"Lover Come Back to Me"
Single by Dead or Alive
from the album Youthquake
B-side"Far Too Hard"
ReleasedApril 1985 (UK)
Recorded1984
GenrePop[1]
Length3:06
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Dead or Alive singles chronology
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)"
(1984)		 "Lover Come Back to Me"
(1985)		 "In Too Deep"
(1985)
Music video
"Lover Come Back to Me” on YouTube

"Lover Come Back to Me" is a 1985 single by the English pop band Dead or Alive, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. It was released as the second single from the band's second studio album, Youthquake, and the single mix features slightly different instrumentation to the album version but is generally the same. The single peaked at No. 11 in the UK, No. 3 in South Africa, No. 5 in Switzerland, No. 21 in Germany, No. 13 in Australia and No. 75 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

In addition to the standard 7" and 12" formats (the latter of which included a sleeve which could be opened up in to a poster), a fan-shaped picture disc was also released in the UK. The B-side to the single was "Far Too Hard", a song from the band's debut studio album.

As with "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", the song was re-recorded in 2003 for the band's retrospective compilation album Evolution: The Hits.

Critical reception

The single generally received positive reviews, being described as "appealing" by Ira Robbins of Trouser Press[2] while Ned Raggett of AllMusic said, "When Burns commands at the end of the chorus, 'Kick it right down, right down!' it's as memorable as mass media pop of any stripe ever gets."[1] Members of pop duo Strawberry Switchblade Jill Bryson and Rose McDowall criticized the song, saying that they "don't like it very much" and "it's horrible".[3]

Track listing

UK 7"
No.TitleLength
1."Lover Come Back to Me"3:08
2."Far Too Hard"4:32
UK 12"
No.TitleLength
1."Lover Come Back to Me (Extended Remix)"5:50
2."Far Too Hard"4:32
3."Lover Come Back to Me (7" Version)"3:08

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Love Come Back to Me"
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 13
Canadian RPM Top Singles 95
Finnish Single Chart[5] 21
Irish Singles Chart 6
Italian Singles Chart 24
Japanese Singles Chart 9
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 30
South African Singles Chart 3
Switzerland (Hitparade) 5
UK (OCC) 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 75
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 13
West Germany (Media Control Charts) 21

References

  1. 1 2 Raggett, Ned. "Dead or Alive: Youthquake > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dead or Alive".
  3. ↑ Strawberry Switchblade (28 March – 10 April 1985). "Singles reviewed by Strawberry Switchblade" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 7, no. 7. p. 19. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  5. ↑ "Artistit DE - DIA" (in Finnish). Suomen listalevyt. Retrieved 20 August 2021.


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