Do n't Follow - Wikipedia Do n't Follow `` Do n't Follow '' Single by Alice in Chains from the album Jar of Flies Released October 1994 Format CD Recorded September 7 -- 14, 1993 at London Bridge Studio in Seattle, Washington Genre Acoustic rock, alternative rock Length 4 : 22 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Jerry Cantrell Producer ( s ) Alice in Chains, Toby Wright Alice in Chains singles chronology `` I Stay Away '' ( 1994 ) `` Do n't Follow '' ( 1994 ) `` Grind '' ( 1995 ) `` I Stay Away '' ( 1994 ) `` Do n't Follow '' ( 1994 ) `` Grind '' ( 1995 ) Jar of Flies track listing `` Whale & Wasp '' ( Track 3 ) `` Do n't Follow '' ( Track 4 ) `` Swing on This '' ( Track 7 ) `` Do n't Follow '' is a song by American rock band Alice in Chains. It is the third single from the studio EP Jar of Flies, released in 1994 through Columbia Records. The single reached No. 25 on Billboard 's Mainstream Rock Tracks and spent seven weeks on the chart. Contents 1 Composition 2 Release and reception 3 Personnel 4 Chart positions 5 References 6 External links Composition The song is very melancholic and soft ; this is largely due to the lack of electrically amplified instruments -- replaced by the gentle wail of a harmonica, and especially the lack of a rhythm section during the first half of the song. Lead guitarist / vocalist Jerry Cantrell sings during most of the song except the bridge, which vocalist Layne Staley sings. Bassist Mike Inez, Randy Biro and Jerry Cantrell 's guitar tech Darrell Peters sang backing vocals for the second part of the song. Release and reception `` Do n't Follow '' was released as a single in October 1994, and peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the week of December 3, 1994. Ned Raggett of Allmusic called the song `` one of the best '' by Alice in Chains, referred to Cantrell 's vocals on the song as `` some of his best work ever, '' and said that the song `` finds the band at its most calm, reflective, and gently warming. '' Personnel Jerry Cantrell -- lead vocals, guitars Layne Staley -- backing vocals, co-lead vocals Mike Inez -- bass, backing vocals Sean Kinney -- drums, percussion David Atkinson -- harmonica Randy Biro -- backing vocals Darrell Peters -- backing vocals Chart positions Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position US Mainstream Rock Tracks 25 References ^ Jump up to : `` Mainstream Rock Songs - The Week of October 29, 1994 ''. Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Alice in Chains `` Do n't Follow '' Chart History -- Mainstream Rock ``. Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Dusting ' Em Off : Alice in Chains -- Jar of Flies ''. Consequence of Sound. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2017. Jump up ^ de Sola, David ( August 4, 2015 ). Alice in Chains : The Untold Story. Thomas Dunne Books. p. 209. ISBN 1250048079. Jump up ^ Raggett, Ned. `` Do n't Follow ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2009 - 02 - 27. External links Review of `` Do n't Follow '' at Allmusic Alice in Chains Jerry Cantrell Sean Kinney Mike Inez William DuVall Layne Staley Mike Starr Studio albums Facelift Dirt Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here Rainier Fog Extended plays We Die Young Sap Jar of Flies Live albums Unplugged Live Live Facelift Compilations Nothing Safe : Best of the Box Music Bank Greatest Hits The Essential Alice in Chains Video albums Live Facelift The Nona Tapes Unplugged Music Bank : The Videos Electronic Press Kits ( EPKs ) The Nona Tapes Black Gives Way to Blue AIC 23 Related Articles Discography List of songs List of awards and nominations Bands Neon Christ Sleze Alice N ' Chains No Walls Mad Season Madfly Class of ' 99 Comes with the Fall Spys4Darwin Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Book Alice in Chains singles discography Facelift `` We Die Young '' `` Man in the Box '' `` Bleed the Freak '' `` Sea of Sorrow '' Sap `` Got Me Wrong '' Dirt `` Would ? '' `` Them Bones '' `` Angry Chair '' `` Rooster '' `` Down in a Hole '' Jar of Flies `` No Excuses '' `` I Stay Away '' `` Do n't Follow '' Alice in Chains `` Grind '' `` Heaven Beside You '' `` Again '' MTV Unplugged `` Over Now '' Black Gives Way to Blue `` A Looking in View '' `` Check My Brain '' `` Your Decision '' `` Lesson Learned '' The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here `` Hollow '' `` Stone '' `` Voices '' Rainier Fog `` The One You Know '' `` So Far Under '' Other singles `` What the Hell Have I '' `` Get Born Again '' `` Fear the Voices '' `` Tears '' Other songs `` Sunshine '' `` Hate to Feel '' `` Nutshell '' `` Died '' `` Black Gives Way to Blue '' `` Phantom Limb '' This 1990s rock song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote don't follow by alice in chains
Answer: Jerry Cantrell