Follow You, Follow Me

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“Follow You, Follow Me”
Single by Genesis from the album …And Then There Were Three…
B-side	"Ballad of Big"
Released	March 1978
Recorded	September - October 1977
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	3:59
Label	Charisma/Virgin (UK) Atlantic (U.S.)
Producer	David Hentschel and Genesis
Genesis singles chronology
"Your Own Special Way" (1977) "Follow You, Follow Me" (1978) "Many Too Many" (1978)
…And Then There Were Three… track listing
"The Lady Lies" (Track 10) "Follow You, Follow Me" (Track 11) End of Album

"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.

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 on adult contemporary and pop music stations.

The music was written by Tony Banks, Phil Collins, and Mike Rutherford, with lyrics by Rutherford.

This song was covered by American band Red House Painters for the first edition of Badman's Shanti Project Collection.

This song was also featured in Cold Case season 1 episode 12 'Glued'.