For the similarly named 2009 song by The Script, see Breakeven (Falling to Pieces)

Breakeven (song)

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"Falling to Pieces" is the third single on Faith No More

Faith No More

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's first studio album with Mike Patton

Mike Patton

Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...

 on vocals, The Real Thing

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. This bass-driven song spawned a video in which lead singer Mike Patton portrays a series of odd characters, including one dressed like Alex

Malcolm McDowell

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 from the Stanley Kubrick

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 film A Clockwork Orange

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. The video is also notable for using a different mix of the song featuring more prominent background vocals.

It is also one of their best known hits, peaking at # 92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #28 on the Mainstream Rock charts. Despite its success, the song did not remain a live staple unlike other of the band's hits, appearing very rarely in concerts after their appearance at the 1993 Phoenix Festival, where Billy Gould announced "this is the last time we'll ever play this song again" right before the song.

Track lists

Promo

1. "Falling to Pieces" (Remix) – 4:19
2. "Falling to Pieces" (Video Version) – 4:32
3. "Falling to Pieces" (Album Version) – 5:12

Disc One

1. "Falling to Pieces" - 3:39
2. "We Care a Lot" (Live at Brixton) - 3:59
3. "Underwater Love" (Live at Brixton) - 3:32
4. "From out of Nowhere" (Live at Brixton) - 3:47

Disc Two

1. "Falling to Pieces (Re-Mix)"
2. "Zombie Eaters"
3. "The Real Thing" (‡ Live)

‡Live at the Wireless July 30, 1990 also features ad-lib from Public Enemy's "911 is a Joke"

The Brixton Academy live tracks are different mixes to those found on the LP

You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy

-Personnel:Faith no More*Mike Patton – vocals*Jim Martin – guitar*Billy Gould – bass*Roddy Bottum – keyboards*Mike Bordin – drumsProduction*Matt Wallace – mixing, producer on "The Grade" and "The Cowboy Song"*Jessica Barford – producer...

 of the concert, most notably including the line "About the smack and crack and whack that hits the streets" on "We Care A Lot", which is mostly muted on the LP mix.

Trivia

• The song can be heard in the film Black Hawk Down.
• The song was performed again for the first time in years on the Rio de Janeiro show, November 2009.
• Part of this song is in the book "Mala Onda" from Chile
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  an writer Alberto Fuguet
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• The song can be heard in the film "Towelhead
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Release history

Country	Date
Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...	July 2, 1990
Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	March 1, 1991

Charts

Chart	Peak
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	41
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...  ARIA Charts ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	26
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...  Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	92
U.S. Mainstream Rock Mainstream Rock Tracks Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music. Modern rock tracks are counted in the Alternative Songs chart.This chart began with the March 21, 1981, issue...	28
U.S. Modern Rock Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs...	12