Faith (song)

Faith is the title of a song written, recorded and released by British recording artist George Michael. The song was initially released as a single in October 1987 and subsequently featured on the album of the same name released a few weeks later.

The intro to the track references the Wham! track Freedom, played on an organ. The style of the rest of the song copies a more traditional rock n roll style.

Single release
7", 12" and cassette single versions were released on 12 October 1987 entering th UK singles chart at no.10 on 20 October 1987, reaching a peak position of no.2 a week later kept off the top spot by the Bee Gees' You Win Again. It remained in second position for a second week, outsold again by the Bee Gees single. Only the promo video was featured on Top of the Pops.

In the US, howver, the single reached the no.1 position on the Hot 100 in December, knocking Belinda Carlisle's Heaven Is A Place On Earth of the top spot, and remained there for four consecutive weeks, eventually ousted by Whitney Houston's So Emotional.

Tracklisting
7" UK EPIC EMU 3 / US Columbia 38-07623


 * A. Faith
 * B. Hand to Mouth

- both 12" issues feature Faith Instrumental as bonus track on the B side.

- UK cassette single EMUC 3 featured all three tracks duplicated on both sides.