"My Whole World Is Falling Down" | ||||
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Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
from the album By Request | ||||
A-side | "I Wonder" | |||
Released | July 8, 1963 | |||
Recorded | April 9, 1963 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 1:52 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Anderson, Jerry Crutchfield | |||
Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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Audio | ||||
"My Whole World Is Falling Down" on YouTube |
"My Whole World Is Falling Down" is a song written by Bill Anderson and Jerry Crutchfield and performed by Brenda Lee. Its chorus is based on the nursery rhyme "London Bridge Is Falling Down".[1] The song reached #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.[2] The song is featured on her 1964 album, By Request.[3] The song also reached #16 in Australia.
Lee's recording of the song appeared in the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing.