song "I Fall to Pieces"
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"I Fall to Pieces" is a classic 1961 country-pop ballad, widely regarded as one of Patsy Cline’s signature songs and a standard of the Nashville sound.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| I Fall to Pieces | 0 |
| “I Fall to Pieces” (Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood) | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | countrypolitan ⓘ |
| awarded | Grammy Hall of Fame Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
1 on Billboard Hot Country & Western Sides
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12 on Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| cityOfRecording | Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer |
Hank Cochran
NERFINISHED
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Harlan Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstReleaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| genre |
Nashville sound
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country ⓘ country pop ⓘ |
| hasBSide | Lovin' in Vain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasKey | B-flat major ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Aaron Neville
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Connie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ LeAnn Rimes NERFINISHED ⓘ Loretta Lynn NERFINISHED ⓘ Reba McEntire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableRanking | named one of the greatest country songs of all time ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
heartbreak
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lost love ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| includedInList |
Grammy Hall of Fame recordings
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Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Patsy Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isStandardOf | Nashville sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:47 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Hank Cochran
NERFINISHED
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Harlan Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Patsy Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Showcase ⓘ |
| performer | Patsy Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Owen Bradley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Tree Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Bradley Film and Recording Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1960-11-16 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Decca Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-01-30 ⓘ |
| stateOfRecording | Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation |
background vocals
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orchestral strings ⓘ pedal steel guitar ⓘ |
| vocalist | Patsy Cline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
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song "I Fall to Pieces"
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this entity surface form:
“I Fall to Pieces” (Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood)
subject surface form:
Patsy Cline