Honey Come Back (song)

"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.

"Honey Come Back"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album Try a Little Kindness
B-side"Where Do You Go"
ReleasedJanuary 1970
GenreCountry
Length3:00
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Jimmy Webb
Producer(s)Al DeLory
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"Try a Little Kindness"
(1969)
"Honey Come Back"
(1970)
"All I Have to Do Is Dream"
(1970)

Glen Campbell version

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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 Great American Country.

Chart performance

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The Peddlers version

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"Honey Come Back"
Song by The Peddlers
B-side"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
ReleasedJuly 1970 (1970-07)
LabelCBS BA 461288
The Peddlers singles chronology
"Girlie"
(1970)
"Honey Come Back"
(1970)
"Day in Day Out"
(1970)

In 1970 The Peddlers version became a hit in New Zealand.

Background

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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

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The song spent four weeks in the New Zealand chart in July, peaking at no. 8 on week two.[14]

Chart (1970) Peak
position
New Zealand (Listener)[15] 8

Later years

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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 Dorsey Burnette during his stint at Motown's country subsidiary Mel-o-dy. It was not issued at the time and only resurfaced in 2006, when it appeared on the compilation The Complete Motown Recordings 1964–1965. The first released version was by the Motown singer Chuck Jackson, whose single reached number 43 on the R&B charts in 1969. In December 1969, Don Ho also released it as a single.

Campbell's 1970 single was one of many recordings of the song that year – there were versions by:

References

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  1. ^ "Glen Campbell singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. ^ "RPM Country Singles for March 14, 1970". RPM. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 28 March 1970". Poparchives.com.au. 1970-03-28. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 2/28/70". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Audioculture, 4 Jun 2020 - Roy Phillips ny Murray Cammick, The Peddlers Give Birth
  10. ^ Popsike - The Peddlers Honey Come Back BA 461288 CBS
  11. ^ The Peddlers Website - How Cool Is Cool
  12. ^ Popsike - THE PEDDLERS - VERY BEST OF - CBS LP USA PRESSING EX
  13. ^ Gripsweat - THE PEDDLERS Very Best Of CBS SBP 473951 New Zealand Import Blues R&B Jazz LP EX
  14. ^ cHARTS.ORG.NZ - july 10, 1970 - july 31, 1970
  15. ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 20 July 1970
  16. ^ The Peddlers Website - How Cool Is Cool