If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?

"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" is a song by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in May 1981 as the lead single from their third studio album Cats & Dogs. The song peaked at number 4 on the Kent Music Report.[1]

"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Cats & Dogs
B-side"Assault And Flattery"
ReleasedMay 1981 (Aus)
Length3:12
LabelRegular Records
Songwriter(s)Martin Plaza
Producer(s)Russell Dunlop, Bruce Brown
Mental As Anything singles chronology
"(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet"
(1980)
"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
(1981)
"Too Many Times"
(1981)
Music video
"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" on YouTube

At the 1981 Countdown Music Awards, the song won Best Australian Single.[2]

Reception

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Junkee Media described it as, "a gonzo anti-break-up song with a melody line as big and gaudy as one of Jeff Koons' flower dogs, is a cartoon in and of itself. It’s the kind of thing you'd expect to see scribbled on the side of a wall, rather than playing on the radio. And that's its genius."[3]

Track listing

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Regular Records (K 8305)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"Martin Plaza2:16
2."Assault And Flattery"Reg Mombassa2:45

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4][5] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 16

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
Chart (1981) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 39

References

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  1. ^ Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? at Australian Music Database
  2. ^ "Australian Music Awards". users.ncable.net.au. Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  3. ^ Joseph Earp. "The 200 Greatest Australian Songs Of All Time, Part Two". Junkee.
  4. ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Mental As Anything – If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 December 2022.