Follow Me Home

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"Follow Me Home"
Single by Sugababes
from the album Taller In More Ways (Re-Issue)
B-side(s)	"Living For The Weekend"
Released	June 5, 2006
Format	CD single: Worldwide
Recorded	London, England
Genre	Pop
Length	3:58
Label	Island
Writer(s)	Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena J. Lipsey Karen Poole Heidi Range J. Shaw
Chart positions
#25 (Ireland) #32 (UK)
Sugababes singles chronology
"Red Dress" (2006)	"Follow Me Home" (2006)	"Easy" (2006)

"Follow Me Home" is a pop song written by British group Sugababes and Karen Poole among others for their fourth album Taller In More Ways (2005). The music video for the song was shot in the Czech Republic. The song was co-written by ex-member Mutya Buena.

Contents 1 Release information 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 4 Track listing and formats 5 Charts

[edit] Release information

It is was released as the fourth single from the album on June 5, 2006 in the United Kingdom.

The CD single release includes a cover version of HARD-Fi's, "Living for the Weekend", which the group recorded live at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge as a B-side.

[edit] Music video

"Follow Me Home" features a music video that is set in Warsaw during the Cold War. The group play the parts of ‘honeytrappers’ – beautiful women who manipulated high ranking military personnel out of secrets. The Sugababes wanted to adopt a different angle and avoid the traditional ballad video, to show a different side to the song. While there is no strong storyline to the video, it adopts a sombre mood, reflecting the sadness within the song. The girls are all wearing original vintage fashion from the 70’s and 80’s and the video was shot in a hotel that was specifically built for the communist leaders of the time. At these hotels they would throw lavish parties that would never be permitted back home in Moscow. Fake fur is used in the video, confirmed by Heidi.

[edit] Chart performance

The single only made number thirty-two in UK singles charts, the group's lowest charting to date. It has sold to date 15,000 copies in the UK, making 'Soul Sound' (their previous lowest charting single) look like a success in comparison; 'Soul Sound' made the UK Top 30. Despite "Soul Sound's" higher peak position of #30 it is still the group's lowest selling single to date selling 11,000 copies in the UK while "Follow me home" has sold a higher amount.

Speculation is that the low chart position of #32 was due to the fans discontent with the song even being released in the first place. "Follow Me Home" was predominantly written by Mutya Buena as a song for her daughter (despite five other writers being involved). After Mutya's departure from the group, fans saw the release of "Follow Me Home" as a disloyal move to Buena and fans of the Sugababes, and a backlash was formed against the group, mainly newcomer Amelle Berrabah.^{[citation needed]} Another reason could be because the song is a wintry-sounding ballad, but was released in the summer months, failing to catch the attention of radio and music channels who were more focused on summer anthems.^{[citation needed]} Even though the single failed to get realised in Europe, it did manage to chart in Asian countries like Indonesia and The Philippines. It charted in the official top 100 charts in both countries, but charted at low positions and it was not commercially realised as a cd single, only as digital single.

[edit] Track listing and formats

#	Title	Length
CD single 1
1.	"Follow Me Home" [Radio Edit]	3:23
2.	"Red Dress" [Kardinal Beats Remix]	3:50
3.	"Follow Me Home" [Soul Seekerz Vocal Mix]	6:55
4.	"Follow Me Home" [Video]
CD single 2
1.	"Follow Me Home"	3:58
2.	"Living for the Weekend" [Live at Radio 1]	3:24

[edit] Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
UK Upfront Club Chart	7
Irish Singles Chart	25
UK Singles Chart	32
Europe 100 Singles Chart	46
PL Hot Lista 70	49
Philippines Top 100 Chart	58
Indonesian Top 100 Chart	78