- Follow You, Follow Me
Infobox Single |
Name = Follow You, Follow Me
Artist = Genesis
from Album =…And Then There Were Three…
B-side = "Ballad of Big" (UK) "Inside & Out" (US)
Released = March 1978
Format =
Recorded = September - October 1977
Genre =Pop rock
Length = 3:59
Label = Charisma/Virgin (UK) Atlantic (U.S.)
Producer = David Hentschel and Genesis
Chart position = * #7 UK
* #23 US
Last single = "Your Own Special Way" (1977)
This single = "Follow You, Follow Me" (1978)
Next single = "Many Too Many" (1978)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =…And Then There Were Three…
Type = studio
prev_track = "The Lady Lies"
prev_no = Track 10
this_track = "Follow You, Follow Me"
track_no = Track 11
next_track = End of Album
next_no ="Follow You, Follow Me" is a 1978 single by Genesis. Originally released as the last track from their 1978 album "
…And Then There Were Three… ", the single was Genesis's first American Top 40 and UK Top 10 hit. The song was also a harbinger of the more radio friendly direction Genesis would take over the next decade.The music was written by Tony Banks,
Phil Collins , andMike Rutherford , with lyrics by Rutherford.Background
Genesis continued to play progressive rock up until and including 1980's "Duke". The slower, overtly sentimental love-themed "Follow You, Follow Me" was a departure from their previous work, and indeed the rest of the album. Although previous albums contained love ballads, such as "
Selling England by the Pound "'s "More Fool Me ", "Follow You, Follow Me" was the first worldwide pop success by the group and gained the band play onadult contemporary and pop music stations.The band all agreed that their music was attracting mainly male audiences, almost 95% in fact. This song was written specifically to redress the balance. [Genesis: A Biography, by Dave Bowler and Bryan Dray ISBN 0 283 06175 8]Music Video
The Music video for the song was a mimed live performance of the band. Featured on their DVD
The Video Show .Live Performances
The song was played live during the "
…And Then There Were Three… " [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=9&addcommentsall= And Then There Were Three Songs & Dates] ] , "Duke" [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=10&addcommentsall= Duke Tour Songs & Dates] ] , "Three Sides Live Encore tour" [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=12&addcommentsall= Three Sides Live Encore Tour Songs & Dates] ] , "Mama" [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=14&addcommentsall= Mama Tour Songs & Dates] ] , "Invisible Touch " (1986 set only) [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=15&addcommentsall= Invisible Tour Songs & Dates] ] , "The Way We Walk" [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=16&addcommentsall= The Way We Walk Tour Songs & Dates] ] , "Calling All Stations " (with Ray Wilson on vocals) [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=17&addcommentsall= Calling All Stations Tour Songs & Dates] ] , and "" Tours [ [http://www.genesis-movement.org/php/listtour.php?tourid=18&addcommentsall= Turn it on again Tour Songs & Dates] ] .For the The Way We Walk, this song was played as part of a medley of old Genesis songs called the Old Meldy. Because of this the song wasn't always played in its entirety during the "The Way We Walk" Tour.
During the "Turn it On Again" Tour, Phil Collins performed on the Drums as well as the vocals, while animated
line art of a selection of the band's album art played in the background video screens.Cover versions And Other Appearances
*Former Genesis singer Ray Wilson performs the Song Acoustically on his solo Live Album.
*It was also covered by American band
Red House Painters for the first edition of Badman's [http://www.badmanrecordingco.com/buy/default.aspx?productDetail=shanti Shanti Project Collection] .*This song was also featured in
Cold Case season 1 episode 12 'Glued'.References
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