Curtain Falls

"Curtain Falls" is a song by English boy band Blue. The song was co-written by the band and StarGate, who produced the track. Stevie Wonder is also credited as a writer due to the sampling of his 1976 song "Pastime Paradise". "Curtain Falls" was released on 8 November 2004 as the first single from Blue's first greatest hits album, Best of Blue (2004). Commercially, it peaked at number two in Italy, number four in the United Kingdom, and number eight in Germany. In France, the song was re-recorded in French and re-titled "Quand le rideau tombe"; although it was released as a single there, only the English version charted.

"Curtain Falls"
Single by Blue
from the album Best of Blue
Released	8 November 2004 (2004-11-08)^[1]
Length	4:03
Label	Innocent Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Stevie Wonder Mikkel S. Eriksen Hallgeir Rustan Tor Erik Hermansen Antony Costa Duncan James Lee Ryan Simon Webbe
Producer(s)	StarGate
Blue singles chronology
"Bubblin'" (2004) "Curtain Falls" (2004) "Get Down on It" (2005)

Track listings

UK CD1^[2]

1. "Curtain Falls" (album version)
2. "Best of Blue Medley"

UK CD2^[3]

1. "Curtain Falls" (album version) – 4:03
2. "Long Time" – 4:14
3. "Too Close" (Blacksmith R&B club rub) – 5:41

French CD single^[4]

1. "Curtain Falls" – 3:38
2. "Quand le rideau tombe" – 3:20
3. "Curtain Falls" (video) – 3:58

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Best of Blue album booklet.^[5]

Studios

• Mixed at StarGate Studios (Norway)
• Mastered at Alchemy Mastering and 360 Mastering (London, England)

Personnel

• Stevie Wonder – writing
• StarGate – production
  • Mikkel S. Eriksen – writing, instruments
  • Hallgeir Rustan – writing, instruments
  • Tor Erik Hermansen – writing, instruments
• Antony Costa – writing
• Duncan James – writing
• Lee Ryan – writing
• Simon Webbe – writing
• John Davis – mastering (Alchemy)
• Dick Beetham – mastering (360)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Curtain Falls" Chart (2004–06) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[6] 16 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[7] 20 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)^[8] 30 CIS (TopHit)^[9] 3 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[10] 6 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[11] 14 France (SNEP)^[12] 18 Germany (Official German Charts)^[13] 8 Greece (IFPI)^[14] 21 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)^[15] 38 Hungary (Single Top 40)^[16] 7 Ireland (IRMA)^[17] 10 Italy (FIMI)^[18] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[19] 37 Romania (Romanian Top 100)^[20] 49 Scotland (OCC)^[21] 4 Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[22] 7 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[23] 13 UK Singles (OCC)^[24] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Curtain Falls" Chart (2004) Position CIS (TopHit)^[25] 47 Italy (FIMI)^[26] 28 UK Singles (OCC)^[27] 110

References

1. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 6 November 2004. p. 25.
2. Curtain Falls (UK CD1 liner notes). Blue. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. SINCD 67, 0724381662120.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. Curtain Falls (UK CD2 liner notes). Blue. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. SINDX67, 0724381662229.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
4. Curtain Falls (French CD single liner notes). Blue. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. 72438699770 8.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
5. Best of Blue (UK CD album booklet). Blue. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2004. CDSIN 18, 0724387488328.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. "Blue – Curtain Falls" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
7. "Blue – Curtain Falls" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
8. "Blue – Curtain Falls" (in French). Ultratop 50.
9. Blue — Curtain Falls. TopHit. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
10. "Hits of the World – Eurochart Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 48. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 27 November 2004. p. 47. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
11. "Blue: Curtain Falls" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
12. "Blue – Curtain Falls" (in French). Les classement single.
13. "Blue – Curtain Falls" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
14. (in Greek). IFPI. Archived from the original on 3 March 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
15. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
16. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
17. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Curtain Falls". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
18. "Blue – Curtain Falls". Top Digital Download.
19. "Blue – Curtain Falls" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
20. (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on 9 December 2004. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
21. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
22. "Blue – Curtain Falls" Canciones Top 50.
23. "Blue – Curtain Falls". Swiss Singles Chart.
24. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
25. "Top Radio Hits 2004". TopHit. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
26. (PDF) (in Italian). FIMI. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2006. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
27. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2004" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 29 December 2019.