Faith is a song by English singer and songwriter George Michael, who wrote and produced it. Columbia and Epic Records released it in October 1987 as the second single from his debut solo album, Faith. It was recorded between May and September 1987 at Puk Studios in Gjerlev, Denmark, and at Sarm West in London. The idea reportedly came from publisher Dick Leahy, who suggested that Michael write a rock and roll pastiche. The track is built on a two-bar LinnDrum loop and a Bo Diddley-style rhythm guitar part by Hugh Burns. Deon Estus played bass, and Chris Cameron played a cathedral organ sound on a Yamaha DX7. The song is in the key of B. Michael said it was meant to be a short album track and was extended with a guitar solo for the single release.
The song is described as rock and roll, rockabilly and folk-pop, with a Bo Diddley beat. It opens with a church organ that refers to Wham!'s "Freedom". The music video, directed by Andy Morahan, shows Michael in a leather jacket beside a jukebox. In the United States, "Faith" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks from 12 December 1987, and it was Billboard's number-one single of 1988. It reached number two in the United Kingdom and topped the charts in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the European Hot 100. It is ranked 322 on the Songs of the Century list (2001). It is certified 2x Platinum in the United Kingdom and Australia and Gold in the United States. Limp Bizkit covered it live in 1998, and the recording was released as a promotional single from Three Dollar Bill, Y'all$.
