Honey Come Back (song)
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"Honey Come Back" is a song written by Jimmy Webb, and recorded by the American country music artist Glen Campbell. It would become a major hit for him.
Glen Campbell version
It was released in January 1970 as the second single from his album Try a Little Kindness. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
A video was produced for the song, featuring Campbell sitting by a fireplace composing a letter – presumably of his thoughts and feelings for his girlfriend, who has left him. The video has aired on
Chart performance
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The Peddlers version
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| B-side | "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | |||
| Released | July 1970 | |||
| Label | CBS BA 461288 | |||
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In 1970 The Peddlers version became a hit in New Zealand.
Background
Following on from their success in New Zealand with Backed with "Girlie", The Peddlers released their take on "Honey Come Back".[9] Backed with "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", it was released on a single, CBS BA 461288 in New Zealand in 1970.[10][11] The song appears on the New Zealand issued compilation, The Very Best of the Peddlers, released on CBS SBP 473951.[12][13]
Chart
The song spent four weeks in the New Zealand chart in July, peaking at no. 8 on week two.[14]
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand (Listener)[15] | 8 |
Later years
The song was not included on the How Cool Is Cool ... The Complete CBS Recordings CD compilation. However the compilation did include two previously unreleased songs, "Say No More" and "Some of This Some of That".[16]
Versions by other artists
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The song was first recorded in 1965 by singer
Campbell's 1970 single was one of many recordings of the song that year – there were versions by:
- Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head)
- Patti Page (on the album Honey Come Back)
- David Rogers (on the album A World Called You)
- Ray Conniff and The Singers (on the album Bridge Over Troubled Water)
- Roy Drusky (on the album I'll Make Amends)
- Lynn Anderson (on the album Stay There 'Til I Get There)
- Bill Anderson (on his album Love is a Sometimes Thing)
- Jimmy Ruffin (on his album The Groove Governor; it also appeared as a B-side on a 1971 single)
- Junior Walker & the All-Stars (on their album A Gassssssssss!)
- Sandler & Youngon their album, also entitled Honey Come Back)
- Peggy Sue (on her album All American Husband).
- LeBrón Brothers(on their album Salsa y Control with the song title of "Regresa a mí") .
References
- Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Singles for March 14, 1970". RPM. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 28 March 1970". Poparchives.com.au. 1970-03-28. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 2/28/70". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Audioculture, 4 Jun 2020 - Roy Phillips ny Murray Cammick, The Peddlers Give Birth
- ^ Popsike - The Peddlers Honey Come Back BA 461288 CBS
- ^ The Peddlers Website - How Cool Is Cool
- ^ Popsike - THE PEDDLERS - VERY BEST OF - CBS LP USA PRESSING EX
- ^ Gripsweat - THE PEDDLERS Very Best Of CBS SBP 473951 New Zealand Import Blues R&B Jazz LP EX
- ^ cHARTS.ORG.NZ - july 10, 1970 - july 31, 1970
- ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 20 July 1970
- ^ The Peddlers Website - How Cool Is Cool
