Peak
4
Weeks
22
Score
3,682
Chart Year
1979
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This song, which Quatro performed as a duet with Chris Norman, the frontman for Smokie, was a departure from her hard rock sound, as the pair sing about stumbling into love with someone they never expected to be with. This song turned out to be by far the biggest American hit for both performers. >> This was written and produced by the team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who were responsible for the lion's share of hits for both Smokie and Suzi Quatro. Smokie had cut ties with the team, but in 1978 Chapman was producing Quatro's album If You Knew Suzi, which they were recording in Cologne, Germany. In a spell of serendipity, Smokie received an award in nearby Dusseldorf at this time, and after the ceremony, Quatro and Chapman joined them at a party where music broke out. Chapman sang a medley of the hits he wrote with Chinn, and later, Quatro took the stage with Chris Norman. As Quatro played bass, Norman put his arm around her, and Chapman got an idea. The next day when he was working with Quatro, he came up with the line "our love is alive" and started hashing out the song "Stumblin' In," which he pitched to Quatro as a duet with Norman. She loved the idea. Chapman finished writing the song with Chinn, and the duet was included on Quatro's album. Quatro had nine UK Top 40 hits to this point, but none in America. Smokie had 11 in the UK Top 40, but just one in America: "Living Next Door To Alice," which made #25 in 1977. This song reversed that trend, taking off in the US but topping out at #41 in the UK. Quatro told Songfacts: "I was a part of the glam rock scene, but I don't think that glam rock transferred to the USA. I had lots of radio play with 'All Shook Up' and 'Skin Tight Skin,' and 'Can The Can' got in the lower end, but my biggest hit was a country-rock record, 'Stumblin' In.'" Quatro's biggest cultural impact in America was her role as Leather Tuscadero on the TV show Happy Days from 1977-1979.
Our love is alive, and so we begin Foolishly laying our hearts on the table Stumblin' in Our love is a flame, burning within Now and then firelight will catch us Stumblin' in Wherever you go, whatever you do You know these reckless thoughts of mine are following you I've fallen for you, whatever you do 'Cause, baby, you've shown me so many things that I never knew Whatever it takes, baby, I'll do it for you Our love is alive, and so we begin Foolishly laying our hearts on the table Stumblin' in Our love is a flame, burning within Now and then firelight will catch us Stumblin' in You were so young, ah, and I was so free I may have been young, but, baby, that's not what I wanted to be Well, you were the one Oh, why was it me? 'Cause, baby, you show me so many things that I never see Whatever you need, baby, you've got it from me Our love is alive, and so we begin Foolishly laying our hearts on the table Stumblin' in Our love is a flame, burning within Now and then firelight will catch us Stumblin' in Stumblin' in, stumblin' in Foolishly laying our hearts on the table Stumblin' in Ah, stumblin' in, mmmh, stumblin' in Now and then firelight will catch us Stumblin' in Oh, stumblin' in, ah, I was stumblin' in Foolishly laying our hearts on the table Stumblin' in Oh, stumblin' in Ah, stumblin' in I was stumblin' in We were stumblin' in
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 27, 1979 | 89 | 37 |
| 2 | Feb 3, 1979 | 78 | 48 |
| 3 | Feb 10, 1979 | 49 | 77 |
| 4 | Feb 17, 1979 | 42 | 84 |
| 5 | Feb 24, 1979 | 37 | 89 |
| 6 | Mar 3, 1979 | 30 | 96 |
| 7 | Mar 10, 1979 | 25 | 101 |
| 8 | Mar 17, 1979 | 22 | 104 |
| 9 | Mar 24, 1979 | 17 | 109 |
| 10 | Mar 31, 1979 | 12 | 114 |
| 11 | Apr 7, 1979 | 11 | 115 |
| 12 | Apr 14, 1979 | 9 | 117 |
| 13 | Apr 21, 1979 | 7 | 119 |
| 14 | Apr 28, 1979 | 6 | 120 |
| 15 | May 5, 1979 | 5 | 121 |
| 16 | May 12, 1979 | 4 | 122 |
| 17 | May 19, 1979 | 4 | 122 |
| 18 | May 26, 1979 | 9 | 117 |
| 19 | Jun 2, 1979 | 29 | 97 |
| 20 | Jun 9, 1979 | 55 | 71 |