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| B-side | "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
| Released | October 13, 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
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"Baby Come Back" is a song by the British-American rock band Player. It was released in late 1977 as the lead single from their 1977 self-titled debut album, and was the breakthrough single for the band, gaining them mainstream success, hitting #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the three consecutive weeks of January 14, 21 and 28, 1978 and #10 on the R&B charts in 1978.[5] Their biggest hit single, the song was written and performed by Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley, the founders of Player.
As reported on the American Top 40 replay broadcast of November 5, 1977, "Baby Come Back" was written after two of the band members had broken up with their girlfriends.
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Late-'70s pop-rockers Player followed the "She's Gone" playbook to a T with their own blue-eyed breakup ballad "Baby Come Back
- ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of January 28, 1978 – Billboard.com. Retrieved June 29, 2023.