| "Honey Come Back" | ||||
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| Single byGlen Campbell | ||||
| from the albumTry a Little Kindness | ||||
| B-side | "Where Do You Go" | |||
| Released | January 1970 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:00 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter | Jimmy Webb | |||
| Producer | Al DeLory | |||
| Glen Campbell singles chronology | ||||
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"Honey Come Back" is a song written byJimmy Webb, and recorded by the Americancountry music artistGlen Campbell. It would become a major hit for him.
It was released in January 1970 as the second single from his albumTry a Little Kindness. The song peaked at number 2 on theBillboardHot Country Singles chart.[1] It also reached number 1 on theRPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
A video was produced for the song, featuring Campbell sitting by a fireplace composing a letter – presumably of his thoughts and feelings for his girlfriend, who has left him. The video has aired onGreat American Country.
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| "Honey Come Back" | ||||
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| Song byThe Peddlers | ||||
| B-side | "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" | |||
| Released | July 1970 (1970-07) | |||
| Label | CBS BA 461288 | |||
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In 1970The Peddlers version became a hit in New Zealand.
Following on from their success in New Zealand with Backed with "Girlie", The Peddlers released their take on "Honey Come Back".[9] Backed with "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", it was released on a single, CBS BA 461288 in New Zealand in 1970.[10][11]The song appears on the New Zealand issued compilation,The Very Best of the Peddlers, released on CBS SBP 473951.[12][13]
The song spent four weeks in the New Zealand chart in July, peaking at no. 8 on week two.[14]
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
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| New Zealand (Listener)[15] | 8 |
The song was not included on theHow Cool Is Cool ... The Complete CBS Recordings CD compilation. However the compilation did include two previously unreleased songs, "Say No More" and "Some of This Some of That".[16]
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The song was first recorded in 1965 by singerDorsey Burnette during his stint atMotown's country subsidiary Mel-o-dy. It was not issued at the time and only resurfaced in 2006, when it appeared on the compilationThe Complete Motown Recordings 1964–1965. The first released version was by theMotown singerChuck Jackson, whose single reached number 43 on the R&B charts in 1969. In December 1969,Don Ho also released it as a single.
