"Fall Again" is a previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson released as the fiftieth track on The Ultimate Collection. The song isn't currently available on streaming services, but can be purchased through iTunes. (
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Background[]
The song was written by Walter Afanasieff and Robin Thicke (who also provides backing vocals) and recorded in 1999 for Invincible.
| “ | We worked to the point that we were three-fourths of the way finished, then the incident happened when his son got very sick. We’re going to have to reserve a little spot to finish the song. | ” |
–Walter Afanasieff, January 2000 | ||
It eventually got scrapped from the album and landed on the soundtrack to a 2002 movie starring Jennifer Lopez, Maid In Manhattan, now performed by Glenn Lewis.[1]
In 2019, footage of the writing session for the song leaked featuring Jackson and Afanaiseff.
Lyrics[]
[Intro]
Oh, ooh-ooh
Alright, ah
[Verse 1]
Feels like a fire that burns in my heart
Every single moment that we spend apart
I need you around for every day to start
I haven't left you alone
Something about you, the stare in your eyes
Everything I'm looking for I seem to find
All this time away is killing me inside
I need your love in my life
[Chorus]
I wanna spend time 'til it ends
I wanna fall with you again
Like we did when we first met
I wanna fall with you again
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh
Ta-da-die
[Verse 2]
Fought in a battle where nobody won
Left ourselves a mountain to be overcome
You can't run away, the past is said and done
I need us to carry on, oh-oh-oh
[Chorus]
I wanna spend time 'til it ends
I wanna fall with you again
Like we did when we first met
I wanna fall with you again
[Post-Chorus]
(Ooh-ooh)
[Bridge]
You tried everything you never thought of before
When you live, when you love, when you give them your all
Always give up some more
Nothing here means anything, no, we
I can live, I can breathe, I can die in my sleep
You're always there in my dreams
[Chorus]
I wanna spend time 'til it ends
I wanna fall with you again
Like we did when we first met
I wanna fall with you again
I wanna spend time 'til it ends
I wanna fall with you again
Like we did when we first met (When we first met)
I wanna fall with you again
[Outro]
(Ooh-ooh)
Alright, alright
All of the time
Here in my heart
That's cool, great sound
Gallery[]
![Info on "Fall Again" (The Ultimate Collection booklet)[2]](/wiki/File:FallAgainTUC.png "FallAgainTUC.png (73 KB)")
Videos[]
Trivia[]
- The track's outro features Jackson expressing his satisfaction over a sound effect used in the song.
- In the leaked writing session, after singing the lyric "I can die in my sleep", Michael tells the co-writer: "I don't wanna die in my sleep. But it's the song, right?", which is ironic as he did eventually die in his sleep.