"Fall on Me" is a song by Italian singer

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and his son, Matteo Bocelli. It was released as a single on September 20, 2018. The song was written by the members of the American duo

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, and produced by Bob Ezrin. Matteo and Fortunato Zampaglione provided the Italian lyrics. Both the Italian and English versions were included on Bocelli's 2018 album, '' Sì''. A music video was released for the soundtrack of the movie ''

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''. The song played over the movie's end credits. The song was performed at the opening ceremony of the

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on 3 July 2019.

Background

The song is a piano ballad with lyrics seemingly calling "for the divine influence of a higher spiritual power".

Charts

A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera version

later recorded their own version as a duet with American singer

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. The song is the duo's second collaboration with Aguilera, following the single " Say Something", which peaked at No. 4 on the

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in 2013. Released on November 22, 2019, "Fall on Me" became popular among

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radio programmers and was one of the most added HAC songs in mid-December that year.

Critical reception

"Fall on Me" received critical acclaim. Kelsie Gibson of '' PopSugar UK'' praised the song for its gentle vocal delivery and emotional lyrics. According to ''

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s Mike Wass "Fall on Me" is "every bit as touching and restrained" as "Say Something" — Aguilera and A Great Big World's 2013 hit — was.

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called the song "breathtaking". ''That Grape Juice'' noted that "Christina sounds incredible, so much so that it could be argued the song would be better suited solo. Still, it makes for an engaging listen in its current guise – especially lyrically." ''LATF The Magazine'' praised Axel for his "delicate ocaldelivery", and a song for "a soulful turn from Aguilera".

Music video

The accompanying music video directed by Se Oh was premiered on 12 February 2020. The video starts out with Ian Axel and Chad King entering a winter wonderland where a piano sits next to a tree as snow falls. It portrays Aguilera as an ethereal Queen of Spring and once her verse hits she magically makes an old tree and grove bloom with life after winter and continues singing with cherry blossoms fluttering in the wind.

Live performances

A Great Big World and Aguilera performed the song for the first time at the 2019 American Music Awards on 24 November 2019.

Charts

References

External links

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