Come Back My Love

"Come Back My Love" is a song by American doo-wop group The Wrens, released in 1955 by Rama Records. The song is best known for the version by the British doo-wop revival band Darts in 1978, which peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

"Come Back My Love"
Single by The Wrens
B-side	"Beggin' for Love"
Released	January 1955 (1955-01)
Recorded	21 November 1954 (1954-11-21)
Studio	Columbia Recording Studio, New York City
Genre	Doo-wop[1] pop[1]
Length	2:35
Label	Rama
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Mansfield
The Wrens singles chronology
"Love's Something That's Made For Two" (1954) "Come Back My Love" (1955) "Hey Girl" (1955)

The song was originally released in January 1955, titled "(Will You) Come Back My Love". However, the title was soon shortened and released as "Come Back My Love". In February, the single was then re-released with a different flip side, "Eleven Roses".^[3][4] The song achieved some local popularity in New York and is seen as the group's signature song.^[5]

Darts version

"Come Back My Love"
Single by Darts
from the album Darts
B-side	"Naff Off"
Released	January 1978 (1978-01)
Genre	Doo-wop revival
Length	2:28 3:03 (album version)
Label	Magnet
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Mansfield
Producer(s)	Richard Hartley Tommy Boyce
Darts singles chronology
"Daddy Cool" / "The Girl Can't Help It" (1977) "Come Back My Love" (1978) "The Boy from New York City" (1978)

Darts released their cover of the song in January 1978 as the second and final single from their 1977 debut album Darts.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6]	6
Europe (Europarade Top 40)[7]	8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8]	17
France (IFOP)[9]	52
Ireland (IRMA)[10]	7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11]	4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]	5
UK Singles (OCC)[2]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	55
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14]	36
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15]	25
UK Singles[16]	20

Other recordings and samples

• In June 1955, R&B group The Cardinals released a cover of the song as their eighth single.
• In 1989, Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers sampled the song in "Hopping Mad" from their album Jive Bunny: The Album.
• In 1992, Dutch singer Gerard Joling covered the song as a non-album single, which reached number 48 on the Dutch Single Top 100.^[17]
• In 1999, British band The Firebirds covered the song on their album Let's Go.
• An instrumental version of the song was the last recorded song to have played in the Austin J. Tobin Plaza of the World Trade Center during the attacks of September 11, 2001, just before the collapse of the South Tower.^[18]
• In 2010, British-Irish doo-wop boy band The Overtones covered the song on their debut album Good Ol' Fashioned Love.

References

1. Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 608. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
2. "Darts: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
3. The Wrens - Come Back My Love, retrieved September 9, 2020
4. Come Back My Love / Eleven Roses by The Wrens, retrieved September 9, 2020
5. "The Wrens | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
6. "Darts – Come Back My Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
7. "The Europarade - 1976 to 1979". UKMIX Forums. August 7, 2008. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
8. Timo (August 13, 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit D - DCX". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
9. "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque artiste commençant par D". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
10. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Come Back My Love". Irish Singles Chart.
11. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Darts" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
12. "Darts – Come Back My Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
13. "Jaaroverzichten 1978". Ultratop. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
14. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978". www.top40.nl. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
15. "Jaaroverzichten - Single 1978". www.dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
16. Scaping, Peter, ed. (1979). "Top 200 Singles in 1978". BPI Year Book 1979 (4th ed.). London, England: The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp. 186–89. ISBN 0-906154-02-2.
17. Hung, Steffen. "Gerard Joling - Come Back My Love". hitparade.ch. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
18. "NIST WTC Website: 498-WTCI-433-I ("WNYW NIST Dub #1" Tape, Enhanced Audio)" Footage by Jack Taliercio - YouTube