How Do You Fall in Love

"How Do You Fall in Love"
"How Do You Fall in Love"
Single by Alabama
from the album For the Record
B-side	"Keepin' Up"
Released	August 1, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Country
Length	3:00
Label	RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Greg Fowler; Teddy Gentry; Randy Owen
Producer(s)	Alabama; Don Cook
Alabama singles chronology

"How Do You Fall in Love" is a song written Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Greg Fowler, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in August 1998 as the first single from their compilation album For the Record. It peaked at number 2 in the United States, and number 9 in Canada.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "beautiful ballad, ripe with simple, universal truths about the mercurial nature of love and relationships." She goes on to say that Owen's "endearing vocal performance is as warm and comfortable as wrapping yourself in a favorite blanket."^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Brent Hedgecock, and features the band singing the song in the rain.

Chart performance

"How Do You Fall in Love" debuted at number 57 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 1, 1998.

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[3]	9
US Billboard Hot 100^[4]	82
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[6]	93
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[7]	62

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Billboard, August 15, 1998
^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7023." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 9, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
^ "Alabama Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
^ "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Billboard, August 15, 1998

[sc_Canadacountry_-3] "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7023." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 9, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Alabama-4] "Alabama Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Alabama-5] "Alabama Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[6] "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

[7] "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

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v t e Alabama 1990–2011 singles
Pass It On Down	"Pass It On Down" "Jukebox in My Mind" "Forever's as Far as I'll Go" "Down Home" "Here We Are"
Greatest Hits Vol. II	"Then Again" "Born Country"
American Pride	"Take a Little Trip" "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)" "Once Upon a Lifetime" "Hometown Honeymoon"
Cheap Seats	"Reckless" "T.L.C. A.S.A.P." "The Cheap Seats"
Greatest Hits Vol. III	"We Can't Love Like This Anymore" "Give Me One More Shot"
In Pictures	"She Ain't Your Ordinary Girl" "In Pictures" "It Works" "The Maker Said Take Her"
Dancin' on the Boulevard	"Sad Lookin' Moon" "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard" "Of Course I'm Alright" "She's Got That Look in Her Eyes"
For the Record	"How Do You Fall in Love" "Keepin' Up"
Twentieth Century	"God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You" "Small Stuff"
When It All Goes South	"When It All Goes South"
Other singles	"Sweet Home Alabama" "Angels Among Us" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" "Old Alabama"