"Fallin for You" is a song by American singer-songwriter

Colbie Caillat Colbie Marie Caillat (; born May 28, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to fame through social networking website Myspace. At that time, she was the number one unsigned artist of her genre. After signing with Universal Republic ...

. It was written by Caillat along with

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, and Caillat's father,

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, for her second studio album, '' Breakthrough'' (2009). The song was released on June 26, 2009, as the lead single from the album, through

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. According to Caillat, the song speaks of someone falling for a man that they are friends with. The song was included on the international soundtrack of the Brazilian soap opera ''Viver a Vida'' (Portuguese for ''Seize the Day''). "Fallin' for You" is Caillat's fourth single to be included in a soap opera in Brazil. The first was " Bubbly" in ''

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'', the second was "Midnight Bottle" in ''Três Irmãs'' and the third was " Lucky" in ''Caras & Bocas''. The song was also featured on the 2010

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album, representing the nomination that Caillat received for

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at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards

Chart performance

The song debuted at 12 to become Caillat's highest debut on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the hot shot debut of the week and her most successful song on the US charts since her debut single " Bubbly". The song returned to the top 20 for two weeks, when her album debuted at No. 1, reaching No. 15. With 118,000 first-week downloads, it's also her first top 10 on the Hot Digital Songs chart since debut single "Bubbly" peaked at No. 4 in November 2007. On ''Billboards

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, the song spent 14 weeks at No. 2, before rising to No. 1 the week of February 6, 2010. On the Canadian Hot 100, the song was the hot shot of the week, debuting at No. 55.

Music video

The video was released in July 2009 and was directed by

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. It was filmed in Malibu, California. In the video, Caillat goes to the beach with a man, played by

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, who is not her type (as she says during a phone call in the beginning of the video), but she starts to like him more and more over the course of the outing. At the end of the video when she sings the lyrics "Oh, I'm fallin' for you." the man pops out of the trailer asking, "Seriously? You mean it?" and Caillat nods, indicating that she has fallen for him.

Track listings

European CD single # "Fallin' For You" – 3:40 # "Hoy Me Voy" (featuting Juanes) – 3:22 European maxi-CD single # "Fallin' For You" – 3:40 # "Hoy Me Voy" (featuring Juanes) – 3:22 # "Something Special" – 3:06 # "Turn Your Lights Down Low" (live) – 5:56

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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