Falling Up (song)

"Falling Up"
Single by Dean Lewis
Released5 March 2021[1]
Length3:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Benjamin Alexander Kohn
  • Pete Kellegher
  • Phil Plested
  • Tom Barnes
  • Dean Lewis
  • Hayden Halnin
Producer(s)
  • TMS
  • Dean Lewis
  • Edd Holloway
  • Dylan Nash
Dean Lewis singles chronology
"Used to Love"
(2019) 		"Falling Up"
(2021) 		"Looks Like Me"
(2021)
Music video
"Falling Up" on YouTube

"Falling Up" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. The song was released on 5 March 2021.[2][3]

In writing the song, Lewis tuned into lifelong feelings of frustration and anxiety, saying "I always thought I would be happy when I finished school or when I passed an exam, or I got a job or a promotion or if I went travelling and then I was like – 'ooh, now I have a record deal, what if I have a big song?'. Then, I had a big song, and I was on the road for three years and when I stopped, I realised it had all passed me by and I was actually less present and more anxious and stressed than ever. I looked back on my life and at all of these points along the way and I realised that I've never felt any better, it's always been onto the next thing, always moving."[4]

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the song was nominated for Song of the Year.[5]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2022, the song was nominated for Most Performed Alternative Work.[6]

  1. ^ "Falling Up - single". Apple Music. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Dean Lewis Returns with First Single from New Album, "Falling Up"". Rolling Stone Australia. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Dean Lewis Returns With First Single From Forthcoming Second Album". The Music AU. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Dean Lewis returns with new single "Falling Up" ahead of new album". The Music Network. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. ^ Kelly, Vivienne (20 October 2021). "ARIA Awards nominees revealed: Amy Shark & Genesis Owusu lead the charge". The Music Network. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Nominees Revealed for 2022 APRA Music Awards". The Industry Observer. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.