Picking Up the Pieces (Paloma Faith song)

"Picking Up the Pieces"
Single by Paloma Faith
from the album Fall to Grace
Released	18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop soul
Length	4:04 (album version)[1] 3:34 (radio edit)[2]
Label	RCA Records
Songwriter(s)	Paloma Faith Wayne Hector Tim Powell
Producer(s)	Nellee Hooper
Paloma Faith singles chronology
"Smoke & Mirrors" (2010) "Picking Up the Pieces" (2012) "30 Minute Love Affair" (2012)
Music video
"Picking Up the Pieces" on YouTube

"Picking Up the Pieces" is a song by English recording artist Paloma Faith from her second studio album Fall to Grace. Produced by Nellee Hooper and written by Faith, Wayne Hector and Tim Powell, it was released as the album's first single on 18 May 2012. Faith revealed "Picking Up the Pieces" was inspired by the issues and insecurity of dating someone who is recovering from a previous relationship. The artwork for the single was revealed on 5 April 2012.

"Picking Up the Pieces" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 7, making it Faith's first Top 10 single and her highest charting single in the UK until "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" (2014) peaked at number 6. Critical reception of the song has been positive. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Emil Nava and it was released on 12 April 2012. The video features Faith portraying a woman who is in "a tempestuous relationship" with her boyfriend. As the video progresses it shows Faith's relationship with her boyfriend crumbling and she becomes wax-like and melts.