Falling and Laughing

"Falling and Laughing"
Single by Orange Juice
A-side	"Falling and Laughing"
B-side	"Moscow Olympics/Moscow"
Released	February 1980
Recorded	December 1979
Genre	Post-punk[1]
Label	Postcard Records
Songwriter(s)	Edwyn Collins
Producer(s)	Orange Juice
Orange Juice singles chronology
"Falling and Laughing" (1980) "Blue Boy" (1980)

"Falling and Laughing" is the debut single by Scottish post-punk band Orange Juice. It was the first single released by the independent rock label Postcard Records. "Falling and Laughing" marked a new shift of the post-punk sound in general by using themes that were not normally used in the genre, such as love and innocence. It also had a brighter sound, contrasting with the music that their contemporaries (including Joy Division and Echo & the Bunnymen) were making at the time, while maintaining its roots in the experimentalism of the genre.[2]

A re-recording of the song appears on the band's 1982 debut album You Can't Hide Your Love Forever.

The first 963 copies came with a free flexi-disc, containing an early version of "Felicity", a song written by James Kirk and later covered by the Wedding Present.[3]

Track listing

1. "Falling and Laughing" – (4:00)
2. "Moscow" – (2:01)
3. "Moscow Olympics" – (2:07)

References

1. Alexander, Phil (1 April 2014). "20 Great Post-Punk Tracks". Mojo. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
2. "Postcard Records - TweeNet". Twee.net. 1 September 2001. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
3. "I Wish I Was A Flexidisc: Orange Juice - Felicity flexi (1980)". Iwishiwasaflexidisc.blogspot.co.uk. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2014.