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"Baby Come Back" is a song by the British-American rock band Player. It was released in late 1977 as the lead single from their 1977 self-titled debut album, and was the breakthrough single for the band, gaining them mainstream success, hitting #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #10 on the R&B charts in 1978. Their biggest hit single, the song was written and performed by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley, the founders of Player.

"Baby Come Back"
Side A of the US single
Single by Player
from the album Player
B-side	"Love Is Where You Find It"
Released	October 13, 1977 (1977-10-13)
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	3:28 (Single Version) 4:15 (Album Version)
Label	RSO (UK & Nor. Am.) Philips (intl.)
Songwriter(s)	Peter Beckett J.C. Crowley
Producer(s)	Dennis Lambert Brian Potter
Player singles chronology
"Baby Come Back" (1977) "This Time I'm in It for Love" (1977)
Alternative image
Side A of the UK single

As reported on the American Top 40 replay broadcast of November 5, 1977, "Baby Come Back" was written after two of the band members had broken up with their girlfriends.

Personnel

• Peter Beckett – lead vocals and backing vocals, electric guitar
• J.C. Crowley – acoustic piano, electric piano and backing vocals
• Ronn Moss – bass and backing vocals
• John Friesen – drums, maracas and congas

additional personnel

• Wayne Cook – synthesizers, clavinet and electric piano

Cover versions

Lisa Stansfield, in 1997, released the song as a bonus track on the Japanese version of her self-titled album.

Alternative rock band Lazlo Bane, in 2007, covered the song for their covers album Guilty Pleasures.[2]^{[better source needed]}

In 2018, Australian band Ocean Alley included it as part of the "Like a Version" segment on the Australian radio station Triple J. The cover reached #16 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2018^{[citation needed]} and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[3]

Uses in other media

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In 2011, it was the source of a parody by Chicago artist, Magic 1, entitled "Cutty Come Back", which alludes to the Chicago Bears' woes without quarterback Jay Cutler.[4][5]

The song is also used in the Michael Bay blockbuster Transformers, when the Autobot Bumblebee communicates with its new owner Sam Witwicky through songs on the radio. In this case, after an incident with the girl he is attracted to, Mikaela, gets out of the car and Sam tries to persuade her to "come back". The lyrics of the song are expected to accomplish this desire, as laid out by the filmmakers, though it is unlikely given the context that she would actually come back anyway.

Actress/singer Vanessa Hudgens sampled the song for her 2006 debut single "Come Back to Me", from her debut album V.

In The Simpsons episode "Homer Alone", when Homer calls the "Department of Missing Babies" after losing Maggie, the hold music is a newly recorded version of the song, by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley.

This song was sung by Hank Hill and Elroy "Lucky" Kleinschmidt in the Point After Lounge in the "Church Hopping" episode of King of the Hill.

The song was sung by Steve Smith (Scott Grimes) in the American Dad! episode "The Unbrave One".

In a May 2014 episode of General Hospital, precocious Spencer Cassadine attempted to woo back Emma Scorpio-Drake by hiring Player to perform the song at the Nurses Ball. Spencer's great-grandmother Lesley Webber was supposedly a groupie of the band in the 1970s.

In 2016, Peter Beckett performed a parody "Brady Come Back" on The Herd with Colin Cowherd about the return of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady from suspension.

In 2018, Rapper Yung Gravy sampled the song in his single "Cheryl"

In 2022 this song is played in the movie "Black Adam"

Chart performance

References

Bibliography

• Joel Whitburn's Presents Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004, 2004, Record Research Inc., ISBN 978-0898201604

External links

• Player - Baby Come Back on YouTube

На других языках

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- [en] Baby Come Back (Player song)

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[es] Baby Come Back

«Baby Come Back» —en español: «Nena, regresa»— es una canción interpretada por la banda estadounidense de rock Player, que se publicó el 13 de octubre de 1977 por las discográficas RSO y Philips para promocionar su álbum debut homónimo Player editado ese mismo año y fue el primer sencillo del grupo. El tema, además de contener los conocidos riffs de guitarra distorsionada, está construido por una instrumentación que incluye sintetizadores, pianos (acústico y eléctrico), clavinet, bajo y batería. Los encargados de la producción fueron Dennis Lambert y Brian Potter.[1]

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