"Falling and Laughing" is the debut single by

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post-punk band Orange Juice. It was the first single released by the independent rock label Postcard Records. "Falling and Laughing" marked a new shift of the post-punk sound in general by using themes that were not normally used in the genre, such as love and innocence. It also had a brighter sound, contrasting with the music that their contemporaries, (including Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen), were making at the time, while still maintaining its roots in the experimentalism of the genre. A re-recording of the song appears on the band's 1982 debut album ''

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''. The first 963 copies came with a free

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, containing an early version of Felicity: a song written by James Kirk and later covered by the Wedding Present.

Track listing

# "Falling and Laughing" - (4:00) # "Moscow" - (2:01) # "Moscow Olympics" - (2:07)

References

1980 debut singles Orange Juice (band) songs Songs written by Edwyn Collins 1980 songs {{1980s-single-stub