Falling Out

Song written by Ricky Wilde. Ninth track of the album Kim Wilde.

In a roundabout way, this was responsible for the beginning of Kim’s career. Marty had booked a studio in Luton to record a Country album, a little 8-track studio. He had to go to London urgently to record a TV show and said to Rick, “Look, I’ve got to go but the studio’s been paid for so I’ll leave it to you, you can put the track down while I’m gone.”

Live performances

‘Falling out’ was performed live during the Debut Tour in 1982 only.

Marty about ‘Falling out’

I’ll always remember walking up the stairs of the studio on my return and hearing this fantastic song coming out. I couldn’t believe it. It was the first song that Ricky had ever written and when he’d recorded it, it turned out better than he’d though and we did it with another track called ‘Tearaway’. That turned out well and Rick took them around to a few studios and got a good reaction from RAK, who said they liked the tracks. So Ricky went to RAK and started recording ‘Tearaway’ because he thought it would be a good single with ‘Falling Out’ as a probable B-side. He asked Mickie if it was alright to put Kim on backing vocals of ‘Falling out’ and he said “yes”. When she did the backing vocals, Mickie came in and heard her and he said that he thought she had a good voice and good image and could do something with her. Her career started with this number ‘Falling out’ and soon after, about a month later, we went into the studio and began recording ‘Kids in America’ and it’s gone on from there. (1)

Interview source

(1) Kim Wilde Fanclub Introductory Magazine, 1981


Lyrics

What can I say now after all is said and done
You cut me up in pieces when the shooting first begun
What did I do to you to make you turn away
’cause now there’s nothing left for me
There’s nothing I can say

Now it’s too late you feeling sorry
You’ll never change
And there’s nothing you can do about it

Falling out – why did you do it to me, yeah
Falling out – cutting me up into pieces
Falling out – you know that you upset me, yeah
Falling out – you know that I’m so hurt baby

You said you loved me, I believed you for a while
You sure could fool the angels
When you use that painted smile
I should have known that it was too good to be true
But now that it’s all over, you know I won’t forget you

Now it’s too late you feeling sorry
You’ll never change
And there’s nothing you can do about it

Falling out – why did you do it to me, yeah
Falling out – cutting me up into pieces
Falling out – you know that you upset me, yeah
Falling out – you know that I’m so hurt baby

So now it’s over and there’s nothing left to say
The flame that burned within my heart
Now slowly fades away
So don’t you ever think of knocking at my door
Just turn the light out, close your eyes
And think of me no more

And it’s too late to say you’re sorry
You’ll never change
And there’s nothing you can do about it

Falling out – why did you do it to me, yeah
Falling out – cutting me up into pieces
Falling out – you know that you upset me, yeah
Falling out – you know that I’m so hurt baby