Barenaked Ladies - "Falling For the First Time"

[Matt4319]

This was a Hot AC hit in 2001, the third single from BNL's album Maroon. It just barely missed the pop chart.

It hit #1 on my chart for a week and finished #7 for 2001, but it got cheated out of at least 10 weeks because of my rule against charting songs that hadn't gone for pop adds (which I dropped in June -- "FFTFT" entered at #3 that week).

My revised top 5 of 2001:
1. Hanging By a Moment
2. In the End
3. It's Been Awhile (which also got cheated)
4. Falling For the First Time
5. How You Remind Me

[prenatt1166]

I caught on to this way too late. It only peaked at #21 on my chart. I caught the video later in it's chart run. It probably would have helped it's chart run if I had seen it earlier.

[Deleted]

It was my favorite single from that album but I've never been crazy about them.

[reception]

I like it.

[Ragin]

I felt Maroon was a great album, and that this song was the best off of it. Great song. Too bad this group isn't getting love from pop anymore, they have really interesting songs.

[iceman]

This definitely should've been the second single, it was much better than that forgettable "Too Little Too Late" (is that the name of the song?).

[halo19]

prenatt1166 said:

I caught on to this way too late. 

According to some people, such as HowieDayFan, I caught on to this one too late
Although I sort of think so. It's a great song, and it was a highlight of whenever I saw them live. It's the best of their recent singles, I like the older ones better.

[JCMF3]

Great song. I loved it!

[johnnywest]

I felt it was pretty good, although they did have some catchier tunes.