Come Home (OneRepublic song)

"Come Home"
Single by OneRepublic and Sara Bareilles
from the album Dreaming Out Loud
Released	July 14, 2009
Recorded	2005–2007; 2009
Length	4:27 (Album version) 4:18 (Single version)
Label	Mosley Interscope
Songwriter(s)	Ryan Tedder
Producer(s)	Ryan Tedder
OneRepublic singles chronology
"Mercy" (2008) "Come Home" (2009) "All the Right Moves" (2009)
Sara Bareilles singles chronology
"Gravity" (2009) "Come Home" (2009) "King of Anything" (2010)

"Come Home" is a song by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for the band's debut album, Dreaming Out Loud (2007). The piano-based ballad features orchestral flourishes, and lyrically revolves around the eponymous pleading hook "Come home, come home". Some reviewers felt the song had political undertones as an appeal to recall American troops^[1] as Tedder had written the song about a friend serving overseas.^[2] "Come Home" was highlighted as a refreshing change of pace from the many similar-sounding songs composing Dreaming Out Loud.^[3]

In 2009, the song was remastered featuring singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, and this version was issued digitally as the album's fifth and final single.^[4] The song debuted at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of July 14 before dropping off the chart the following week due to a lack of promotion.^[5] The song was never serviced to radio, and failed to chart outside the U.S. "Come Home" was featured on episodes of Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and Cold Case and the film Easy A.^[6]