Single:
Come Back Again entered the Australian singles chart* on 6 September 1971 and peaked at #3. The song was #45 on the Top 100 of 1971.
Album:
The song is on Daddy Who? Daddy Cool which entered the Australian albums chart* on 19 July 1971. It reached #1 on 30 August 1971 and remained on top for 7 weeks.
Songwriter:
Ross Wilson
Producer:
Robie Porter
Record label of Australian release:
Sparmac
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Ross Wilson said the song, “was based on a Sleepy John Estes feel. A A A then kick to D G D and ‘Zoop Bop’. I virtually wrote in my head in Darwin.” He later declared it his favourite Daddy Cool song. “I love Come Back Again because it’s so simple. It’s just eight bars repeated.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Back_Again
Australian Music History:
Daddy Cool recorded their first album which spawned the hits Come Back Again and Eagle Rock in a marathon two day session and the rest, as they say, is history.
Read more: australianmusichistory.com/daddy-cool/
Lyrics:
I’m mopin’ around
The streets late at night
I’m worried because
You ain’t treatin’ me right
Come back again
I’m just crazy ’bout you babe
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