Faithful (Go West song)

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"Faithful"
Go West - Faithful single cover.jpg
Single by Go West
from the album Indian Summer
B-side "I Want You Back"
Released5 October 1992 (1992-10-05) [1]
Length4:24
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Peter Wolf
Go West singles chronology
"King of Wishful Thinking"
(1990)
"Faithful"
(1992)
"What You Won't Do for Love"
(1993)
Audio
"Faithful" on YouTube

"Faithful" is a song by English pop duo Go West. The song is the opening track on the band's fourth album, Indian Summer (1992), and served as the album's lead single. Written by the band and Martin Page [2] and produced by Peter Wolf, the song reached the top 20 in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its highest chart position was in Canada, where it peaked at number two in February 1993. It also reached number three on the adult contemporary charts of both Canada and the United States.

Contents

Track listings

UK 7-inch and cassette single; Australasian cassette single [3] [4] [5]

  1. "Faithful"
  2. "I Want You Back"

UK CD1 [6]

  1. "Faithful"
  2. "I Want You Back"
  3. "We Close Our Eyes"
  4. "From Baltimore to Paris"

UK CD2 [7]

  1. "Faithful"
  2. "I Want You Back"
  3. "Don't Look Down - The Sequel"
  4. "I Want to Hear It from You"

US CD and cassette single [8] [9]

  1. "Faithful" (album version) – 4:24
  2. "I Want You Back" – 4:19
  3. "King of Wishful Thinking" – 4:01

Charts

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