Baby Come Back Baby Come Back to Me

1966 unmarried by the Equals

"Infant, Come up Back"
One of side labels of the Britain single
Unmarried by The Equals
from the anthology Baby Come Back
B-side	"Concur Me Closer"
Released	1966 (1966)
Recorded	1966
Genre	Stone and roll, beat
Length	2:37
Characterization	President PT 135[1]
Songwriter(s)	Eddy Grant[1]
Producer(due south)	Ed Kassner[i]
Audio
"Baby, Come Dorsum" on YouTube

"Infant, Come Dorsum" is a vocal past the English ring The Equals from their 1967 album Unequalled Equals. Written by Boil Grant, the song was originally released as a B-side in 1966 and was later released as a single in continental Europe before existence released as a single in the U.k. in 1968. "Baby, Come Back" charted in multiple countries, including no. i in the Belgian, Rhodesian, and UK charts in 1967 and 1968.

The vocal has influences from Motown and ska. In the 1990s, Pato Banton and London Boys recorded cover versions of "Baby, Come Back" that were hits in their ain right; Banton's version reached no. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1994.

The Equals version [edit]

Groundwork and composition [edit]

The Equals were a group from N London, England formed in 1965 whose music was said to fuse popular, blues, ska, and beat.^[two]

"Babe, Come Back" has a 4/4 time signature compared to Motown and a beat driven past three guitars. Towards the cease of the song, the band beatboxes in the style of ska.^[3]

Release [edit]

The song was first released in 1966 as a B-side to "Hold Me Closer".^[4] However, afterward impressive sales in the remainder of Europe (it reached the pinnacle 10 in Belgium and the netherlands^[five]) the song was re-issued in the United kingdom on i May 1968 and was no.i on the UK Singles Nautical chart for three consecutive weeks get-go nine July 1968.^{[half dozen]} In all the song stayed in the Britain Superlative 75 for eighteen weeks.^[6] In the U.S., the song charted at no. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 28 September 1968 and was the Equals' simply track to chart in the U.South. top forty.^{[7] [8]}

Eddy Grant himself released a new version of the song in 1984, 1985 and 1989,^[nine] without much impact on the charts.

Nautical chart performance [edit]

Chart (1967–68)	Top position
Australia (Become-Set Top 40)[ten]	11
Kingdom of belgium (Ultratop Flemish region)[11]	one
Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)	3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12]	9
France (SNEP)[13]	2
Ireland (IRMA)[14]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Acme 40)[xv]	6
Netherlands (Unmarried Top 100)[16]	6
Norway (VG-lista)[17]	4
Rhodesia (Lyons Maid Hits of the Week)[18]	1
Due south Africa (Springbok SA Acme 20)[xix]	ane
Britain Singles (OCC)[twenty]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[21]	32
US Cashbox Top 100[22]	26
West Germany (Official German Charts[23]	11

Disquisitional reception [edit]

For allmusic, Steve Leggett chosen the song "impossibly tricky."^[24] In a 2006 review, Freaky Trigger chosen the song an "excellent pop rails that happens to have been made by a mixed-race, mixed-birthplace British-Caribbean band."^[3]

In his 2005 book Turn the Beat Effectually: The Rise and Fall of Disco, Peter Shapiro wrote that "Baby, Come up Dorsum" was "a big influence on disco."^[25]

Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40 version [edit]

"Babe Come Dorsum"
Unmarried by Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell
Released	xix September 1994 (1994-09-19) [26]
Recorded	1994
Genre	Reggae, ska
Length	3:55
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Eddy Grant
Producer(due south)	Susan Stoker, Michael Railton
Pato Banton singles chronology
"Come Again" (1988) "Babe Come Back" (1994) "This Cowboy Vocal" (1995)

The song was covered past Pato Banton in 1994 who was joined by Robin and Ali Campbell of UB40. This version was different from the original in that it was in a more conventional, commercial reggae style and Banton added his own verses betwixt the Campbells singing the original hook and chorus. The song was a number-one hit unmarried in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.^{[27] [28]} It was released on 19 September 1994 and entered the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 1 Oct 1994 at number 16 and reached number one on its fifth week on the chart, where information technology stayed for iv weeks.^[27] It was the fourth biggest selling unmarried of 1994 in the UK.^[29] In New Zealand, the vocal entered the chart on thirty Oct 1994 at number iii, and then rose to number ii the following calendar week, earlier beginning a four-week reign at number one from xiii November to four December 1994.^[28] Co-ordinate to Virgin Records, nearly 750,000 copies were sold as of March 1995.^[30]

Disquisitional reception [edit]

