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      • " I Will Follow " is a song by rock band U2. It is the opening track from their debut album, Boy, and it was released as the album's second single in October 1980.
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  2. "I Will Follow" is a song by rock band U2. It is the opening track from their debut album, Boy, and it was released as the album's second single in October 1980. Lead singer Bono wrote the lyrics to "I Will Follow" in tribute to his mother, who died when he was 14 years old.

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  4. This is the first song on the first U2 album, Boy. It was released as a single at the same time as the album. It took a few albums for the band to catch on outside their native Ireland, so "I Will Follow" didn't get much attention when it was first released.

  5. Jan 3, 2024 · As far as debut albums go, U2 ’s 1980 release did fairly well, reaching No. 63 on the Billboard 200 and getting into the Top 20 on Canada’s and New Zealand’s album charts. It also spawned U2’s...

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  6. I Will Follow was performed when U2 made their debut on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test on February 28, 1981. The song was also performed for U2's first major appearance on American television, The Tomorrow Show with host Tom Snyder. It also appeared on the EP and video Under A Blood Red Sky.

  7. I Will Follow. U2. Track 1 on Boy. Producer. Steve Lillywhite. Bono’s mother, Iris Hewson, died on September 10, 1974, when Bono was fourteen years old. Her own father had died just a few...

  8. The first U2 single to be released worldwide, “I Will Follow” was issued in October of 1980 in Ireland and the UK to promote the Boy album. Except for a few promotional copies (see below), all singles contained the album version of the song.

  9. The official promo video for I Will Follow by U2.U2's first ever promo video, and the first of many that they would go on to do with direct... REMASTERED IN HD!

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