[4] The song was first recorded by Franck Pourcel as an instrumental, and was released in 1961 on the European LP Amour, Danse, Et Violons.
[5] In 1963, Percy Faith released an instrumental version, re-titled "I Will Follow You", as the lead song on side 1 of his album entitled Themes for Young Lovers.
[9][10][11] In 1962, Petula Clark released a French-language version of the song, entitled "Chariot" (lyrics by Jacques Plante),[3] which reached No.
[33] In 2011, Peggy March re-recorded "I Will Follow Him" with Dutch singer José Hoebee (who covered this song and reached the number-one spot in the Netherlands and Belgium in 1982).
In Italy three versions of the song were in the charts in 1963 (translated/adapted by Vito Pallavicini and Bruno Pallesi): One recorded by Betty Curtis (highest position: No.
[45] In 1963, Italian singer Ennio Sangiusto released a version of the song "Chariot (La Tierra)", which reached No.
[46] In 1963, Argentine singer Alberto Cortez released a version of the song "La Tierra (Chariot)", which reached No.
[37] Ricky Nelson recorded a cover for his 1963 album For Your Sweet Love, changing the title and lyrics to "I Will Follow You".
[50] In 1982, Dutch singer José Hoebee (former member of the girl band Luv') released a hit cover of the song, which reached No.
The song was published by the comedy troupe KLM as Brødrene Dal as the B-side of "Gaus, Roms Og Brumund" (PolyGram 2052 206)[55][56] and on the LP record Spektralplate (Polydor 2382 135) in 1982.
A music video remake was released by Norges Bank in 2017 to mark the introduction of the new 200 krone banknote that features a cod on the obverse side.
[57] The song is featured at the end of the 1992 film Sister Act, where it was performed by the nuns' chorus for the Pope with Whoopi Goldberg's character as the lead singer.
[58] In 2000, Cynthia Patag, Nanette Inventor, Malou de Guzman, Beverly Salviejo and Pinky Marquez performed the interactive version of the song at the end of the musical episode of Wansapanataym, "Bata-Okey".