"Where You Lead" is a song written in 1970 by Carole King

Carole King

Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...

 and Toni Stern.

It first appeared on King's bestselling Tapestry album in January 1971. The song was inspired from the Book of Ruth

Book of Ruth

The Book of Ruth is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, or Old Testament. In the Jewish canon the Book of Ruth is included in the third division, or the Writings . In the Christian canon the Book of Ruth is placed between Judges and 1 Samuel...

, where it says: "Where thou lead, I shall follow".

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...

 recorded the song for her August 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand

Barbra Joan Streisand (album)

Barbra Joan Streisand is an album by Barbra Streisand, released in August, 1971 on Columbia Records.- Chart and sale :The album reached #11 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart and was certified Gold by the RIAA.-Track listing:Side One:...

, with a single just reaching "hit" status. In 1972, she released a live recording of the song on her album Live Concert at the Forum

Live Concert at the Forum

Live Concert at the Forum is the second live album by Barbra Streisand. The album was recorded at a live concert at The Forum in Los Angeles on April 15, 1972, in front of an audience of 18,000 people. The concert was a fundraiser for Senator George McGovern's presidential campaign...

, and it once again became a minor hit.

Carole King re-recorded "Where You Lead" for the popular 2000s television series Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...

with her daughter Louise Goffin

Louise Goffin

Louise Lynn Goffin is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Signed by record executive Lenny Waronker to Dreamworks in 1999, Louise released her critically acclaimed CD Sometimes a Circle on Dreamworks in 2002...

. The song was used as the series's theme song.

On King's 2005 album, Love Makes the World - Deluxe Edition, she re-recorded the song with Louise Goffin. Here it was titled "Where You Lead I Will Follow". The song appears on the subsequent 2005 live album The Living Room Tour

The Living Room Tour

The Living Room Tour is a live album by Carole King released in 2005. It consists of live recordings of most of the songs from Tapestry. Her daughters Louise and Sherry and background singer and guitarist Gary Burr joined her on several songs. This album debuted at #17 in the US, becoming King's...

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King performed the song with James Taylor

James Taylor

James Vernon Taylor is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, Taylor was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2000....

 on many of the shows on their joint 2010 Troubadour Reunion Tour

Troubadour Reunion Tour

The Troubadour Reunion Tour was a 2010 international concert tour by Carole King and James Taylor. It celebrated the 40th anniversary of their first performance together at The Troubadour in November 1970, and was a continuation of their reunion at the Troubadour in November 2007.-History:The tour...

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Charts

Artist	Year	US Hot 100	US AC	Album	Notes
Barbra Streisand	1971	40	3	Barbra Joan Streisand
Barbra Streisand	1972	37	15	Live Concert at the Forum	With "Sweet Inspiration"