Coming Home (Leon Bridges song)

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"Coming Home"
Leon Bridges - Coming Home single cover.jpg
Single by Leon Bridges
from the album Coming Home
B-side "Better Man" [1]
ReleasedFebruary 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) [2]
Recorded2015 (2015)
Genre Soul, R&B, doo wop
Length3:36
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Niles City Sound [4]
Leon Bridges singles chronology
"Coming Home"
(2015)
"Smooth Sailin'"
(2015)
Music video
"Coming Home" on YouTube

"Coming Home" is a song co-written [3] and performed by American rhythm and blues singer Leon Bridges, issued as the first single from his debut studio album of the same name. The song peaked at number seven on the Billboard Triple A chart in 2015. [5] In 2022 the song was featured in a McDonald's advert. [6]

Contents

Live performances

Bridges performed "Coming Home" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on June 22, 2015. [7] [8] On August 5, he performed the song on Conan . [9]

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Chip Tompkins. [10] The music video was released on March 3, 2015, and as of August 2022, has over 32 million views. [11]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Platinum80,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United States (RIAA) [17] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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