Falling to Pieces

"Falling to Pieces"
"Falling to Pieces"
	Artwork for US commercial cassette single
Single by Faith No More
from the album The Real Thing
B-side	"We Care a Lot" (live); "Underwater Love" (live); "From Out of Nowhere" (live);
Released	July 2, 1990
Studio	Studio D (Sausalito, California)
Genre	Funk metal; alternative metal; power pop;
Length	5:15
Label	Slash
Composer(s)	Billy Gould; Roddy Bottum; "Big" Jim Martin;
Lyricist(s)	Mike Patton
Producer(s)	Matt Wallace
Faith No More singles chronology
The Real Thing track listing
	"From out of Nowhere"; "Epic"; "Falling to Pieces"; "Surprise! You're Dead!"; "Zombie Eaters"; "The Real Thing"; "Underwater Love"; "The Morning After"; "Woodpecker from Mars"; "War Pigs"; "Edge of the World";

"Falling to Pieces" is the third single on Faith No More's first studio album with Mike Patton on vocals, The Real Thing. The song was released as a single on July 2, 1990. The song peaked at number 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 40 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. The song has rarely been performed live due to the band's disdain for it.

^ "New Singles". Music Week. June 30, 1990. p. 29.
^ Alderslade, Merlin; Goodman, Eleanor; Pattillo, Alice; Leivers, Dannii; Hill, Stephen; Edwards, Briony; Lewry, Fraser (March 19, 2020). "The 50 best metal bands of all time". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^ DF, Anso (July 17, 2015). "Friday 5: What Are Funk Metal's Five Best Moments". Metal Sucks. Retrieved December 4, 2021.
^ Terich, Jeff (August 26, 2019). "Shadow of the Horns: The Best Metal Albums of 1989". Treble. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^ Hart, Ron (June 20, 2019). "Faith No More's 'The Real Thing' at 30: How They Switched Singers & Delivered a Classic". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[1] "New Singles". Music Week. June 30, 1990. p. 29.

[2] Alderslade, Merlin; Goodman, Eleanor; Pattillo, Alice; Leivers, Dannii; Hill, Stephen; Edwards, Briony; Lewry, Fraser (March 19, 2020). "The 50 best metal bands of all time". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[3] DF, Anso (July 17, 2015). "Friday 5: What Are Funk Metal's Five Best Moments". Metal Sucks. Retrieved December 4, 2021.

[4] Terich, Jeff (August 26, 2019). "Shadow of the Horns: The Best Metal Albums of 1989". Treble. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[5] Hart, Ron (June 20, 2019). "Faith No More's 'The Real Thing' at 30: How They Switched Singers & Delivered a Classic". Billboard. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

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