Follow You Down

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"Follow You Down"
Gin Blossoms - Follow You Down.jpg
Single by Gin Blossoms
from the album Congratulations I'm Sorry
ReleasedJanuary 30, 1996 (1996-01-30)
Studio Vintage Recorders (Phoenix)
Genre Alternative rock
Length
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Gin Blossoms singles chronology
"Til I Hear It from You"
(1995)
"Follow You Down"
(1996)
"Day Job"
(1996)
Music video
"Follow You Down" on YouTube

"Follow You Down" is a song by American rock band Gin Blossoms, and the first single released from their album Congratulations I'm Sorry . It was released as a double A-side single with "Til I Hear It from You" in the United States. The song received a fair amount of radio play and has been featured in several films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days . It reached number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 in a 46-week stay on the chart. It also became the band's second number-one single in Canada, after "Til I Hear It from You", and reached number 30 in the United Kingdom.

Contents

Background

According to an interview by Songfacts with Gin Blossoms songwriter Jesse Valenzuela, this song was written at the very end of the recording process for the Congratulations I'm Sorry album. [1] Valenzuela recalled:

We were working on the record, and I'd come home at night to my hotel room, and I had those chords and I finished writing by the time we got home. And we'd already finished the record, but I had this great song, so I demoed it up and I sent it to my main A&R man, David Anderle, the great David Anderle, and he said, "Why are you hiding this thing? Let's put it on the record." So we went and recorded it right away. [2]

The song would ultimately become the biggest hit on the album, reaching number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.

Critical reception

Larry Flick of Billboard spoke positively of "Follow You Down", commenting that the song showcases "[the Gin Blossoms'] knack for crafting perfect pop hooks with sing-along lyrics". [3] Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune referred to the song as "easy-listening alterna-rock of the first order". [4]

Track listings and formats

Credits and personnel

Credits and personnel are adapted from Congratulations I'm Sorry album liner notes. [14]

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJanuary 30, 1996 Contemporary hit radio A&M [37]
JapanFebruary 5, 1996Mini-CD [38]
United KingdomApril 15, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
[39]

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