Falling (Julee Cruise song)
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| Single by Julee Cruise | ||||
| from the album Floating into the Night | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Studio | Excalibur Sound Productions (New York, New York) | |||
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| Composer(s) | Angelo Badalamenti | |||
| Lyricist(s) | David Lynch | |||
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| "Falling" on YouTube | ||||
"Falling" is a song by American dream pop singer Julee Cruise. It is the lead single and second track from her debut studio album, Floating into the Night (1989). Featuring music composed by Angelo Badalamenti and lyrics written by David Lynch, an instrumental version of "Falling" was used as the theme song for Lynch and Mark Frost's television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017).
Twin Peaks gained a cult following after its original broadcast in April 1990, and "Falling" subsequently charted in 15 countries worldwide between 1990 and 1992, including Australia, where it reached No. 1 in April 1991. Badalamenti won Best Pop Instrumental Performance at the 33rd Annual Grammy Awards for "Twin Peaks Theme". In 2010, Pitchfork Media ranked "Falling" at number 146 on its "Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s". NME listed the song at number 38 in their ranking of "100 Best Songs of the 1990s" in 2012.