Come Back Suzanne

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"Come Back Suzanne"
Single by Bill Wyman
from the album Bill Wyman
B-side "Seventeen"
ReleasedMarch 1982
Recorded1980
Genre New wave
Length3:23
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Bill Wyman
Producer(s) Chris Kimsey, Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman singles chronology
"(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star"
(1981)
"Come Back Suzanne"
(1982)
"A New Fashion"
(1982)

"Come Back Suzanne" is a song by Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones, released in 1982 as a single from his eponymous third solo studio album, through A&M Records. [1] He described it as "a little bit Stonesy. This one hasn't got any cockney French on it." [2]

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Donald Guarisco of AllMusic praised the song as one of the best on the album. He called it "a one-of-a-kind rock/disco/new wave hybrid that blends power chords with ethereal synth flourishes as Wyman delivers a tongue-in-cheek tale of lost love." [3] Susan Molloy of the Sydney Morning Herald considered its lyrics to be among Wyman's best and placed it as an album highlight. [4] Georgiy Starostin called "Come Back Suzanne" a "tongue-in-cheek disco parody (brilliant)." [5]

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Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [6] 12

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