Music writer James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK nautical chart commentary, "The new version is to be honest not half bad with toasting from newcomer Pato Banton and singing supplied by Ali and Robin Campbell from UB40, following Bitty McLean as the 2d protege they take helped into the charts. Easily a hit then and a possible contender for a Superlative 10 placing."^[31] Alan Jones from Music Week gave it 3 out of five. He added, "A remake of the old Equal' hitting, updated and reggafied by Banton in a jittery ska way, with vocal support from UB40's Campbell brothers Ali and Robin. A happy sound, and a pocket-size hit."^[32]

Rail listing [edit]

U.k. CD single

1. "Infant Come up Back" - 3:52
2. "Babe Come Back" (Dub) - 6:03
3. "Niceness" (Live) - 5:xl
4. "Gwarn!" (New Version) four:21

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

London Boys version [edit]

"Baby Come up Dorsum"
Unmarried by London Boys
from the album Dearest 4 Unity
B-side	"Baby Come up Back" (Instrumental)
Released	1993 (1993)
Genre	Europop synthpop disco
Length	iii:24
Label	EastWest
Songwriter(southward)	Eddy Grant
Producer(s)	Ralf René Maué
London Boys singles chronology
"Moonraker" (1992) "Baby Come Back" (1993) "Gospel Train to London" (1995)

"Infant Come Back" is the kickoff 1993 single from Europop duo London Boys. The single was produced by Ralf René Maué.^[55] The single was released in Germany and Austria, peaking at #27 in Republic of austria.

This was the last unmarried under the London Boys name with the adjacent and last two singles beingness under the name "The New London Boys".

Formats and track listings [edit]

7" unmarried

1. "Babe Come up Back" - iii:24
2. "Baby Come up Back (Instrumental)" - 3:23

12" unmarried #1

1. "Infant Come Back (Delight Come Home Extended Version)" - half dozen:05
2. "Infant Come Back (Cavallino 12" Remix Rapino Brothers)" - five:06
3. "Babe Come Back (Affinity Tranceuro Remix)" - 5:38

12" single #2

1. "Infant Come Back (Teryiaky with the Rapino Bros Club Mix)" - half-dozen:25
2. "Babe Come up Back (Teryiaky Instrumental)" - half-dozen:28
3. "Baby Come Dorsum (Rapino 12" Pocketbook Mix)" - 5:20
4. "Baby Come Back (Affinity Tranceuro Mix)" - 5:xl

CD unmarried #1

1. "Baby Come Back (Radio Edit)" - 3:24
2. "Baby Come up Back (Please Come up Dwelling house Mix Extended Version)" - 5:29
3. "Baby Come Back (Cavallino 12" Remix Rapino Brothers)" - 5:06
4. "Infant Come Back (Affinity Tranceuro Remix)" - five:38
5. "Bob Marley (Reggae Reggae Rasta Rasta)" - 2:10

CD single #2

1. "Baby Come Back (Original Version)" - 3:24
2. "Baby Come Back (Rapino 7" Handbag Mix)" - 3:25
3. "Babe Come Back (Teryiaky with the Rapino Bros Order Mix)" - half dozen:25
4. "Baby Come up Dorsum (Rapino 12" Purse Mix)" - five:20
5. "Baby Come Dorsum (Affinity Tranceuro Mix)" - v:40

Charts [edit]

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Summit 40)[56]	27

Personnel [edit]

• Edem Ephraim - vocals
• Dennis Fuller - choreographer, bankroll vocals
• Ralf René Maué - writer, producer
• The Rapino Brothers - remixes

Other cover versions [edit]

"Infant Come up Back" has been covered past many artists, including:

• Geno Washington (single from That's Why Hollywood Loves Me, 1979),^[57]
• Tight Fit (Dorsum to the sixty'south, 1981),^[58]
• Bonnie Raitt (Green Light, 1982),^[59]
• Elektric Music (B-side to the single "Crosstalk", 1992),^[threescore] Chyp-Notic (I Can't Go Plenty, 1992),^[61]
• Jay Ferguson
• Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings (Jukebox, 2007).^[62]
• Kontra [fi], in Finnish titled as "Edes takas" (trans.Moog Konttinen [fi]) on their debut album Ei kontrollia (Love Records LRLP 258) in 1977.^[63]
• A live version by Phil Seymour appears on his In Concert! anthology (Fuel Music Group)^{[64] [65]}

See also [edit]

• List of number-1 singles from the 1960s (UK)
• List of number-one singles from the 1990s (UK)

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External links [edit]

• "Baby, Come Back" lyrics on Musixmatch

Baby Come Back Baby Come Back to Me

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby,_Come_Back_(The_Equals_song)

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