Peak
29
Weeks
34
Score
3,417
Chart Year
2022
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Born and raised in the small town of Louisville, Illinois, Bailey Zimmerman grew up listening to country radio on long hauls across state lines with his trucker father. Back home, his mom instilled in him an appreciation for '80s hair metal. Zimmerman started writing his own edgy, rock-infused country music. He shared his tunes on TikTok, and when his song "Never Comin' Home" went viral, it prompted a whirlwind label contest. Zimmerman eventually signed with Warner Music Nashville/Elekta Music Group, and not long afterwards "Fall In Love" became his first chart hit. The song finds the raw-voiced singer crooning about his former love. Zimmerman details how his ex moved away from their hometown to South Carolina, where she met a wealthy man who put a rock on her finger. Though money talks, he doesn't believe she will be happier with her South Carolina guy, and her mom agrees she should never have settled down with him. Zimmerman feels heartbroken over their split and her new beau. "My confession is a lesson that I'm pourin' out in this song," he croons. "You don't wanna fall in love." Bailey Zimmerman wrote the song with Gavin Lucas and Austin Shawn. Lucas came up with the song's idea in 2020 when he penned the first verse and chorus before presenting them to Zimmerman and Shawn at a songwriting session. The following year, the three fleshed out the second verse at Shawn's home studio, and Zimmerman dropped the finished version on February 11, 2022. "One of my favorite parts of that session was writing the line 'Seen your mama walking out the county market,'" the singer told Billboard, "because it ties the whole story together and gives it that small-town feeling." Shawn produced the track. "From the beginning of us writing 'Fall in Love' on my couch with an acoustic guitar, I was thinking big-picture," he recalled to Billboard. "I was thinking about Bailey's roots, his rasp, the message the song carried. I wanted to define what he is all about through the emotion and sound it carried - that gritty, modern-Americana country vibe."
Heard you moved out to South Carolina Just like you always said we would Packed your bags in that old 4Runner That I bought you when things were good I'm glad to see the stop sign didn't hit ya Bring you back to your senses Oh, it waved you gone, goodbye Yeah, it waved you gone, goodbye I heard you found yourself a brand new man Put a rock on your finger And he vowed you a second chance Built a house right by the coast That ocean view is beautiful But baby, I just want you to know He don't know you like I did Well money talks, but I ain't buyin' 'Cause love's a smoke ring Wrapped around your finger One second it's a blessing And the next it's already gone A broken heart, I'm a walking testimony My confession is a lesson That I'm pourin' out in this song Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa You don't wanna fall in love Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa You don't wanna fall in love I seen your mama walkin' out the county market And I stopped to ask her how she's been And said she's missin' ya And tried to go convincin' ya Not to settle down with him She ain't wrong, the whole town knows it You had a bed of roses But girl, you couldn't walk that line You can act like you're doin' fine 'Cause love's a smoke ring Wrapped around your finger One second it's a blessing And the next it's already gone A broken heart, I'm a walking testimony My confession is a lesson That I'm pourin' out in this song Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa You don't wanna fall in love Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa You don't wanna fall in love 'Cause love's a smoke ring Wrapped around your finger One second it's a blessing And the next it's already gone A broken heart, I'm a walking testimony My confession is a lesson That I'm pourin' out in this song Oh-whoa-whoa, oh-whoa-whoa You don't wanna fall in love You don't wanna fall in love You don't wanna fall in love Heard you moved out to South Carolina Just like you always said we would
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 30, 2022 | 99 | 27 |
| 3 | May 14, 2022 | 91 | 35 |
| 5 | May 28, 2022 | 92 | 34 |
| 6 | Jun 4, 2022 | 65 | 61 |
| 7 | Jun 11, 2022 | 55 | 71 |
| 8 | Jun 18, 2022 | 52 | 74 |
| 9 | Jun 25, 2022 | 46 | 80 |
| 10 | Jul 2, 2022 | 60 | 66 |
| 11 | Jul 9, 2022 | 46 | 80 |
| 12 | Jul 16, 2022 | 43 | 83 |
| 13 | Jul 23, 2022 | 37 | 89 |
| 14 | Jul 30, 2022 | 35 | 91 |
| 15 | Aug 6, 2022 | 37 | 89 |
| 16 | Aug 13, 2022 | 42 | 84 |
| 17 | Aug 20, 2022 | 38 | 88 |
| 18 | Aug 27, 2022 | 31 | 95 |
| 19 | Sep 3, 2022 | 38 | 88 |
| 20 | Sep 10, 2022 | 45 | 81 |
| 21 | Sep 17, 2022 | 41 | 85 |
| 22 | Sep 24, 2022 | 39 | 87 |