I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)

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"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)"
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Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows
from the album Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
B-side "I'm in Love with You"
Released27 November 1964 (1964-11-27)
Recorded15 October 1964 [1]
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre
Length2:54
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Norrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"The Twelfth of Never"
(1964)		"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)"
(1964)		"The Minute You're Gone"
(1965)

"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" is a song by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released as a single in November 1964 from their album Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. It peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart and received a silver disc for 250,000 sales. [2] [3]

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Release

"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" was written by all four members of the Shadows, who had been commissioned to write the score for the 1964 London pantomime Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. [1] "I Could Easily Fall (in Love with You)" was the lead single from the show and album and was backed by another song from the album, "I'm in Love with You", which featured the Norrie Paramor Strings and backing vocals by the Mike Sammes Singers. [4]

In May 1965, Richard released a German-language version of "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You), titled "Es war keine so wunderbar wie du", with the B-side being a German-language version of "The Minute You're Gone", titled "Es könnte schon morgen sein". [5]

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 7420

  1. "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" – 2:54
  2. "I'm in Love with You" – 2:38

7": Columbia / C 22 962 (Germany)

  1. "Es war keine so wunderbar wie du" – 2:56
  2. "Es könnte schon morgen sein" – 2:12

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1964–65)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 9
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [7] 8
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [8] 17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [9] 47
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [10] 40
Canada (CHUM) [11] 21
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 5
Hong Kong [13] 2
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 8
Malaysia [15] 1
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [16] 3
Norway (VG-lista) [17] 3
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid) [18] 1
Singapore [19] 1
South Africa1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 6
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 6

"Es war keine so wunderbar wie du"

Chart (1964)Peak
position
Austria (Podium) [21] 13
Germany (Official German Charts) [22] 5
Switzerland [23] 8

Cover versions

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