Follow Your Daughter Home

"Follow Your Daughter Home"
Cover of the 1973 German single
Single by The Guess Who
from the album Artificial Paradise
B-side"Bye Bye Babe"
ReleasedDecember 1972 (CAN)
January 1973 (US)
May 1973 (UK)
Recorded1972
Genre
Length3:41
LabelNimbus 9 0880 (CAN)
RCA Victor 0880 (US)
RCA Records 2361 (UK)
Songwriter(s)Burton Cummings, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace, Kurt Winter
Producer(s)Jack Richardson
The Guess Who singles chronology
"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"
(1972) 		"Follow Your Daughter Home"
(1972) 		"Orly"
(1973)

"Follow Your Daughter Home" is a song written by Burton Cummings, Donnie McDougall, Garry Peterson, Bill Wallace, and Kurt Winter and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #20 in Canada[3] and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.[4] The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart.[5] The song was featured on their 1973 album, Artificial Paradise.[6] The song has a calypso-influenced melody.[7]

Lyrically, the song tells listeners to keep tabs on their daughters and to "keep her out of mischief". Controversially, the song asks "is she still a virgin" and -- in addition to advising the listener to follow her home and "ask a lot of questions 'bout the boy she's sleeping with" -- gives advice to "tie her up".

The song was produced by Jack Richardson.[8]

References

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Ewwwww!: Bad Taste". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 113. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ Swihart, Stanton. The Guess Who - Track Record: The Guess Who Collection (1988) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  3. ^ The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
  4. ^ The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" United States Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
  5. ^ The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" United Kingdom single release Retrieved March 11, 2015
  6. ^ The Guess Who, Artificial Paradise Retrieved March 11, 2015
  7. ^ Peterson, Beverly (January 15, 2016). "The Guess Who – Track Record: The Guess Who Collection (1988): On Second Thought". Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  8. ^ The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" Canadian single release Retrieved March 11, 2015


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