Description

While solo success has been relatively elusive, he did score a minor hit in 1987 with “Follow You,” a track off his Heroes & Zeros album, which peaked at No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up releases have been less successful.

In 1989, Burtnik performed the song “Not So Far Away” for the film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

• Heroes and Zeroes was Glen Burtnik’s second solo album, and his last before replacing Tommy Shaw in Styx. A New Jersey rocker, he shared the club stage with Bruce Springsteen and was offered a spot in Bon Jovi, which he turned down to pursue his solo career. “Follow You” was the closest he came to a hit – he sang it on the show Solid Gold, but it never cracked the Top-40. Most of Glen’s commercial success came as a songwriter, as he composed tracks for John Waite, Patty Smyth, Randy Travis, Lita Ford and many others.
• In our interview with Glen Burtnik, he said of this song: “I sat down with a guy named Jack Ponti and we wrote it together. I liked the idea of writing about both faith AND love, and being that I was married at the time to a Christian, I was aware of and exploring the idea of faith. It got cut by a couple of Christian rockers, which is flattering, but a lot of people assumed it meant I’m a Christian, which I’m not. Not that it’s a bad thing…”

Glen Burtnick Follow You
Label: A&M Records U.S.A
Catalog#: AM 2968
Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Melodic Hard Rock / A.O.R

Tracklist
A Follow You (Edited Version) 3:42
B Walls Came Down 3:45

1987 live (TV show):

Rare. Glen Burtnick a singer/songwriter born and raised in New Jersey, became a regular part of the Asbury Park music scene during the early eighties. Glen often shared the stage at the Stone Pony with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny, Little Steven Van Zandt and Jon Bon Jovi. It is a known fact that Bon Jovi asked Glen to join his new band before their runaway international success during the 1984-86 period. As the story goes, Burtnick declined, Bon Jovi, well.. the rest is history as they say. In the meantime, Burtnick managed to secure a solo artist deal with A&M Records, culminating in the release of two melodic rock classics Talking In Code and Heroes & Zeros. This pair are considered to be compulsory items for the melodic rock collector. Both feature an array of talent. AOR legends Dann Huff, Alan Pasqua, Steve Smith and Neal Schon all chipped in.

covered by Robin Beck [ album “UNDERNEATH” Release date 2013] :