"Falling Slowly" is an indie folk/indie rock song written, composed and performed by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová.
[3] In the movie, the duo play the song in the Waltons Music shop across from the George's Street Arcade in Dublin,[4] with Hansard on guitar and Irglová on piano.
[8] "Falling Slowly" was nominated for a 2008 Grammy, for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media; it lost to "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls.
[16] The song also has been covered by the operatic pop group Il Divo on their album Wicked Game as a Spanish rendition, as “Falling Slowly (Te Prometo)”.
During The Yogscast 2017 Christmas charity live streams, husband and wife duo Alex and Briony Turner covered the song.
[27] The song is covered in Season 2, Episode 6 of Good Trouble, "Twenty-Fine", by cast members Emma Hunton and Josh Pence.
Jung Yonghwa from CNBLUE covered the song several times, on the reality show We Got Married with his virtual wife Seohyun from SNSD, the KBS2 variety show Win Win, MBC Radio Star, SBS Strong Heart, KBS Star Golden Bell, the Beautiful Morning with KCW Radio program, and on CNBLUE's One More Time arena tour in Hiroshima in 2013.
Glen Hansard's and Marketa Irglova's performances of "Falling Slowly" on screen and on stage amazed so many people that Bob Dylan wanted them to be his opening act on his World Tour.
Though Allen's appearance was not one of American Idol judge Randy Jackson's favorite performances, it clearly moved the live studio audience before whom the installment of the show was being taped.