"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" is a song by

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and

the Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...

, released as a single in November 1964 from their album ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp''. It peaked at number 6 on the

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and received a

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for 250,000 sales.

Release

"I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" was written by all four members of the Shadows, who had been commissioned to write the score for the 1964 London pantomime ''Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp''. "I Could Easily Fall (in Love with You)" was the lead single from the show and album and was backed by another song from the album, "I'm in Love with You", which featured the Norrie Paramor Strings and backing vocals by the

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. In May 1965, Richard released a German-language version of "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You), titled "Es war keine so wunderbar wie du", with the B-side being a German-language version of " The Minute You're Gone", titled "Es könnte schon morgen sein".

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 7420 # "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" – 2:54 # "I'm in Love with You" – 2:38 7": Columbia / C 22 962 (Germany) # "Es war keine so wunderbar wie du" – 2:56 # "Es könnte schon morgen sein" – 2:12

Personnel

– vocals *

Hank Marvin Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is widely known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the ba ...

– lead guitar, backing vocals *

Bruce Welch Bruce Welch (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Biography Welch's parents (Stan Cripps and Grace Welch) moved him to 15 B ...

– rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

John Rostill John Henry Rostill (16 June 1942 – 26 November 1973) was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking. Biography Born in Kings Norton, Birmingham, England, Rostill attended Rutlish School in ...

– bass guitar * Brian Bennett – drums

Charts

"Es war keine so wunderbar wie du"

Cover versions

* In 1965, French singer

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released a French-language version, titled "Toujours des beaux jours", as a single, which peaked at number 1 in France and number 10 in

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. * In 1965, Finnish singer Johnny released a Finnish-language version, titled "Rakastuin sinuun liian helposti", with the Sounds. It peaked at number 10 on the

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. * In 1969, Swedish band

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released a Swedish-language version, titled "Det är lätt att bli kär i nå'n som dig", on their album ''Chin Chin''.

References

{{authority control 1964 singles 1964 songs Cliff Richard songs Songs written by Hank Marvin Songs written by Bruce Welch Songs written by Brian Bennett Songs written by John Rostill Columbia Graphophone Company singles Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor