"Fell in Love" is a song recorded by American

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band

Blink-182 Blink-182 is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Poway, California, in 1992. Its current and best-known line-up consists of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. Though its so ...

. The song was released on October 13, 2023, through

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American reco ...

as the fifth single from their ninth album '' One More Time...''. It was written by bassist

Mark Hoppus Mark Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972) is an American musician and record producer. He is the co-lead vocalist, co-founder, and bassist for the rock band Blink-182 and the only member to appear on every album. Hoppus became interested in ska ...

, guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer

Travis Barker Travis Landon Barker (born November 14, 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and music producer who is the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has collaborated with hip hop artists, is a member of the rap rock group Transplants ...

, alongside engineer Aaron Rubin and songwriters

Ryan Tedder Ryan Benjamin Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, and lead vocalist for the pop rock band OneRepublic, while also serving as a prolific cont ...

and

Nick Long Nicholas Alexander Long is an American songwriter and singer. He is best known as the founder and frontman of indie pop band Dark Waves, and for co-writing Machine Gun Kelly (musician), Machine Gun Kelly's ''Tickets to My Downfall'' and ''Mainstrea ...

Background

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song, DeLonge sings of the early, halcyon days of meeting a significant other: "I don’t miss the days before I fell for you." In the song's

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, DeLonge recalls their initial drunken meeting at a party. The mid-tempo tune opens with a

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riff, played by engineer

Kevin Bivona Kevin Bivona (born November 8, 1986) is an American multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer best known for his work with Tim Armstrong's various musical projects, particularly the Transplants and Rancid. He is currently the guitarist for the ...

, that interpolates

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's 1985 single " Close to Me", earning its frontman Robert Smith a songwriting credit.

Reception

Jon Blistein of ''

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'' stated that "'Fell in Love' is a bit of jangly alterna-pop, the bright guitars paired with some effervescent synths. Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus share vocal duties, reminiscing about those exciting, slightly stupid moments in an early relationship." Tom Breihan of

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, praised the song's sincerity and catchy quality, while observing DeLonge's famously "strange and singular accent."

Personnel

Credits adapted from the song's YouTube video. Blink-182 * Tom DeLonge – vocals, guitar, songwriting *

– vocals, bass guitar, songwriting *

– drums, backing vocals,https://twitter.com/travisbarker/status/1715238146441715996 producer, songwriting Additional musician *

–

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Production * Aaron Rubin – songwriting, co-producer, recording engineer *

– songwriting, co-producer *

– songwriting, co-producer * Robert Smith – songwriting * Nick Morzov – recording engineer * Eric Emery – recording engineer * John Warren – recording engineer *

Kevin Gruft Kevin Gruft or Kevin Thrasher or Kevin "Thrasher" Gruft (born May 5, 1988) is an American guitarist and music producer from Albany, New York, known for being the former lead guitarist of the rock bands Escape the Fate and LoveHateHero. He releas ...

– recording engineer *

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– mixing engineer * Matt Wolach – assistant engineer * Randy Merrill – mastering engineer

Charts

References

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