Return to Me (song)

"Return to Me"
Single by Dean Martin
B-side "Forgetting You"
Released 1958
Format Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Genre Traditional Pop
Length 2:21
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Carmen Lombardo & Danny Di Minno

"Return to Me" is a song released in 1958 by Dean Martin. The song spent 22 weeks on the United Kingdom's New Musical Express chart, peaking at No. 2,[1] while reaching No. 1 in the Netherlands,[2] No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[3] No. 7 in Flanders,[4] and No. 8 on Norway's VG-lista.[5] In the United States, the song reached No. 4 on Billboard's Top 100 Sides,[6] No. 4 on Billboard's chart of "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores”,[7] and No. 4 on Billboard's chart of "Most Played by Jockeys".[8]

In 1978, Marty Robbins released a version of the song, which reach No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[9]

Dean Martin's version is featured as the title song in the 2000 film Return to Me.[10]

Chart performance

Chart (1958) Peak
position
US Billboard - Top 100 Sides 4
US Billboard - Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores 4
US Billboard - Most Played by Jockeys 4
UK - New Musical Express 2
Netherlands 1
Flanders 7
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade 5
Norway - VG-lista 8

References

  1. Dean Martin - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed August 10, 2016.
  2. Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Dutch Charts. Accessed August 10, 2016.
  3. 1050 CHUM – CHUM Charts at the Wayback Machine (archived July 21, 2006). Chart No. 51, Monday, May 05, 1958. CHUM. Accessed August 14, 2016.
  4. Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Accessed August 10, 2016.
  5. Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), norwegiancharts.com. Accessed August 10, 2016.
  6. "Top 100 Sides", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 29. Accessed August 11, 2016.
  7. "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 24. Accessed August 11, 2016.
  8. "Most Played by Jockeys", Billboard, June 23, 1958. p. 38. Accessed August 11, 2016.
  9. "Billboard Hot Country Singles", Billboard, March 25, 1978. p. 100. Accessed August 14, 2016.
  10. Mitchell, Elvis. "FILM REVIEW; She Gets His Wife's Heart (Literally), and Him, Too", The New York Times, April 7, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2016.
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