Afro Celt Sound System - When you're Falling (2001)

[TheDooftard]

Just love this song so much...for so many years. It always lifts me up. Never tire of it, it never gets old...

[Beneto007]

The Beach?

[Spirit101Fan]

I LOVE THIS SONG ITS AT THE END OF THE MOVIE DUMA!!! :D

[TheSkirmishes]

can anyone tell me what is this song about?

[WeezaY5000]

I dislike those who dislike this.

[obelix101010]

Che bello.

[TheBlueeyedJew]

have this on my iPod and my waterproof mp3 player.....love the part "should I cross the river when I may get swept away.. out there on the water, you can still see me wave......" listen when I am kayaking.....

[Sekmet6]

the first time i listened this song was with the amazing imax movie adrenaline rush... this is great!

[TheTubeDrama]

@Sekmet6 i agree

[sorrowsingsoftly]

Great song and great video. I hear a couple weeks after they did this, though, 9/11 happened, and they took it down for a while. Sad.

[malehousecat]

If you were this guy, how would you even start to explain....lol

You guys are not gonna believe what happened to me yesterday or, hey, i fell on my way to work this morning, or you know i was almost in an aircraft accident yesterday, or, did you guys see that hole in the sidewalk on 23rd street? Its best if you take this story with you to the grave.

[bobbie4]

When a video like this is shunned by the public because of 9/11 then the terrorists really have won. Haven't they?

[crabouiff]

And @ FreeBeDrug:

I do know what you're talking about.

And I totally agree.

Could be PG was inspired by this fabulous story?

Bruno Jean

[crabouiff]

hi!

Does anyone know where I could find the full lyrics?

I mean the ones including the wolof lyrics the choir performs...

(I think it's in wolof but I'm not sure...)

Many thanks for replies...

And to hagueni, of course!

Bruno Jean

[ukhio]

afro celt sound system + peter gabriel = ^.^

[ptrccolleen]

i love how peter gabriel looks like peter gabriel

when he's pretending to be some bystander who's

a tad more observant than everyone else

[LordGuinness]

lol Eastenders :-)

[TheReddgypsy]

One of my all time favorite songs. Thanks!

[kristencara]

Own this CD..Love it!!!

[mr321contact]

Excellent song. Usually, I really enjoy songs that challenge a crisp rhythm without the benefit of drums. In this case though, I really do find it missing.

[waffledude114]

Great Song!

[antisadism]

Underrated song is underrated.

[DramaDon83]

Now that is what I call a trip!..not around the world...through it..

[dnumdanielem]

probably my favourite Peter Gabriel song

[Silvia1826]

Peter!!! <3

[FreeBeDrug]

The video of this guy freefalling reminds me of the opening scene in Salman Rushdie's book, Satanic Verses, when Gabreel  Farishta and Saladin Chamcha are soaring down through the clouds. If any one knows what i am talking about ....

[rocksportmat39]

there is a subliminal message at 0:57-0:59 there is something written in the sky under the plane

[onikuma25]

peter gabriel!!!

[Dagger33]

I had this song stuck in my head right before I went skydiving...

[azala777]

con esta cancion siento q me caigo XP

[Chuthuluku]

Love ACS! The vocals were great, too!

What the deus was the giant blue "core" made out of? It lookled like a bunch of people...

[LoyalRaiderFan]

Peter Gabriel is one of the most brilliant musical minds of our generation. This is just more proof.

[makissoflife]

This is such a great song and video! Afro Celt and Peter Gabriel magic!! Love it. . .such a "feel good" song. . .makes one want to get up and dance! : )

Beautiful!!

Thanks for posting!

[VanGoghsEar1890]

You just can't help but move around the room in all happiness. As a child the falling dreams were the frightful ones, as I grow older it's the dreams where I drift away from the earth that are scary.

[ingnir]

good video. goodbye earth huh

[azala777]

!!!!!!!amazing!!!

!!!!!I♥PETER!!!!!

[ulothmacmillan]

This song was perfection in Imax Adrenaline Rush!

[debachl]

OMG,.. how many times have we all had this dream?!

This is a formidable video that touches us on many levels. And this is still one of the best cross-culture music groups on the planet. Bravo for their fine music! And many thanks for posting this vid.

[wimpyninja]

Love Peter Gabriel, love this song. One of their best out of many great tunes.

[p3rr30100]

I like  this music

[Cimbarius]

Peter Gabriel, Afro Celts, Real World Records - LOVE. Wonderful !

[double1967]

Very Gilliamesque. I wonder if he had a hand in this video. Thanks for uploading it.

[MelloVEL0]

"This is your Captain speaking...."

[Shrubberee]

It's an awesome song! I just feel bad for the guy that's falling <=D Did he like fall through Hell or something? What was that blue orb? (Suspecting the center of the Earth, yes, but specificly)

[vonunu]

He fell through his idea of what's there.

So shall we all on our journey

[CalgaryRob]

Jusr Awesome!!!!

[irishoforiel]

According to legend the Celts did spend sometime in Egypt.

[PVAglueisfun]

Haven't heard this legend. How does it go?

I know Viking legend refers to it (the eastern European "Varangian trail" led down the Volga to Turkey and Egypt, and an Arab ambassador [Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, I believe] went back up the same trail).

