We Fell in Love in October

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"We Fell in Love in October"
We Fell in Love In October - Girl in Red.jpg
Single by Girl in Red
Released21 November 2018
Genre
Length3:04
Label AWAL
Lyricist(s) Marie Ulven
Producer(s) Marie Ulven
Girl in Red singles chronology
"Girls"
(2018)		"We Fell in Love in October"
(2018)		"Watch You Sleep"
(2019)
Girl In Red EP chronology
Chapter 1
(2018)		We Fell In Love In October / Forget Her
(2018)		Chapter 2
(2019)

"We Fell in Love in October" is a song by Norwegian indie rock singer-songwriter Girl in Red. [3] It was released as a single on 21 November 2018 as a double single with "Forget Her". The song peaked at No. 14 on the US Hot Rock Songs chart in October 2019. [4] The young girl with Girl in Red in the music video is Mina Rodahl. [5]

Contents

In 2022, Girl in Red released the song “October Passed Me By" as a sequel to "We Fell in Love in October". [6]

Alongside "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" and "Girls", "We Fell In Love in October" had a significant impact on the LGBTQ+ community and elevated Girl in Red to Gen Z queer icon status. [7] [8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal: [9]

Charts

Chart performance for "We Fell in Love in October"
Chart (2020–2023)Peak
position
CIS (TopHit) [10] 120
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [11] 73
Estonia (TopHit) [10] 96
Global 200 ( Billboard ) [12] 154
German Single Trending (Official German Charts) [13] 20
Greece International (IFPI) [14] 76
Latvia (TopHit) [10] 87
Lithuania (AGATA) [15] 42
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) [16] 63
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [17] 80
UK Indie (OCC) [18] 36
UK Physical Singles (OCC) [19] 4
UK Singles Sales (OCC) [20] 63
UK Vinyl Singles (OCC) [21] 3
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [22] 14

Certifications

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Certifications for "We Fell in Love in October"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [23] 2× Platinum140,000‡
Canada (Music Canada) [24] Gold40,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway) [25] Platinum60,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [26] Gold30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [27] Gold400,000‡
United States (RIAA) [28] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡
Streaming
Greece (IFPI Greece) [29] Gold1,000,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

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