When It All Falls Apart

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"When It All Falls Apart"
Single by the Veronicas
from the album The Secret Life of...
Released20 March 2006 (2006-03-20)
Length3:14
Label
  • Sire
  • EngineRoom Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Josh Alexander
  • Billy Steinberg
The Veronicas singles chronology
"Everything I'm Not"
(2005) 		"When It All Falls Apart"
(2006) 		"Revolution"
(2006)
The Veronicas US singles chronology
"4ever"
(2005) 		"When It All Falls Apart"
(2006) 		"Untouched"
(2008)

"When It All Falls Apart" is the third single released from Australian pop music duo the Veronicas' debut studio album, The Secret Life of... (2005), on 20 March 2006. "When It All Falls Apart" charted within the Australian Singles Chart top 20 for 14 weeks and has been certified gold for sales over 35,000 units in Australia. In the United States, the song served as the duo's second single in June 2006. It was to be released in the United Kingdom as their first single in March 2007 but was later cancelled;[citation needed] "Untouched" was released as their debut UK single instead in 2009.

Music video[edit]

The music video for "When It All Falls Apart" features the Veronicas waking up in their home to a party they had the night before. While cleaning, they have flashbacks of the party to show their house got trashed, having a crocodile going around the house. At the end of their video, they sit outside and sing the rest of their song.

Track listing[edit]

  1. "When It All Falls Apart" – 3:15
  2. "Heavily Broken" (live) – 4:23
  3. "Everything I'm Not" (Jason Nevins remix edit) – 3:30

Chart performance[edit]

"When It All Falls Apart" peaked at number seven in Australia and spent seven weeks inside the top 10.[1] It reached the same position in New Zealand and entered the top 20 in the Flanders region of Belgium.[2][3]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[7] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Australia 20 March 2006 CD
  • Sire
  • EngineRoom Music
 [8]
United States 26 June 2006 Hot adult contemporary radio Warner Bros. [9]
27 June 2006 Contemporary hit radio [10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Veronicas – When It All Falls Apart". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "The Veronicas – When It All Falls Apart". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "The Veronicas – When It All Falls Apart" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ "The Veronicas – When It All Falls Apart" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ "The Veronicas – When It All Falls Apart" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  6. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2006". ARIA. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
  8. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 20th March 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 20 March 2006. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  9. ^ "ACQB: Available for Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. ^ "FMQB: CHR". FMQB. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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