I Should've Followed You Home

"I Should've Followed You Home"
"I Should've Followed You Home"
Single by Agnetha Fältskog and Gary Barlow
from the album A
Released	18 November 2013 (Digital)
Recorded	2012
Genre	Pop
Length	4:04
Label	Universal Music
Songwriter(s)	Gary Barlow, Jörgen Elofsson
Producer(s)	Jörgen Elofsson, Peter Nordahl
Agnetha Fältskog singles chronology
Gary Barlow singles chronology

"I Should've Followed You Home" is a duet sung by Swedish recording artist and ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog and British singer-songwriter and Take That frontman Gary Barlow. Written by Barlow and producer Jörgen Elofsson, it was the third single taken from A.

Background[]

"I Should've Followed You Home" was co-written by Gary Barlow and Jorgen Elofsson. Elofsson was looking for the ideal duet partner to match Agnetha for the album and was delighted to get his first choice: "To me Gary Barlow was the perfect partner," he explained. "His warm and thick voice matched perfectly with Agnetha's pop soprano voice. I must say I was nervous when I presented my favourite choice but luckily for me one of Agnetha's favourite songs turned out to be "Back for Good" by Take That!"^{[citation needed]}

Barlow and Elofsson have worked together in the past and recorded the song first with Barlow's vocals. Fältskog loved the track and was delighted to turn it into a duet, feeling that the two voices together were a fantastic combination. Their recording sessions happened separately so the pair did not finally meet in person until she visited London in May and the two met for the BBC documentary Agnetha: ABBA and After... which was broadcast in June.^[1]

On 12 November 2013 Fältskog sang live "I Should've Followed You Home" at the BBC Children in Need Rocks 2013 concert in London. She sang the song with Gary Barlow, the organiser of the event. It was her first live performance for 25 years.^[2]

Promotional video[]

The video premiered at YouTube on 18 November 2013 (2013-11-18), the same day as the release of the single itself.

Formats and track listing[]

Digital download
No.	Title	Version	Length
1.	"I Should've Followed You Home"	7th Heaven Radio Edit	4.51
2.	"I Should've Followed You Home"	Album version	4.04
3.	"I Should've Followed You Home"	7th Heaven Club Mix	7:36
4.	"I Should've Followed You Home"	7th Heaven Dub

Chart performance[]

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Swedish Svensktoppen^[3]	4
UK Singles (OCC)^[4]	99
UK Download (OCC)^[5]	96

References[]

^ http://www.agnetha.com/news/i-shouldve-followed-you-home/ 14/10/13
^ Agnetha performs at Children In Need Rocks! - Agnetha FĂ¤ltskog | Agnetha FĂ¤ltskog
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
^ "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[1] ttp://www.agnetha.com/news/i-shouldve-followed-you-home/ 14/10/13

[2] Agnetha performs at Children In Need Rocks! - Agnetha FĂ¤ltskog | Agnetha FĂ¤ltskog

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[sc_UK_-4] "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

[sc_UKdownload_-5] "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

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show v t Agnetha Fältskog
Swedish albums	Agnetha Fältskog (1968) Agnetha Fältskog vol. 2 (1969) Som jag är (1970) När en vacker tanke blir en sång (1971) Elva kvinnor i ett hus (1975) Nu tändas tusen juleljus (with Linda Ulvaeus) (1981) Kom följ med i vår karusell (with Christian Ulvaeus) (1987)
English albums	Wrap Your Arms Around Me (1983) Eyes of a Woman (1985) I Stand Alone (1987) My Colouring Book (2004) A (2013)
Compilation albums	Agnetha Fältskogs bästa (1973) Tio år med Agnetha (1979) Teamtoppen 1 (1985) Sjung denna sång (1986) Agnetha Collection (1986) Geh' Mit Gott (1994) My Love, My Life (1996) Agnetha Fältskogs svensktoppar (1998) That's Me (1998) De första åren (2004) My Very Best (2008)
Swedish singles	"Om tårar vore guld"/ "Golliwog" "Dom har glömt" "SOS" "När du tar mig i din famn"
English singles	"Never Again" "The Heat Is On" "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" "Can't Shake Loose" "It's So Nice To Be Rich" "I Won't Let You Go" "One Way Love" "The Way You Are" "The Last Time" "I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)" "Let It Shine" "The Queen of Hearts" "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" "When You Walk in the Room" "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" "The One Who Loves You Now" "When You Really Loved Someone" "Dance Your Pain Away" "I Should've Followed You Home"
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Studio albums	Open Road Twelve Months, Eleven Days Sing Since I Saw You Last Music Played by Humans
Singles	"Forever Love" "Love Won't Wait" "So Help Me Girl" "Open Road" "Superhero" "Hang On in There Baby" "Stronger" "For All That You Want" "Lie to Me" "Shame" "Sing" "Let Me Go" "I Should've Followed You Home" "Face to Face" "Since I Saw You Last" "Elita"
Concert tours	The Open Road Tour GB40 Gary Barlow in Concert (2011) Since I Saw You Last Tour Gary Barlow in Concert (2018)
Other releases	My Take Gary Barlow: On Her Majesty's Service "Since You Saw Him Last"
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