As the World Falls Down

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

The song was written for a dream-sequence masquerade ball dance between Jareth and Sarah in the film Labyrinth, and Bowie called it the prettiest and most relaxed tune in the movie. [1] Rolling Stone included it on its list of 30 essential Bowie songs, praising its tender vocal, sinewy bass line and glassy New Romantic synths. [2] The song's steady rising bass motif and shift from a moderately fast 3/4 intro to a slower 4/4 groove give it a distinctive musical structure built on a traditional I–vi–IV–V ballad form. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered Ce Ce Zensource
• Written by David Bowiesource
• Covered Elín Hallsource
• Covered Fluttersource
• Covered Girl in a Comasource
• Covered Lena Hallsource
• Covered Lightssource
• Covered Phia & Joshsource
• Covered Unwomansource
• Covered Vitamin String Quartetsource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Micronesiafm · applemusic2026-08-142026-08-14#921#92
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Editions

No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.