Coming Home Soldier

"Coming Home Soldier"
Single by Bobby Vinton
from the album Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits
B-side	"Don't Let My Mary Go Round"
Released	October 17. 1966
Recorded	October 4, 1966
Genre	Pop music
Length	2:29
Label	Epic Records
Songwriters	Bobby Vinton & Gene Allan [1]
Producer	Robert Mersey [2]
Bobby Vinton singles chronology
"Petticoat White (Summer Sky Blue)" (1966) "Coming Home Soldier" (1966) "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (1967)

"Coming Home Soldier" is a song co-written and sung by Bobby Vinton, which he released in 1966. The song is a sequel to Vinton's previous hit "Mr. Lonely," sung from the perspective of a man who is returning home to the girl he loves, after having fought in a war overseas, and has survived without serious injury ("no Purple Heart"). The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11, ^[3] while reaching No. 29 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, ^[4] and No. 89 on Canada's RPM 100. ^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1966-1967)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	11
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade	29
Canada - RPM 100	89

References

1. Coming Home Soldier - By: Bobby Vinton, MusicVF.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
2. "Spotlight Singles", Billboard , October 29, 1966. p. 16. Accessed October 18, 2015
3. Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
4. "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of January 16, 1967". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 26, 2015.. Chart No. 517. CHUM. Accessed November 25, 2015.
5. "RPM 100", RPM Weekly , Volume 6, Ed. 17, December 19, 1966. Accessed October 18, 2015