Never Gonna Fall in Love Again
"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" is a song co-written and recorded by American pop rock artist Eric Carmen. It was released as the second single from Carmen's self-titled debut solo album and peaked at No.11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1976, remaining in the Top 40 for ten weeks. The song reached No.1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. In Canada, it was a hit at No. 1 on both charts.
| "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Eric Carmen | ||||
| from the album Eric Carmen | ||||
| B-side | "No Hard Feelings" | |||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:45 (Album Version) 2:48 (Single Version) | |||
| Label | Arista 0184 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eric Carmen, Sergei Rachmaninoff | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Ienner | |||
| Eric Carmen singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" by Eric Carmen on YouTube | ||||
The melody of "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" is based on the third movement (Adagio) from Symphony No. 2 by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Billboard described the song as a "ballad with characteristically good Carmen lyrics and vocals and lush orchestration." Cash Box said that it "has a hook-filled melody and chorus" and that "the tune will doubtless be covered by many artists, but the others will have to work hard to measure up to Carmen's version of his own song." Record World called it a "lush offering driven by an emotive performance."
On his second solo LP, Boats Against the Current, Carmen had a subsequent Top 40 hit entitled "She Did It", a happy answer to the loneliness and lovelessness described in this song and its equally melancholy predecessor, "All By Myself".