If Anyone Falls

"If Anyone Falls"
Single by Stevie Nicks
from the album The Wild Heart
B-side"Wild Heart"
ReleasedSeptember 3, 1983
Recorded1983
GenreRock[1]
Length4:07
LabelModern
Songwriters
ProducerJimmy Iovine
Stevie Nicks singles chronology
"Stand Back"
(1983)		 "If Anyone Falls"
(1983)		 "Nightbird"
(1983)

"If Anyone Falls" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was the second single from her second solo studio album The Wild Heart (1983). The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number eight on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Background

The song is based on an instrumental synthesizer track called "The Last American," written by singer-songwriter Sandy Stewart. Dallas studio owner and producer Gordon Perry sent the track to Nicks. "The next thing I know, I’m on the phone and Gordon’s saying, 'You can’t have it back. They want to use it on Stevie's next album," Stewart told Record magazine in 1984.[2]

Critical reception

Reviewing the song for Music Week Tony Jasper commented on Nicks vocals, saying that she "rides along attractively with some vocal fire, but even multi-tracked, the full potential is not realised."[3] Cash Box said that the song "manages to be familiar and sure-footed without being predictable."[4]

Personnel

Charts

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (July 4, 2024). "Wild-hearted hits: Stevie Nicks' 20 best songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hedges, Dan (July 1984). "Breaking away: Stevie Nicks' co-writer steps out". Record. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Select Singles" (PDF). Music Week. November 5, 1983. p. 22. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Reviews" (PDF). Cashbox. September 17, 1983. pp. 8–10. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Stevie Nicks Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Stevie Nicks: Mainstream Rock Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles". Cash Box. Vol. XLV, no. 25. New York, NY. November 19, 1983. p. 4. ISSN 0008-7289.
  8. ↑ "The Back Page – AOR/Hot Tracks". Radio & Records. No. 505. Los Angeles, CA: Harte-Hanks Communications. October 14, 1983. p. 88. ISSN 0277-4860.
  9. ↑ "The Back Page – Contemporary Hit Radio". Radio & Records. No. 506. Los Angeles, CA: Harte-Hanks Communications. October 21, 1983. p. 64. ISSN 0277-4860.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Singles". Cash Box. Vol. XLV, no. 31. New York, NY. December 31, 1983. p. 50. ISSN 0008-7289.
  11. 1 2 "Top 83 of '83". Radio & Records. No. 513. Los Angeles, CA: Harte-Hanks Communications. December 9, 1983. pp. 42, 50.
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