Keep Coming Back (song)

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"Keep Coming Back"
Keep Coming Back cover.jpg
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Rush Street
B-side
  • "I Get No Sleep"
  • "Superstar"
ReleasedOctober 7, 1991 (1991-10-07)
Genre R&B
Length
  • 6:51 (album version)
  • 4:49 (DJ edit version)
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Richard Marx
Producer(s) Richard Marx
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Children of the Night"
(1990)		"Keep Coming Back"
(1991)		"Hazard"
(1992)

"Keep Coming Back" is a song by American singer-songwriter Richard Marx. It appears on his third solo album, Rush Street , and was both written and produced by Marx. The lyrics to the song detail a man's unrequited love for a woman. [1] Working with musicians such as Luther Vandross (who added backing vocals to the track) and keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, Marx sought to explore different musical territory with this single, stating that "I wanted to write an old-fashioned R&B song." [1]

Contents

The song became Marx's 10th top-40 hit in the United States, reaching number five in Cash Box magazine and peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1991. It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, reached number three in Canada, and topped the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart for five weeks (two weeks if not counting the holiday period in which no charts were published).

Additional releases

Track listings

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomOctober 7, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Capitol [29]
United StatesOctober 14, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [30]
JapanNovember 13, 1991Mini-CD [31]

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  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (June 12, 2012). "Richard Marx". A Night Out with Friends. AllMusic . Retrieved December 6, 2013. Also broadcast on PBS' Front Row Center, Richard Marx does indeed spend A Night Out with Friends on this DVD/CD live package. Those friends include Hugh Jackman, JC Chasez, Matt Scannell, and Sara Niemietz...
  3. ↑ Keep Coming Back (US 7-inch single vinyl disc). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. NR-44753.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Keep Coming Back (US cassette single sleeve). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. 4 KM-44753.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ↑ Keep Coming Back (US & Canadian CD single liner notes). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. C2-15762.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ Keep Coming Back (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. CL 634.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ↑ Keep Coming Back (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. 12CL 634.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Keep Coming Back (UK CD single disc notes). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. CDCL 634, 20 4557 2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Keep Coming Back (Australasian cassette single sleeve). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. 2657-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Keep Coming Back (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Richard Marx. Capitol Records. 1991. TODP-2309.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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