Follow Your Daughter Home
"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[1] and #61 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.[2] The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart.[3] The song was featured on their 1973 album, Artificial Paradise.[4] The song has a calypso-influenced melody.[5]
| "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" | |||
| Released | December 1972 (CAN) January 1973 (US) May 1973 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 1972 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Nimbus 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 | ||||
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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.[6]
References
- The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" Canadian Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
- The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" United States Chart Position Retrieved March 11, 2015
- The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" United Kingdom single release Retrieved March 11, 2015
- The Guess Who, Artificial Paradise Retrieved March 11, 2015
- Peterson, Beverly (January 15, 2016). "The Guess Who – Track Record: The Guess Who Collection (1988): On Second Thought". Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- The Guess Who, "Follow Your Daughter Home" Canadian single release Retrieved March 11, 2015