"Stumblin' In" is a song written by Australian songwriter Mike Chapman and British-American songwriter Nicky Chinn, performed by English singer Chris Norman, the original vocal lead of the British rock band Smokie, and American singer Suzi Quatro. At first released as a standalone single, it was later added to some editions of the Quatro album If You Knew Suzi... It was Norman's first single as a solo artist.

In 2023, the Australian DJ Cyril created a remix of the song. The song went viral on TikTok. Among other things, the association football players from Bayern Munich used the song for a TikTok video. The remix also reached the charts in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, reaching number two in Germany and Austria. In Australia it was widely used in 2025 in an advertising campaign for Subaru vehicles.

Background The writing-producing team of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn were behind many of the 1970s hits for Suzi Quatro and for Chris Norman's band Smokie. In 1978, Chapman, Chinn, Quatro, and the members of Smokie were all at a party in Düsseldorf. As Chapman recounted, "Suzi was playing bass, and Chris was there with his arm round her, and they were singing into a mike, and I thought what a fantastic duet they'd make, because they looked so great together. The next day, I was in the studio with Suzi, and during a break, I came up with the line, 'Our love is alive'…I looked at Suzi and said, 'What about this, with you and Chris? Wouldn't it be great?' and she said it sounded fantastic.”

Chart performance The single peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979. The song was Quatro's only U.S. top 40 hit and Norman's lone U.S. charting effort apart from his time with the band Smokie (where they charted three times while Norman was still a member). In the UK, where the song was also Norman's only chart hit as a solo artist, the disc hit the listing on 11 November 1978 and peaked at number 41 with eight weeks on the chart. It reached No. 11 on the Canada RPM Chart, but went to No. 1 on the Canada Adult Contemporary Chart.

Use in media In 2021, the song was used in the Paul Thomas Anderson film Licorice Pizza. A year later, in 2022, "Stumblin' In" was featured in episode 3 of the Netflix drama Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

Personnel Suzi Quatro – lead vocals Chris Norman – lead vocals

Charts

Weekly charts + 1979 weekly chart performance for "Stumblin' In"Chart (1979)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)2South Africa (Springbok Radio)2US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)4US Cash Box Top 1006 + 2024 weekly chart performance for "Stumblin' In" Chart (2024) Peakposition Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit) 43

Monthly charts + 2024 monthly chart performance for "Stumblin' In" Chart (2024) Peakposition Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit) 48

Year-end charts + 1979 year-end chart performance for "Stumblin' In"Chart (1979)RankAustralia (Kent Music Report)16Belgium (Ultratop)29Canada Top Singles (RPM)91Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)50Netherlands (Single Top 100)36New Zealand (RIANZ)14South Africa (Springbok Radio)12US Billboard Hot 10023US Cash Box Top 10062West Germany (Media Control)26

+ 2024 year-end chart performance for "Stumblin' In" Chart (2024) Position Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit) 75

Certifications

Release history Film soundtrack albums Polle Fiction: Original Soundtrack (2002).

- Original Soundtrack (2008).

Red Dog - Original Soundtrack (2011).

Licorice Pizza - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021).

Cyril version

In 2023, Australian musician Cyril Riley (known mononymously as Cyril) released his version which was an international hit, charting in many countries.

Weekly charts

+ Weekly chart performance for "Stumblin' In" by Cyril Chart (2024–2025) Peakposition Australia (ARIA) 15 Australia Dance (ARIA) 1 Belarus Airplay (TopHit) 39 Bulgaria Airplay (PROPHON) 3 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 61 Canada CHR/Top 40 (Billboard) 38 Estonia Airplay (TopHit) 2 France (SNEP) 11 Global 200 (Billboard) 61 Greece International (IFPI) 60 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 12 Kazakhstan Airplay (TopHit) 185 Latvia Airplay (LaIPA) 5 Lithuania (AGATA) 37 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) 4 Luxembourg (Billboard) 7 Moldova Airplay (TopHit) 1 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 11 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) 1 Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) 9 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 56 San Marino Airplay (SMRTV Top 50) 42 Serbia Airplay (Radiomonitor) 19 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 82 Turkey International Airplay (Radiomonitor Türkiye) 5 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 3 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) 11

Monthly charts + Monthly chart performance for "Stumblin' In" by Cyril Chart (2024) Peakposition Belarus Airplay (TopHit) 58 CIS Airplay (TopHit) 17 Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100) 3 Estonia Airplay (TopHit) 3 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) 6 Moldova Airplay (TopHit) 1 Romania Airplay (TopHit) 1 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 76 Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) 1 Ukraine Airplay (TopHit) 4

Year-end charts + 2024 year-end chart performance for "Stumblin' In" Chart (2024) Position Australia (ARIA) 29 Australia Dance (ARIA) 2 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 3 Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 2 Bulgaria Airplay (PROPHON) 5 CIS Airplay (TopHit) 13 Estonia Airplay (TopHit) 5 France (SNEP) 37 Germany (GfK) 4 Global 200 (Billboard) 145 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 25 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 15 Hungary (Single Top 40) 68 Iceland (Tónlistinn) 24 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) 4 Moldova Airplay (TopHit) 2 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 6 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 19 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) 1 Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100) 14 Portugal (AFP) 137 Romania Airplay (TopHit) 1 Russia Airplay (TopHit) 135 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 8 US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) 23 + 2025 year-end chart performance for "Stumblin' In" Chart (2025) Position Australia (ARIA) 93 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 30 Belarus Airplay (TopHit) 156 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 55 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) 134 CIS Airplay (TopHit) 60 Estonia Airplay (TopHit) 63 Germany (GfK) 33 Hungary (Dance Top 40) 2 Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) 2 Lithuania Airplay (TopHit) 34 Moldova Airplay (TopHit) 10 Netherlands (Single Top 100) 89 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) 60 Romania Airplay (TopHit) 111 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 62

Certifications

References

External links , film of a promotional photoshoot for the Red Dog film, on the Suzi Quatro official YouTube channel which prominently features "Stumblin' In"