Falling Down Is First Single From Johansson Album

Go on put your ear to the ground, you'll be hearing that sound...

Falling Down is the first single from the upcoming Scarlett Johansson album: Anywhere I Lay My Head. (02.19.08 NEWS: DB TALKS ABOUT THOSE JOHANSSON CONTRIBUTIONS & 04.15.2008 NEWS: ANYWHERE I LAY MY HEAD PREVIEWED)

Due ahead of the album, the track will be released as a 7" 45 single on May 5th in the UK, backed with Yesterday Is Here. Not sure about other formats and territories just yet.

The song is one of two on the album that David Bowie donated backing vocals to, the other being Fannin Street.

Spinner.com has posted an exclusive of the song today and you can have a listen to it here.

For what it's worth, I think the 4:54 min track is beautifully atmospheric and Dave Sitek has done a great production job, with Bowie's distinctive voice as the perfect icing.

In the spinner article, Sitek had this to say about the song: "With 'Falling Down', our pursuit of making one song with both Kermit the Frog and David Bowie on it became a success.". Well, I'm sure all will become apparent soon enough.

The video for Falling Down will premiere tomorrow (April 22nd) at Yahoo! Launch.