Baby Come Back (Player song)

"Baby Come Back"
Single by Player
from the album Player
B-side	"Love Is Where You Find It"
Released	October 1977
Format	7"
Recorded	1977
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Length	4:14 (album version) 3:36 (radio edit)
Label	Philips Records/RSO Records
Writer(s)	J. C. Crowley, Peter Beckett
Player singles chronology
"Baby Come Back" (1977) "This Time I'm in It for Love" (1977)

"Baby Come Back" is a song by 1970s group Player from their self-titled second album of the same name. It was written by lead singer Peter Beckett and J.C. Crowley. The song was their biggest single, hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the soul charts, in 1978. It was the breakthrough single for the band, gaining them mainstream success, and the only number-one hit of their career.

The song is notable for its infectious riffs and its memorable hook of "baby come back" during the chorus. The bass player is Ronn Moss, who has been appearing since 1987 on the daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful (as Ridge Forrester).

Uses in other media

• The song was used for humor in the episode "Homer Alone" of The Simpsons. When Homer calls the lost baby hotline to report that Maggie is missing, he gets put on hold to the tune of "Baby Come Back".
• The song appeared in the episode "Church Hopping" of King of the Hill. When Hank decides to try Lucky's method of worshiping, they both get drunk at a local bar, The Point After Lounge, and begin singing the tune, which plays on the jukebox.
• The song has been used in the films, Safe Men (1998), Roll Bounce (2005), Date Movie (2006), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), and Transformers (2007)
• Power pop band Jellyfish used to perform the song in concert as the introduction to their own song "Baby's Coming Back."
• Lisa Stansfield recorded a cover version for the Japanese release of her 1997 eponymous CD
• In 2006, the song's hook was sampled by Vanessa Hudgens in her single "Come Back to Me".
• In 2008, the song was sampled on Lil Rob's single "Let Me Come Back".
• In 2008, the chorus is sampled on Charles Hamilton's song "The Honeymoon's Over" off his mixtape "It's Charles Hamilton"
• In 2011, it was featured in a Australian Toyota Hilux advertisement.

Charts

Chart (1977-1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	10

References

• "Joel Whitburn's, Presents, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004", 2004

Preceded by "How Deep Is Your Love" by The Bee Gees

Billboard Hot 100 number-one single January 14, 1978 – January 28, 1978

Succeeded by "Stayin' Alive" by The Bee Gees