"Falling Like the Stars" is a song by British singer-songwriter

James Arthur James Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", was released by Syco Music after the fin ...

. It was released as a digital download and for

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on 10 May 2019, as the third single from Arthur's third album ''

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''. The song peaked at number 25 on the

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and was written by

, Anders Albin Höjer, Jamie Grey and produced by

Bradley Spence Bradley Spence is a British record producer and mixing engineer based at Dean Street Studios, in London. Spence has produced albums for Jamiroquai, Mark Owen and Hero Fisher, tracks for Passenger and Alt-J as well as mixing for Kasabian, Chapel ...

and Alex Beitzke.

Background

In an interview with

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, Arthur said: "This song perfectly represents what I do best, I think," Arthur told iHeartRadio of the tune. "I think that's the why it became the front runner to be the next single of this particular album. The core of the album has got that classic James Arthur acoustic, honest thing going on."

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Falling Like the Stars" was first released onto YouTube on 24 May 2019 at a total length of four minutes and fifteen seconds. The video has 25 million views as of December 2019.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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