Lyrics

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

Live 18 Apr 1981 version


[Spoken intro:] This is a... I need a little echo on this. This is a song that uh... by Elvis Presley, people don't do it too much.

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay, would it be a sin
But I can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be
Well take my hand, take my whole life too
Because I can't help falling in love with you
Oh I can't help falling in love with you

Info

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE is a 1961 song by Elvis Presley. See the original Elvis Presley version for more details.

Live 19 Apr 1981 Version

The above lyrics are for the live 18 Apr 1981 performance of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE at Palais Des Sports De Saint-Ouen in Paris, France, during The River Tour. The song was played in a solo acoustic guitar arrangement. This was Bruce Springsteen's live debut of the song.

Ticket stub for the 18 Apr 1981 show at Palais Des Sports De Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
Ticket stub for the 18 Apr 1981 show at Palais Des Sports De Saint-Ouen, Paris, France

This concert was rescheduled from 20 Apr 1981.

Official Releases

Other versions of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE were officially released.

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- Wembley Arena June 5, 1981
The live 05 Jun 1981 version of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was released on the Wembley Arena June 5, 1981 official live download in 2018.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- Stockholm Stadion, Sweden 1988
The live 03 Jul 1988 version of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was released on the Stockholm Stadion, Sweden 1988 official live download in 2017.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band -- MSG Nov 08, 2009
The live 08 Nov 2009 version of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was released on the MSG Nov 08, 2009 official live download in 2018.

Live History

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE is known to have been performed at least 5 times during The River Tour (138 dates, October 1980 to September 1981), all of them in Europe. A few of that period's setlists are incomplete or unknown, and therefore, the song may have been played on some more dates during The River Tour, but that's very unlikely. On this tour, the song was played in a solo acoustic guitar arrangement. The live 05 Jun 1981 version of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was released on the Wembley Arena June 5, 1981 official live download in 2018.

List of known The River Tour performances

  1. 18 Apr 1981 at Palais Des Sports De Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
  2. 19 Apr 1981 at Palais Des Sports De Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
  3. 03 May 1981 at Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
  4. 08 May 1981 at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
  5. 05 Jun 1981 at Wembley Arena, London, England

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was performed 43 times during the Born In The U.S.A. Tour (156 dates, June 1984 to October 1985), all of them in 1985. On this tour, the song was played in a guitar and piano arrangement.

List of Born In The U.S.A. Tour performances

  1. 08 Jan 1985 at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, IN
  2. 10 Jan 1985 at Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY
  3. 13 Jan 1985 at Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, SC
  4. 15 Jan 1985 at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
  5. 16 Jan 1985 at Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC
  6. 18 Jan 1985 at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
  7. 19 Jan 1985 at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
  8. 23 Jan 1985 at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
  9. 24 Jan 1985 at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
  10. 26 Jan 1985 at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
  11. 27 Jan 1985 at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, NY
  12. 21 Mar 1985 at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
  13. 23 Mar 1985 at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
  14. 24 Mar 1985 at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
  15. 28 Mar 1985 at Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia
  16. 31 Mar 1985 at QEII Sports Centre, Brisbane, Australia
  17. 03 Apr 1985 at Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia
  18. 04 Apr 1985 at Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, Australia
  19. 15 Apr 1985 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
  20. 16 Apr 1985 at Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
  21. 23 Apr 1985 at Osaka-Jō Hall, Osaka, Japan
  22. 05 Jun 1985 at St James' Park, Newcastle, England
  23. 08 Jun 1985 at Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
  24. 09 Jun 1985 at Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden
  25. 12 Jun 1985 at Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  26. 13 Jun 1985 at Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  27. 15 Jun 1985 at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, West Germany
  28. 18 Jun 1985 at Olympiastadion, Munich, West Germany
  29. 21 Jun 1985 at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan, Italy
  30. 23 Jun 1985 at Stade Richter, Montpellier, France
  31. 29 Jun 1985 at Parc De La Courneuve, Paris, France
  32. 30 Jun 1985 at Parc De La Courneuve, Paris, France
  33. 03 Jul 1985 at Wembley Stadium, London, England
  34. 04 Jul 1985 at Wembley Stadium, London, England
  35. 06 Jul 1985 at Wembley Stadium, London, England
  36. 05 Aug 1985 at RFK Stadium, Washington, DC
  37. 26 Aug 1985 at CNE Stadium, Toronto, Canada
  38. 27 Aug 1985 at CNE Stadium, Toronto, Canada
  39. 10 Sep 1985 at Orange Bowl Stadium, Miami, FL
  40. 14 Sep 1985 at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX
  41. 19 Sep 1985 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA
  42. 24 Sep 1985 at Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO
  43. 29 Sep 1985 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was performed 14 times during the Tunnel Of Love Express Tour (67 dates, February to August 1988). On this tour, the song was played in a full-band arrangement. The live 03 Jul 1988 version of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was released on the Stockholm Stadion, Sweden 1988 official live download in 2017.

List of Tunnel Of Love Express Tour performances

  1. 25 Feb 1988 at Centrum In Worcester, Worcester, MA
  2. 28 Feb 1988 at Centrum In Worcester, Worcester, MA
  3. 04 Mar 1988 at Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center, Chapel Hill, NC
  4. 22 Mar 1988 at The Omni, Atlanta, GA
  5. 16 Jun 1988 at Stadio Flaminio, Rome, Italy
  6. 19 Jun 1988 at Hippodrome De Vincennes, Paris, France
  7. 29 Jun 1988 at Stadion Feyenoord, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  8. 03 Jul 1988 at Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
  9. 10 Jul 1988 at Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England
  10. 19 Jul 1988 at Radrennbahn Weissensee, East Berlin, East Germany
  11. 22 Jul 1988 at Waldbuhne, West Berlin, West Germany
  12. 30 Jul 1988 at Weserstadion, Bremen, West Germany
  13. 02 Aug 1988 at Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid, Spain
  14. 03 Aug 1988 at Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was sound-checked prior to the 30 Jun 1992 show in Paris, France, (as far as it's known) but it was not performed on any of World Tour 1992-1993's regular shows.

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was performed once during what is known as The Reunion Tour (132 dates, April 1999 to July 2000), on 27 May 2000 in Las Vegas, NV. The song was played in a guitar and piano arrangement.

List of The Reunion Tour performances

  1. 27 May 2000 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was performed twice times during the Working On A Dream Tour (83 dates, April to November 2009), both in the tour's last month. On this tour, the song was played in a full-band arrangement. The live 08 Nov 2009 version of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE was released on the MSG Nov 08, 2009 official live download in 2018.

Available Versions

List of available versions of CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE on this website:

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE [Live 18 Apr 1981 version]
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE [Live 05 Jun 1981 version]
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE [Live 03 Jul 1988 version]
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE [Live 08 Nov 2009 version]
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE [Original Elvis Presley version]
Page last updated: 03 Jun 2018