I Will Follow Him

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"I Will Follow Him" is a popular pop song, originally a 1960s hit, that became widely known to modern audiences through its energetic gospel-style performance in the film *Sister Act*.

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I Will Follow Him canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
singer
single
song
song
associatedAct Little Peggy March
basedOn Chariot
birthName Margaret Annemarie Battavio
bSide Wind Up Doll
chartPosition number one on the Billboard Hot 100
number one on the US easy listening chart
top ten in several international charts
composer Franck Pourcel
Paul Mauriat
countryOfFirstRelease United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact revived in popularity due to Sister Act
decadeOfOrigin 1960s
featuredIn Sister Act
firstPopularRecordingBy Little Peggy March
format 7-inch single
genre gospel
pop
hasEnglishAdaptationFrom Chariot (song)
surface form: French song Chariot
hasMusicVideo yes
hasNotablePerformance climactic choir performance in Sister Act
language English
length approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds
lyricist Arthur Altman
Jacques Plante
Norman Gimbel
musicalStyleInSisterAct gospel-style arrangement
notableCoverVersionBy Petula Clark
Ricky Nelson
Sister Act film cast
originalLanguage French
performedBy Little Peggy March
producer Hugo & Luigi
recordLabel RCA Victor
releaseYear 1963
1992
tempo up-tempo
theme devotion
romantic love
vocalType female lead vocal in original hit version

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Sister Act featuresSong I Will Follow Him
Hugo Peretti notableWork I Will Follow Him