If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?

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"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
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Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Cats & Dogs
B-side "Assault And Flattery"
ReleasedMay 1981 (Aus)
Length3:12
Label Regular 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

"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" is the sixth single by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in May 1981. [1] It was released as the lead single from the album Cats & Dogs. The song peaked at number 4 on the Kent Music Report. [2]

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Reception

At the 1981 Countdown Music Awards, the song won Best Australian Single. [3]

Junkee 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." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" Martin Plaza 2:16
2."Assault And Flattery" Reg Mombassa 2:45

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report [5] 4
Recorded Music NZ [6] 16

References

  1. ↑ Australian Charts - Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
  2. ↑ Australian Music Database - Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?
  3. ↑ "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Joseph Earp. "The 200 Greatest Australian Songs Of All Time, Part Two". Junkee.
  5. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. ↑ New Zealand Charts - Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?


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