{{Infobox song | name = The Fall of Love | cover = Mathis The Fall of Love.jpg | alt = | caption = US 7-inch single | type = Single | artist = Johnny Mathis | B-side = No More | released = 1964 | recorded = March 18, 1964 | studio = | genre = Pop | length = 3:00 | label = Mercury | writer = *Dimitri Tiomkin *Ned Washington | prev_title = Bye Bye Barbara | prev_year = 1964 | next_title = Taste of Tears | next_year = 1964 | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|tMH32-jvVtQ|"The Fall of Love"}}}} }}
"'''The Fall of Love'''" is a popular song written by Dimitri Tiomkin and Ned Washington for the 1964 film ''The Fall of the Roman Empire''. It was recorded by Johnny Mathis and released that same year. It charted briefly.
==Recording== Johnny Mathis recorded "The Fall of Love" on March 18, 1964, with an orchestra conducted by Jack Feierman.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |author=Sony Music Entertainment |others=Johnny Mathis |title=The Complete Global Albums Collection |year=2014 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment |id= 88843091432}}</ref> The name of a producer was not listed in the credits provided on the original 7-inch single, which read, "Vocal Conducted by Jack Feierman – A Don Costa Arrangement – A Global Records Production".<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title= The Fall of Love |author=Mercury Records |year=1964|type= 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=Mercury Records|id=72263}}</ref> When Mathis signed with Mercury Records in 1963, Global Records was the imprint created for him to record under.<ref>{{cite magazine | title=Mercury Gets Mathis July 1 on Long Pact | author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |magazine= Billboard |date=May 25, 1963 |page=1 |issn= 0006-2510 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-05-25.pdf |access-date= January 7, 2026}}</ref>
==Chart performance== "The Fall of Love" "bubbled under" ''Billboard'' magazine's Hot 100 for one week at number 120 in the issue dated April 18, 1964.<ref name = "Whitburn">{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2009|p=628}}</ref> It reached number 14 on ''Cash Box'' magazine's Looking Ahead chart, which was described as a "compilation, in order of strength, of up and coming records showing signs of breaking into The Cash Box Top 100".<ref name = "Cashbox">{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Cash Box Looking Ahead |date=May 2, 1964 |magazine=Cash Box|location=New York|publisher=Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc.| page=12 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-05-02.pdf |access-date=February 6, 2026}}</ref> On the Top 100 Pop Sales and Performance chart in ''Music Vendor'' magazine, it peaked at number 96.<ref name = "MusicVendor">{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2012|p=195}}</ref>
==Critical reception== In their review column, the editors of ''Cash Box'' magazine featured the single as a Pick of the Week, which was their equivalent to a letter grade of A for both "The Fall of Love" and its B-side, "No More". Regarding "The Fall of Love", they wrote, "The songster's feelingful delivery coupled with a strong lyric and a top-drawer Don Costa arrangement sets this one up for a quick chart appearance."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Cash Box Record Reviews > Pick of the Week > "The Fall of Love"/"No More" |date=April 4, 1964 |magazine=Cash Box|location=New York|publisher=Cash Box Publishing Co., Inc.| page=14 |url= https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/60s/1964/CB-1964-04-04-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22mathis%20fall%20love%20more%22 |access-date= February 6, 2026}}</ref>
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Weekly chart performance for "The Fall of Love" |- ! Chart (1964) ! Peak<br>position |- | US Bubbling Under the Hot 100 (''Billboard'')<ref name=Whitburn/> | style="text-align:center;"| 120 |- | US Looking Ahead (''Cash Box'')<ref name = Cashbox/> | style="text-align:center;"| 14 |- | US Top 100 Pop Sales and Performance (''Music Vendor'')<ref name = MusicVendor/> | style="text-align:center;"|96 |}
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==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{citation | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | author-link = Joel Whitburn | title = Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 1955-2008 | year = 2009 | publisher = Record Research Inc. | isbn = 0898201802 }} *{{citation | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Joel Whitburn's Hit Records 1954-1982 | year = 2012 | publisher = Record Research Inc. | isbn = 978-0-89820-200-7 }} {{refend}}
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