Proud to Fall

"Proud to Fall"
Single by Ian McCulloch
from the album Candleland
B-side"Pots of Gold"
Released21 August 1989 (1989-08-21)
Recorded1989
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:57
Label
SongwriterIan McCulloch
Producers
Ian McCulloch singles chronology
"September Song"
(1985) 		"Proud to Fall"
(1989) 		"Faith and Healing"
(1990)

"Proud to Fall" is the first single released by Ian McCulloch from his debut solo album Candleland, in 1989. The song reached number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US and number fifty-one on the UK Singles Chart.[1][2] In September 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Modern Rock Tracks (by which time it had been renamed to Alternative Airplay),[3] Billboard ranked the song at number 73 on its list of the 100 most successful songs in the chart's history.[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian McCulloch except "The Circle Game" by Joni Mitchell.

7-inch single (YZ417)
  1. "Proud to Fall" – 3:57
  2. "Pots of Gold" – 4:20
12-inch single (YZ417T)
  1. "Proud to Fall" (Long Night's Journey Mix) – 7:10
  2. "Pots of Gold" – 4:20
  3. "The Dead End" – 4:45
12-inch single (YZ417TX)
  1. "Proud to Fall" (album version) – 3:57
  2. "Everything Is Real"
  3. "The Circle Game"

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1989–90) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts)[5] 51
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[6] 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "Artist Chart History - Ian McCulloch: Singles". Billboard. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
  2. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). HIT Entertainment. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
  3. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (7 September 2023). "Alternative Airplay Chart's 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, 'Monsters' New Top Song". Billboard. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on 6 October 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Search results for "Ian McCulloch" | Official Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Ian McCulloch Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 7 August 2017.


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