Rise and Fall (song)

"Rise & Fall"
Single by Craig David featuring Sting
from the album Slicker Than Your Average
Released	28 April 2003
Format	CD, DVD, vinyl
Genre	R&B
Length	4:47 (Album Version)
Label	Wildstar
Writer(s)	Craig David, Sting, Dominic Miller
Producer	Soulshock & 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) Alternative cover UK DVD cover

"Rise & Fall" is a song by British R&B artist Craig David and the third single taken from his album Slicker Than Your Average. The song, a collaboration with British musician Sting, returned David to the UK top five, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was the biggest hit from the album. The song is based on a sample of the 1993 song "Shape of My Heart" from Sting's album Ten Summoner's Tales. Girl group Sugababes released their song, "Shape", which also sampled the Sting song within weeks of "Rise & Fall". The song also returned David to the top ten of the Australian Singles Chart, outpeaking both "What's Your Flava?" and "Hidden Agenda". It also marked the first DVD single release from David.

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

Track listing

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 & Karlin for Soulpower Productions
• Mixed by Manny Marroquin & Soulshock
• Written by Craig David, Sting, 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

Chart performance

"Rise & Fall" charted at number two on the UK Singles Chart, spending ten weeks inside the UK Top 75. It also charted at number six in the ARIA Charts.

Chart (2003)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	6
Austrian Singles Chart	1
Belgian Singles Chart	1
Danish Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	1
French Singles Chart	15
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)	1
Irish Singles Chart	5
Italian Singles Chart	9
Norwegian Singles Chart	17
Romanian Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	35
Swiss Singles Chart	11
UK Singles Chart	2
U.S Radio & Records	83