Rise & Fall (Craig David song)

"Rise & Fall" is a song by British singer Craig David and the third single taken from his second studio album, Slicker Than Your Average (2002). The song, a collaboration with fellow English musician Sting, is based on a sample of the 1993 song "Shape of My Heart" from Sting's album Ten Summoner's Tales. Girl group Sugababes also sampled the song in their single "Shape", which was released several weeks prior.

"Rise & Fall"
Single by Craig David featuring Sting
from the album Slicker Than Your Average
Released	28 April 2003[1]
Genre	R&B
Length	4:47
Label	Wildstar
Songwriter(s)	Craig David Gordon Sumner Dominic Miller
Producer(s)	Soulshock and Karlin
Craig David singles chronology
"Hidden Agenda" (2003) "Rise & Fall" (2003) "Spanish" (2003)
Sting singles chronology
"After the Rain Has Fallen" (2000) "Rise & Fall" (2003) "Send Your Love" (2003)

The song returned David to the UK top five, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It also returned David to the top ten on the Australian Singles Chart, outpeaking both "What's Your Flava?" and "Hidden Agenda". In Hungary, Poland, and Romania, "Rise & Fall" topped the singles charts. It also marked the first DVD single release for David.

Chart performance

"Rise & Fall" charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, spending ten weeks inside the top 75. It also charted at number six on the Australian Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video was directed by Max & Dania, who have directed a number of Craig David's videos.

Track listings

UK CD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rise & Fall" (Video Edit) (featuring Sting)	4:20
2.	"Rise & Fall" (Blacksmith Hip Hop Rub featuring Fallacy)	3:32
3.	"Rise & Fall" (MJ Cole Remix)	6:18
4.	"Rise & Fall" (Rishi Rich Desi Kulcha Remix featuring Juggy D)	5:00
5.	"Rise & Fall" (Video)	3:11

UK DVD single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rise & Fall" (Performance Video) (featuring Sting)
2.	"What's Changed" (Album Version) – (Audio + Picture Gallery)
3.	"MTV Interview" (Video)

Credits and personnel

• Produced and arranged by Soulshock and Karlin for Soulpower Productions.
• Mixed by Manny Marroquin and Soulshock.
• Written by Craig David, Sting and Dominic Miller.
• Mastered by Dick Beetham at 360 Mastering, London.
• "Rise & Fall" (Blacksmith Hip Hop Rub featuring Fallacy): remix produced by Blacksmith for Blacksmith Music Productions Ltd. Mixed by Darryl Lavictoire @ The Hide Out Studios, Brixton. Rap written and performed by Fallacy for Monster Management. Fallacy appears courtesy of Virgin Records. All instruments by Blacksmith. Pro Tools and programming by Steve Antony and Tom Burbury.
• "Rise & Fall" (MJ Cole Remix): remixed by MJ Cole @ Prolific Studios, London. All keyboards played by MJ Cole.
• "Rise & Fall" (Rishi Rich Desi Kulcha Remix featuring Juggy D): mix produced by Rishi Rich for TwoPointNine Ltd (Management)/2Point9.com. Additional vocals written and performed by Juggy D. All instruments played by Rishi Rich except for tumbi, algozee and sarongi played by Pardeep Sandhu. Mixed by Rishi Rich at The Heights Recording Studio, London.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[2] 6 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 51 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 17 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 17 Denmark (Tracklisten)[6] 11 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[7] 7 France (SNEP)[8] 15 Germany (Official German Charts)[9] 15 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[10] 1 Ireland (IRMA)[11] 5 Italy (FIMI)[12] 9 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 9 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 7 Norway (VG-lista)[15] 17 Poland (Polish Airplay Charts)[16] 1 Portugal (AFP)[17] 2 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[18] 1 Scotland (OCC)[19] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 35 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 11 UK Singles (OCC)[22] 2

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position Australia (ARIA)[23] 89 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[24] 64 France (SNEP)[25] 70 Italy (FIMI)[26] 29 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[27] 40 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[28] 49 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[18] 19 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 43 UK Singles (OCC)[30] 57 Chart (2004) Position Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[31] 97

See also

• List of Romanian Top 100 number ones of the 2000s

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