Return to Me (song)

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"Return to Me"
Single by Dean Martin
B-side "Forgetting You"
Released February 17, 1958
RecordedJanuary 23, 1958 [1]
Studio Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Traditional pop
Length2:21
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Carmen Lombardo, Danny Di Minno
Dean Martin singles chronology
"Good Mornin' Life"
(1957)
"Return to Me"
(1958)
"Angel Baby"
(1958)

"Return to Me" is a song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Danny Di Minno. [2] The song was released in 1958 by Dean Martin. Martin recorded the song again in 1961 for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs . [3]

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Chart performance

The song spent 22 weeks on the United Kingdom's New Musical Express chart, peaking at No. 2, [4] while reaching No. 1 in the Netherlands, [5] No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, [6] No. 7 in Flanders, [7] and No. 8 on Norway's VG-lista. [8] In the United States, the song reached No. 4 on Billboard 's Top 100 Sides, [9] No. 4 on Billboard's chart of "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores”, [10] and No. 4 on Billboard's chart of "Most Played by Jockeys". [11] [12]

Chart (1958)Peak
position
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)5
Flanders7
Netherlands1
Norway (VG-lista)8
UK New Musical Express2
US Billboard - Top 100 Sides4
US Billboard - Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores4
US Billboard - Most Played by Jockeys4
Wallonia [13] 20

Other versions

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