But then again, everyone spent some time in Egypt. It was the cradle of life.

[house1296]

this is my modern song for dance class! i love this song and peter gabriel

[McCainTheTurdburglar]

Great choice!

[Madabasto]

wow awesome! 5!

[oodoodanoo]

Throw yourself at the ground and miss.

[Chockys]

HEY, I SAW HIM!! That everybody stop the video at 2:20. In this moment appears a man with red shirt and black jacket looking up: HE'S PETER GABRIEL.

[LAMONTNICA]

Chockys.....wake up. Peter Gabriel is co-pilot in the plane, in the office building AND the man on the street!!!!

[ecopunk66]

yeah chockys, peter and the afrocelts have done a lot of work together and share the same record label, which peter set up, but deffo ten out of ten to you for noticing my friend!

a great collaboration this is!

i discovered them in late 90's on a random walk along the jazz stage at glastonbury, and have kept up to date with them ever since!

please play in north east england xxx

love, ecopunk!

[ajjps15]

They both appear on the Gangs of new york soundtrack (one to check out) which could just be coincedence though.

[treforpoly]

First saw this when we lived in India back in 2001. Been looking for a long time and finally tracked the video. Excellent!

[spectator1920]

I heard this song for the first time at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's IMAX theater with my wife. She was about one month pregnant.

My son is a complete space cadet. This song describes him pretty well.

[junkie4vids]

Heard this song for the first time yesterday on a Chill Music station and was hooked on it. Recognized Peter Gabriel's vocals, which got me curious. Great song !

[RDWRER21]

Just happended to stumble on this clip and so pleased i did! Excellent!

[Plastikfantastik]

I was in 8th grade when this song came out, and i would watch VH1 everyday before school. 9/11 happened probably a month after this video was released and it and Staind's "Fade" got pulled for their imagery of falling and crumbling buildings, respectively.

I think this video shows the innocence and maybe even oblivion we had before 9/11.

[LAMONTNICA]

Plastik fantastik; you're absolutely correct....I used to watch videos in the early a.m. and saw this for the first time about a week before 9/11; today's the first time I've seen it since. Amazing! ....7 years and we're living in a whole different world!

[Plastikfantastik]

completely different, isn't it? awesome that we shared that experience. you what else is weird? that those days of watching videos in the AM are so long gone for me ... I just watch 'em here on youtube :/

[musicarl]

Great song with horrible timing - Sept. 11 happened just as the song was picking up steam, and you can see why it got pulled. Look it up on Songfacts.

[lonepiper47]

owch!

[diegosawyer]

Good song and good idea!

[ingnir]

Wow. This is such a great video. Beautiful, provocative, nostalgic, inspirational.

[nd017]

Oops... Goodbye world, hello stars.

[fr4nbl]

ja ja great video

It's one of my favorite groups

ACSS it's high quality fussion They should to be

more famous

[bombie1138]

Love can heal,...Love can heal,...

[badge0913]

Awesome tune .. he simply gets better.

[lavadawg34]

yea i just watched duma

its definately the same song

just beautiful

[curtisuniversal]

Great video. Unbelievable band.

[FreeDogSociety]

I just saw the movie DUMA, and at the end of the moview during the rolling of the credits, a Peter Gabriel song played. It is not on the DUMA soundtrack, but I believe this is the song. Can anyone confirm?

[LiquidLen333]

That's right. He's also in the building looking out at the dude falling past. This is such a great song, and ACSS is some of the most inspiring music around (for me). Solid video.

PG is The Kid. Tell them I said so.

[ThirdEngr]

Is that Peter that they show as the falling guy is breaking through the sidewalk?

[mlinn1980]

Peter is the guy who's in the plane, and standing on the sidewalk when the guy falls through. He has either shaved or buzzed hair.

[tunesplayer919]

Is that also him looking down out of the building?

It's definitely him on the sidewalk.

[mlinn1980]

Yes it is :)

[AlbaSaab]

Woohoo! Pete on Afro Celt. :))))

[wanabargain]

hagueni, Thankyou for this song,

It means everything to a Peter Gabriel Fan.

All The Best.

[timkeels]

What a great song!

[brenhollhunt]

The music, backing vocals, and PETER'S VOICE-absolutely beautiful!

[ady24]

saw this video first on a 48" telly-was like WOW-

love PG and Afro Celt...saw ACSS a few months back at Wychwood Festival-was amazing.

which album is this off?

[hagueni]

From the album: Vol3. Further in time

[fabcharlie]

My dads in that band hehe im glad u all like it

[riptheskull]

Great Video and Song , thank you for posting it . :)

[ribraff]

Is that Peter Gabriel as the Pilot in the plane?

[velvetonefusion]

Yep, sure is

[armgra]

Yes!! he's just singing on it...

[1michino1]

hello people, please do you know the film Adrenalim Rush..??

[sternzbt]

This is one of my very favorite music videos of all time! Too bad it was released right near September 11, as the images were a little too disturbing at the time.

[xenonaie]

when he hit hte concrete and went through it I wasl ike OMG! haha

[suitmad]

Thank you, have been looking for this song for a long time. One of my faves.

[LoveandPeas]

Thanx a lot, I was looking for this one, and now it's in my faves

[deliapisces]

i love both peter gabriel and afro celt sound system. thanx for posting this!