| "If I Should Fall Behind" | ||||
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| Single by Bruce Springsteen | ||||
| from the album Lucky Town | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 2:55 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter | Bruce Springsteen | |||
| Producers | Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen | |||
| Bruce Springsteen singles chronology | ||||
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"If I Should Fall Behind" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album Lucky Town . It was released as a single in Europe and Australia, in both 7" and CD format, and either as a single-sided or maxi single. [1]
The song is dedicated to Bruce Springsteen's second wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa; Springsteen himself considers it as one of his best songs about love. [2] [ self-published source ]
Despite not being a hit on the charts, "If I Should Fall Behind" is a fan-favorite and well-received. Rolling Stone ranks the song #41 among Springsteen's greatest songs, and describes it as "hushed and solemn as a hymn". [3]
"If I Should Fall Behind" was released also as the B-side of Springsteen's hit single "Streets of Philadelphia"; [4] live versions were released on the albums In Concert/MTV Plugged , [5] Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Live in New York City [6] and even the live album with the Seeger Sessions Band Bruce Springsteen with The Sessions Band: Live in Dublin . [7] All three versions have music videos, and the song was also re-recorded for another music video with the same arrangement as the NYC live version, featuring Van Zandt, Scialfa and Clemons on vocals. [8] The song was also featured on the 2015 version of the compilation The Essential Bruce Springsteen . [9]