"I Will Follow Him", first recorded by Paola Neri, is also a song recorded by Little Peggy March. The music was written by Franck Pourcel (using the pseudonym J.W. Stole) and Paul Mauriat (using the pseudonym Del Roma). It was adapted by Arthur Altman. The English lyrics were translated by Norman Gimbel. 　　The song is a translation of the French language tune "Chariot" (lyrics by Jacques Plante) recorded a year earlier by Petula Clark, which hit #1 in France and #8 in Belgium and earned Clark a gold record (Clark's Italian ("Sul Mio Carro"; #4) and German ("Cheerio"; #6) recordings of the song were also major hits). Her English version, released by Pye in the UK and by Laurie in the USA was no success. 　　In Italy three versions of the song were in the charts (translated/adapted by Vito Pallavicini and Bruno Pallesi): One recorded by Betty Curtis (highest position: #3), another version by Petula Clark (#4) and the Franck Pourcel version 　　In 1994, the Spanish singer Raphael released a Spanish version of the song titled "La Tierra" (meaning 'The Earth'). Raphael performed the song in his tours with remarkable success until 1999.