ajcgn4, Jul 21, 2010
I didn't realized how popular this video would be, so I
uploaded as good a version as I have.
Unfortunately my original version is on a crappy VHS tape
recorded about 2001...
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Edited by Azizi Powell
Latest revision - February 18, 2025
This pancocojams post showcases a 2010 copy of a video of the group Aly-Us performing their hit 1992 song "Follow Me".
The lyrics for that song are presented in this post along with selected comments from this video's discussion thread.
The Addendum to this post also showcases several YouTube videos of the "Follow Me" Soul Line Dance. Selected comments from some of these videos' discussion threads are also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, inspirational, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Aly-us for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to all the publishers of the videos that are showcased in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT ALY-US & THEIR HIT SONG "FOLLOW ME"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly-Us
" “Follow Me”, a deep house track produced and mixed by Kyle
Smith, and executive produced by DJ Pierre and George Morel, was released in
1992 on the Strictly Rhythm record label. The record became an underground club
hit and is considered one of the classics of the house genre for its uplifting
spirit and "its unapologetically optimistic lyrics".[2]
In 2002, a remix by Full Intention of “Follow Me” peaked at
#8 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart
[...].
"Follow Me" - Single by Aly-Us
Released - 1992
Recorded - 1992
Genre - Deep house;
garage house; New Jersey sound
Length - 6:15 (Club Mix)
Label - Strictly
Rhythm
Songwriter(s) - W.B.
Jennings, E.L. Lewis, K. Smith, Valmer Ray Willis on vocals.
Producer(s) - Kyle
"Small" Smith"...
-snip-
This circular line dance for Aly-Us' song "Follow Me" me was first performed in the 1990s (based on a few online comments that I've come across and based on my daughter's memory of doing this circle line dance "in the 1990s". Read Showcase Video, comment #1 below.
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LYRICS - FOLLOW ME
From https://genius.com/Aly-us-follow-me-original-mix-lyrics
[Verse]
I'm hoping to see the day
When my people
Can all relate
We must stop fighting
To achieve the peace
That was taught in our country
We shall all be free
[Hook]
Follow me
Why don't you follow me
To a place
Where we can be free
[Verse]
Come with me
Over there
Let's put an end to racial hated
And let's learn to share
Can you feel it?
It's in the air
Know it's time for changing
Time for us to care
[Hook]
Follow me
Why don't you follow me
To a place
Where we can be free
[Breakdown]
Doo do doo, doo do doo
Shooby doob doo, shooby do, ohhh
Shoo doop doo, doop do doo
Shooby do doo, shooby do, ooh
Shoo doop doo, shoop do doo
Shooby doob doop, shooby do, oohh
Yea yea yeah, yea yea yeah, yea yea yeah
Where we'll all be free
-snip-
Online source - https://genius.com/Aly-us-follow-me-original-mix-lyrics
A FEW SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD FOR SHOWCASE VIDEO #1
Numbers are added for referencing purposes only
1. @wetrix1, 2010
"love this song even though i havent heard it for ages and
ive got the 12" "
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2. @futurehalloffamer, 2010
"i as a baby when this song was at it's peak, and i never
realized this song was made by brothers : )"
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3.@SunShine1732, 2010
"This takes me back to the fun times of college life. I was a
freshman at NSU when this came out!! Still sounds just as good now as it did
then! Thanks for posting this!!"
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4.@EnergizeYourWorkout, 2011
"A true classic!! I
love watching this video, reminds me of when folks knew how to party without
having to watching their backs every 5 minutes.
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5. @TheVinneke, 2013
"that were the days with love and respect at parties
aint much left of it nowadays
power to aly us bring that sh-t* back one more time we need
it"
-snip-
*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
6.
"this song is a jersey anthem hands down!!"
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7. @COACHFSTATON, 2022
"That line dance we did when this song came on. Freshman year
at Wake Forest University Fall 2000. At the gym jams or at Brew-Has in
Winston-Salem NC and Winston-Salem State would come over and we'd get it the
party started lol"
8.
"nothing like chicago
house bless the
wharehouse follow me is a epic song"...
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9.@EssentialBalance777, 2023
"This sounds like ballroom music 🏳️🌈"
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10. @RonThompson-qh2mc, 2024
"❤ love this song ❤❤❤"
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ADDENDUM - "FOLLOW ME" CIRCLE LINE DANCE VIDEOS
Jeterated, Apr 17, 2012
NC's Largest "FIRE & ICE" Line Dance Party 4-7-2012
Music - Follow Me by Aly us
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Follow Me Circle Line Dance Wilson, NC Memorial Day Weekend
@fixedlife1, May 26, 2015
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Circle Dance Follow Me
Rhonda Ponda, October 31, 2019
Song: Follow Me (Club Mix)
Artist: Aly-Us
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - RnB Southern Soul Rodeo 2024
Rachael Reed, Dec 24, 2024
Music - Follow Me (Club Mix)
Aly-Us
Strictly Tiefschwarz (DJ Edition - Unmixed)
-snip-
This rodeo gathering was held in Florence South Carolina.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 -Follow Me!!
@LinedancingwithTerressa, December 26, 2024
-snip-
Several commenters wrote that this line dance event occurred in Columbia, South Carolina.
Here are a few other comments from that video's discussion thread (with numbers added for referencing purposes only:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dwDV42rQcd0?si=CPdiw6bUrGMWen0V
All of these comments are from 2025.
1. @rbenitez6140
"I remember many years ago doing that dance to follow me at a
motorcycle club in Brooklyn. "
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2. @caralatise1706
"Looks like a cool Powwow dance ❤"
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3. @uprayup
"Let me get a fan!!! Flop! flop! flop! flop!"
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4. @heathermorris8840
"You better work"
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5. @CallieSpeakz
"WERK!!!! 👏🏽 🪭🪭🪭🪭🪭 Follow Me is THEE
house national anthem. 😊"
-snip-
The word "house" in this comment refers to that genre of music.
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6. @loribobson3237
"Alright now! Party"
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7. @token787
"I would have been behind the Cam shirt kickin it with him!"
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8. @doebaby6222
"Always a person that do too much 😂😂"
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9. @MarchellTurner-e5s
"I wish I could be there!!!!! Jam y'all ❤❤❤❤❤"
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