"Anyone Can Fall in Love"
Single by Anita Dobson and the Simon May Orchestra
from the album Simon's Way
B-side"EastEnders theme tune"
ReleasedAugust 1986
Recorded1986
GenrePop
Length3:32
LabelBBC
Composer(s)Simon May and Leslie Osborne
Lyricist(s)Don Black[1]
Producer(s)Simon May, Dave Hewson
Anita Dobson singles chronology
"Anyone Can Fall in Love"
(1986) 		"Talking of Love"
(1987)

"Anyone Can Fall in Love" is a song, released in 1986, by EastEnders actress Anita Dobson, who played the character of Angie Watts.[2] The song was released as a single, reaching No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[3][4]

The song also features on the album The Simon May Collection and the Peggy's Theme EP, both released in 2010.

Single

The BBC television soap opera EastEnders was first broadcast in February 1985. The show became very popular, along with its theme tune, which was composed by Simon May; executive Leslie Osborne is credited for contractual reasons, but did not contribute to the composition.[5] Don Black was commissioned to add lyrics.

In July 2016, it was revealed that the track was the 12th highest-charting TV theme of all time in the UK.[6]

Covers

Sophie Ellis-Bextor performed a cover of the song at a Soho House venue in White City in 2018 [7]

In popular culture

The single was parodied by Victoria Wood, as an announcement at the end of an edition of Acorn Antiques, within Wood's TV show Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, stated that a single titled "Anyone Can Break A Vase", sung by Miss Babs, was now on sale.[8]

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 4

References

  1. ^ Morris, Jennifer (19 February 2015). "Meet the man behind Eastenders' famous 'doof doof' intro". Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Anita Dobson: Angie doesn't live here any more...". Independent.co.uk. 30 June 2002. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Anita Dobson - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  4. ^ "What are the biggest TV themes of all time?". Digital Spy. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  5. ^ May, Simon (2015). Doof Doof: My Life in Music. Austin Macauley Publishers. pp. 54–5. ISBN 978-1785546372.
  6. ^ Eames, Tom (20 July 2016). "What are the biggest TV themes of all time?". Digital Spy. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Watch Sophie Ellis-Bextor sing the EastEnders theme". Digital Spy. 13 April 2018.
  8. ^ Hogan, Michael (21 April 2016). "20 things you didn't know about Victoria Wood". The Daily Telegraph.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Anyone Can Fall in Love". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ^ "Anita Dobson: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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