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"Fall in Line"
Single by Christina Aguilera featuring Demi Lovato
from the album Liberation
ReleasedMay 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)
Length4:06
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Jon Bellion
  • Raul Cubina (co.)
  • Mark Williams (co.)
Christina Aguilera singles chronology
"Accelerate"
(2018) 		"Fall in Line"
(2018)
Demi Lovato singles chronology
"I Believe"
(2018) 		"Fall in Line"
(2018) 		"Solo"
(2018)

"Fall in Line" is a song by American singer Christina Aguilera, from her eighth studio album Liberation featuring guest vocals from American singer Demi Lovato. It was released as the album's second single on May 16, 2018. Aguilera co-wrote the song with Jonny Simpson, Mark Williams, Audra Mae, Raul Cubina and its producer Jon Bellion. The song has been recognized as a feminist anthem, promoting female empowerment.[1]

Background

Aguilera described the song: "I wrote 'Fall in Line' a few years ago before all this news came out [Time's Up and Me Too movement] It was the song that needed to be heard. Because of what I witnessed when I was growing up I always felt really driven to have a voice that my mom kind of never had in my childhood. So I've always wanted to be that advocate for women and anybody that was struggling to have their own voice. I watched my mom have to be submissive, watch her Ps and Qs or she's gonna get beat up. You can either be, unfortunately, so damaged by it that you take a turn for the worse, or you can feel empowered by it and make choices to never go down that route."[2]

Release and promotion

"Fall in Line" premiered on May 16, 2018, at 8 a.m. EST, and was released commercially for digital download worldwide at the same time.[3] Aguilera stated in a tweet: "To anyone who's ever felt silenced and repressed, the truth seekers and bold thinkers...may you liberate your voice and break the mold, never back down, and never fall in line."[4]

Composition

"Fall in Line" has been described as a "feminist anthem" and a sequel to Aguilera's 2003 song, "Can't Hold Us Down" with a lyrical content of women's rights.[5][6][7] The introduction to the song, is the track "Dreamers", which "features a group of young girls declaring goals like 'I want to be a journalist,' 'I want to be heard,' 'I want to be president.'"[8]

Critical reception

Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone called their singing abilities "remarkable" and deemed the final chorus a "skyscraping duet".[9] Gil Kaufman of Billboard described the track as "a towering empowerment anthem".[10] Rebecca Farley of Refinery29 described the track as Aguilera's 2002 song "Beautiful"-meets-Lovato's "Sorry Not Sorry", calling both singers as "obstreperous pop performers who are done being sorry".[11]

Live performances

Aguilera made the live performance debut of "Fall in Line" on Carpool Karaoke episode 471, which received its first broadcast on May 16.[12][13] She will perform the song with Lovato at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on May 20, 2018.[14]

Personnel

Adapted from Tidal.[15]

  • Jon Bellion – production, background vocals
  • Scott Robinson – engineering
  • Tyan Svendsen – trumpet, flugelhorn
  • Audra Mae – background vocals
  • Jonny Simpson – record engineering
  • Oscar Ramirez – record engineering
  • Mitch Allan – vocal production
  • Raul Cubina – co-production
  • Mark Williams – co-production

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Scotland (OCC)[16] 64

References

  1. ^ Daw, Stephen (May 16, 2018). "Twitter Reacts to Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato's Feminist Anthem 'Fall In Line'". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Christina Aguilera (May 3, 2018). Side by Side with Christina Aguilera. Amazon Content Service.
  3. ^ Nesvig, Kara (May 15, 2018). "Demi Lovato and Christina Aguilera's New Duet "Fall In Line" Drops May 16". Teen Vogue. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Sheridan, Wade (May 16, 2018). "Demi Lovato joins Christina Aguilera for duet, 'Fall in Line'". United Press International. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  5. ^ Kaufman, Gil (May 16, 2018). "Listen to Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato's Fiery Empowerment Anthem 'Fall in Line'". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Quinn, Dave (May 16, 2018). "Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato Drop Inspiring Duet of Self-Empowerment 'Fall in Line'". People. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  7. ^ Kreps, Daniel (May 16, 2018). "Christina Aguilera's Empowering New Song 'Fall in Line' With Demi Lovato". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  8. ^ Jones, Allie (May 3, 2018). "Christina Aguilera on 'Longing for Freedom' & Her Hip-Hop-Inspired Return to Music". Billboard. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  9. ^ Kreps, Daniel (May 16, 2018). "Hear Christina Aguilera's Empowering New Song 'Fall in Line' With Demi Lovato". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  10. ^ Kaufman, Gil (May 16, 2018). "Listen to Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato's Fiery Empowerment Anthem 'Fall in Line'". Billboard. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  11. ^ Farley, Rebecca (May 16, 2018). "Christina Aguilera & Demi Lovato Just Debuted The Karaoke Song Of Your Dreams". Refinery29. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  12. ^ Reed, Ryan (May 17, 2018). "Watch Christina Aguilera Sing 'Fall in Line' on 'Carpool Karaoke'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  13. ^ Jones, Abby (May 17, 2018). "Christina Aguilera & James Corden Belt Out 'Fall In Line' on Bonus 'Carpool Karaoke' Segment: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  14. ^ Chiu, Melody (May 8, 2018). "Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato to Perform New Song 'Fall in Line' at Billboard Music Awards". People. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  15. ^ "Fall in Line / Christina Aguilera TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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