Head over Heels (In This Life)
Encyclopedia
"Head over Heels" is the 1st CCM
-only single off of Switchfoot
's sixth studio album, Oh! Gravity.
. According to the All Access Music Group's official website, it was released on Sept. 4, 2007 to Christian AC Radio. It was later picked up by Christian CHR and Christian Rock radio formats.
This also marked the first single release after Switchfoot's split with their major label Columbia
/Sony BMG
, although it was released by the band's resident Christian Music
distributor, Sparrow Records
, not by the band itself, nor its fledgling record label, lowercase people records
. It was not impacted to mainstream radio.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
-only single off of Switchfoot
Switchfoot
Switchfoot is an American rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman , Tim Foreman , Chad Butler , Jerome Fontamillas , and Drew Shirley .After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream...
's sixth studio album, Oh! Gravity.
Oh! Gravity.
Oh! Gravity. is the sixth album by the San Diego based alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on December 26, 2006.To give fans a preview of the new material, Switchfoot released the downloadable single "Dirty Second Hands" to major online music stores on September 26...
. According to the All Access Music Group's official website, it was released on Sept. 4, 2007 to Christian AC Radio. It was later picked up by Christian CHR and Christian Rock radio formats.
This also marked the first single release after Switchfoot's split with their major label Columbia
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
/Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG...
, although it was released by the band's resident Christian Music
Christian music
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Common themes of Christian music include praise, worship, penitence, and lament, and its forms vary widely across the world....
distributor, Sparrow Records
Sparrow Records
-Background:Sparrow Records was founded in 1976 by Billy Ray Hearn, then A&R director at Myrrh Records. Purchased by EMI in 1992, it is now part of the EMI Christian Music Group, and has been named by Billboard Magazine as "America's Best Christian Music Record Label"...
, not by the band itself, nor its fledgling record label, lowercase people records
Lowercase people records
lowercase people records is the record label founded and run by the members of the band Switchfoot. It was founded after the band split with their major label, Columbia/SonyBMG. The label's name was drawn from the lyrics of a song written early in the band's career, "Company Car" from 1999's New...
. It was not impacted to mainstream radio.
Chart performance
- In its first week, the song was "Most Added" on Christian Hit Radio.
- The single debuted on the CHR charts at #30 on September 28, 2007, eventually peaking at No. 4.
- The song was No. 1 on the CHR Recurrents chart.
- The song peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart.