"Falling" is the debut single by English

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group Boom!, released in late 2000. The song was a

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, peaking at No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2001. ''Can't Stop the Pop'' described the song as "an incredibly clean-sounding track; it's slick and light on its feet, which is perfectly in-line with the sort of material being peddled by

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, but perhaps a little throwaway by pop – and debut single – standards." They then went on to say: "Perhaps more than was evident at the time, since their brand of

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was not a million miles from that of

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, who would launch later that year. Perhaps, however, in early-2001, there just wasn't enough to convince London Records that garage wasn't a passing fad. Nonetheless, 'Falling' is a quality track and – even if we didn't know it at the time – an incredibly accurate indication of things to come."

Track listing

UK CD single CD 1 # "Falling" – 3:22 # "Boy Versus Girl" – 3:17 # "Boy Versus Girl (Darude vs. JS16 Remix) – 8:09 UK CD single CD 2 # "Falling" – 3:20 # "Flipside" – 3:08 # "Falling" (Paul "Sweet P" Watson Remix) – 6:25 # Music video

References

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