Follow You (Imagine Dragons song)

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"Follow You"
Single by Imagine Dragons
from the album Mercury – Act 1
B-side"Cutthroat"
ReleasedMarch 12, 2021
Length2:55
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Joel Little
Imagine Dragons singles chronology
"Birds"
(2019) 		"Follow You" / "Cutthroat"
(2021) 		"Wrecked"
(2021)
Music video
"Follow You" on YouTube

"Follow You" is a song by American band Imagine Dragons. The song was released through Michelle Imagine Dragons, Imagine Dragons, and Kidinakorner on March 12, 2021, as one of the double lead singles from their fifth studio album Mercury – Act 1 alongside its B-side "Cutthroat".[1] It was written by band members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, and Daniel Platzman, alongside Joel Little, Elley Duhé, and produced by Joel Little.

Background and release[edit]

In early March 2021, the band started teasing towards the release by posting various teasers before announcing the songs on March 8.[2] "Follow You" and "Cutthroat" mark the first solo releases from Imagine Dragons since their 2018 album, Origins.[3]

"Follow You" was inspired by frontman Dan Reynolds' relationship with his wife Aja Volkman. Reynolds wrote the song soon after receiving a "life-changing" text from Volkman, having not spoken to her in seven months, while on his way to finalize their divorce. About the writing process, he revealed, "I wrote 'Follow You' after we got back together. I wanted it to represent a love that is realistic. One where love isn't perfect but it endures."[4]

This song is featured as a DLC in Fuser, released on June 15, 2021.[5]

Commercial performance[edit]

"Follow You" peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also wrapped the group's quickest climb to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay, usurping the seven-week ascents for "Believer" in 2017 and "Natural" in 2018. That same week, it had 5.1 million audience impressions, up 15% from the previous week, according to MRC Data.[6]

Nearly two months after leading Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart, "Follow You" went number one the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay survey, rising 2-1 on the list dated June 19.

The song reigns with 7 million audience impressions, up 2%, in the week ending June 13, according to MRC Data.[7]

In September 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Airplay,[8] Billboard published a list of the top 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; "Follow You" was ranked at number 49.[9]

Music video[edit]

The music video involves It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia stars Kaitlin Olson and creator Rob McElhenney, who was given this concert for his birthday, despite Imagine Dragons being Kaitlin's favorite and Rob's favorite being The Killers, who, like ID, come from Las Vegas. Both of them imagine different wild fantasies while hearing them perform "Follow You". After the song, both of them leave, to which Dan Reynolds tells them they have 10 more songs to perform, though the two still leave "before they play Radioactive".[10][11]

Track listings and formats[edit]

  • 7" vinyl/CD single/digital download[12][13]
  1. "Follow You" – 2:55
  2. "Cutthroat" – 2:49
  • Digital download – Summer '21 Version[14]
  1. "Follow You" (Summer '21 Version) – 2:52
  • Streaming – Summer '21 Version (Spotify edition)[15]
  1. "Follow You" (Summer '21 Version) – 2:52
  2. "Follow You" – 2:56

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[16]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[73] Platinum 30,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[74] 2× Platinum 160,000‡
France (SNEP)[75] Diamond 333,333‡
Germany (BVMI)[76] Gold 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[77] Platinum 70,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[78] Platinum 50,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[79] Platinum 10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[80] Platinum 60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[81] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Various March 12, 2021
Original
[12][13]
Italy Contemporary hit radio Universal [82]
United States March 23, 2021 Alternative radio Interscope [83]
Various June 4, 2021
  • Digital download
 Summer '21 Version
  • Kidinakorner
  • Interscope
 [14]
Streaming (Spotify edition) [15]
United States October 19, 2021 Contemporary hit radio Original [84]

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