Follow Me Home
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| Single by Sugababes from the album Taller In More Ways (Re-Issue) |
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| B-side | "Living for the Weekend" | |||||||||||||
| Released | June 5, 2006 | |||||||||||||
| Format | CD single: Worldwide | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | London, England | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop/Rock, R&B/Soul | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:58 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Island | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena J. Lipsey Karen Poole Heidi Range J. Shaw |
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"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.
It was released as the fourth single from the album on June 5, 2006 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Music video
The music video for "Follow Me Home" was set in Warsaw during the Cold War, and premiered April 30, 2006.
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 vintage clothing 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.
Band member Heidi claims that fake fur was used in the video.
[edit] Track listings and formats
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Follow Me Home".
- UK CD single 1
- "Follow Me Home" - 3:58
- "Living for the Weekend" [Live at Radio 1] - 3:24
- UK CD single 2
- "Follow Me Home" [Radio Edit] - 3:23
- "Red Dress" [Kardinal Beats Remix] - 3:50
- "Follow Me Home" [Soul Seekerz Vocal Mix] - 6:55
- "Follow Me Home" [Video]
[edit] Charts
The single only made number thirty-two in UK singles charts, the group's lowest charting single. It has sold to date 15,300 copies in the UK. One of the groups earlier singles "Soul Sound" debuted and peaked in the charts at number thirty. However "Follow Me Home" has sold more copies, with "Soul Sound" only selling 10,000 copies. This makes "Follow Me Home" the girls second lowest selling single.
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.
| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| Croatian Singles Chart | 19 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 25 |
| UK Singles Chart | 32 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 37 |
| Europe | 43 |
| Philippines Singles Chart | 58 |
| Romanian Singles Chart | 64 |
| Indonesian Singles Chart | 78 |
| United World Chart | 92 |
[edit] B-side
The single 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] Official Versions and Appearances
These are the official versions and remixes and the release they appear on, of:
"Follow Me Home"
| Version | Release appearance |
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| Mutya Mix | Taller in More Ways |
| Amelle Mix | "Follow Me Home" single, Taller in More Ways [re-issue] |
| Radio Edit | "Follow Me Home" single |
| Soul Seekerz Vocal Mix | |
| Video |
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