Falling and Laughing
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"Falling and Laughing" | ||||
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Single by Orange Juice | ||||
A-side | "Falling and Laughing" | |||
B-side | "Moscow Olympics/Moscow" | |||
Released | February 1980 | |||
Recorded | December 1979 | |||
Genre | Post-punk[1] | |||
Label | Postcard Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Edwyn Collins | |||
Producer(s) | Orange Juice | |||
Orange Juice singles chronology | ||||
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"Falling and Laughing" is the debut single by Scottish 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 maintaining its roots in the experimentalism of the genre.[2]
A re-recording of the song appears on the band's 1982 debut album You Can't Hide Your Love Forever.
The first 963 copies came with a free flexi-disc, containing an early version of "Felicity", a song written by James Kirk and later covered by the Wedding Present.[3]
Track listing
- "Falling and Laughing" – (4:00)
- "Moscow" – (2:01)
- "Moscow Olympics" – (2:07)
References
- ^ Alexander, Phil (1 April 2014). "20 Great Post-Punk Tracks". Mojo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "Postcard Records - TweeNet". Twee.net. 1 September 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "I Wish I Was A Flexidisc: Orange Juice - Felicity flexi (1980)". Iwishiwasaflexidisc.blogspot.co.uk. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014.