"If Anyone Falls" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks. It was the second single from her second solo studio album The Wild Heart (1983). The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached number eight on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart.

Background

The song is based on an instrumental synthesizer track called “The Last American,” written by singer-songwriter Sandy Stewart. Dallas studio owner and producer Gordon Perry sent the track to Nicks. “The next thing I know, I’m on the phone and Gordon’s saying, ‘You can’t have it back. They want to use it on Stevie’s next album,” Stewart told Record Magazine in 1984.

If Anyone Falls

Cash Box said that it "manages to be familiar and sure-footed without being predictable."

If Anyone Falls

Credits

Stevie Nicks – vocals

Waddy Wachtel – guitar

Sandy Stewart – synthesizer

Bob Glaub – bass

Roy Bittan – synthesizer, piano

Russ Kunkel – drum overdubs

Bobbye Hall – percussion

Sharon Celani – background vocals

Lori Perry-Nicks – background vocals

Carolyn Brooks – background vocals

Charts

Notes

Timespace – The Best of Stevie Nicks, liner notes

Crystal Visions – The Very Best of Stevie Nicks, liner notes and commentary

References

Stevie Nicks songs

1983 singles

Songs written by Stevie Nicks

Song recordings produced by Jimmy Iovine

1983 songs

Modern Records (1980) singles

If Anyone Falls