Come Running Back

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"Come Running Back"
Single by Dean Martin
from the album The Hit Sound of Dean Martin
B-side "Bouquet of Roses"
Released 1966
Genre Pop
Length2:05
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s) Dick Glasser
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin singles chronology
"Somewhere There's a Someone"
(1966)
"Come Running Back"
(1966)
"Bouquet of Roses"
(1966)

"Come Running Back" is a song written by Dick Glasser, which was released in 1966 by Dean Martin. The song spent 7 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 35, [1] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart. [2] [3] In Canada, the song reached No. 74 on the RPM 100 [4] and No. 16 on the CHUM Hit Parade. [5]

The song was ranked No. 35 on Billboard's ranking of "Top Easy Listening Singles" of 1966. [6]

Chart performance

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10035
US Billboard Easy Listening4
Canada - RPM 10074
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade16

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References

  1. Dean Martin - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed September 12, 2016.
  2. Dean Martin - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed September 12, 2016.
  3. "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard , June 11, 1966. p. 20. Accessed September 12, 2016.
  4. "RPM 100", RPM Weekly , Volume 5, No. 19, July 04, 1966. Accessed September 12, 2016.
  5. "CHUM Hit Parade - Week of June 20, 1966". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved September 13, 2016. Chart No. 485.
  6. "Top Easy Listening Singles", Billboard , December 24, 1966. p. 35. Accessed September 12, 2016.