I Will Follow

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"I Will Follow"
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UK/Irish cover
Single by U2
from the album Boy
Released24 October 1980 [1]
RecordedJuly–September 1980
Studio Windmill Lane Studios (Dublin)
Genre Post-punk [2]
Length3:37
Label
Songwriter(s) U2
Producer(s) Steve Lillywhite
U2 1980s singles chronology
"A Day Without Me"
(1980)
"I Will Follow"
(1980)
"Fire"
(1981)
U2 2000ssingles chronology
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"
(2009)
"I Will Follow (live from Glastonbury)"
(2011)
"Blow Your House Down"
(2011)
7" Ireland, UK, Australia, and New Zealand release
No.TitleLength
1."I Will Follow"3:37
2."Boy-Girl" (Live from the Marquee Club, London, England, September 22, 1980 (1980-09-22))3:24
7" Canada and US release
No.TitleLength
1."I Will Follow"3:37
2."Out of Control" (Live at Paradise Rock Club, Boston, Massachusetts, March 6, 1981 (1981-03-06))4:25
The Netherlands release
No.TitleLength
1."I Will Follow" (Live at 't Heem, Hattem, the Netherlands, May 14, 1982 (1982-05-14))3:51
2."Gloria"4:12
1983 release
No.TitleLength
1."I Will Follow" (Live from West Germany, August 20, 1983 (1983-08-20))3:40
2."Two Hearts Beat as One" (Import mix)3:42
2011 Glastonbury release
No.TitleLength
1."I Will Follow" (Live at Glastonbury Festival 2011, Somerset, England, June 24, 2011 (2011-06-24))4:01

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Personnel

Charts

1981 release

Chart (1981)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [19] 71
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [20] 34
US Billboard Top Tracks 20

1982 release

Chart (1982)Position
Netherlands Top 40 12

1983 release

Chart (1984)Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [21] 81

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