private roof-top performance of the song for the main character (played by Woody Allen).

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