Honey Come Back (song)

"Honey Come Back"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album Try a Little Kindness
B-side "Where Do You Go"
Released January 1970
Genre Country
Length 3:00
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Jimmy Webb
Producer(s) Al DeLory
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"Try a Little Kindness"
(1969)
"Honey Come Back"
(1970)
"All I Have to Do Is Dream"
(1970)

"Honey Come Back" is a song written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by the American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in January 1970 as the second single from his album Try a Little Kindness. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM 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 on Great American Country.

Versions by other artists

The song was first recorded by the Motown singer Chuck Jackson, whose single reached number 43 on the R&B charts in 1969. In December 1969, Don Ho also released it as a single.

Campbell's 1970 single was one of many recordings of the song that year - there were versions by:

Chart performance (Glen Campbell version)

Chart (1970) Peak
position
Australian Go-Set Chart 6[3]
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 6
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 3
Euro Hit 50 13
U.K. Singles Chart 4
Irish Singles Chart 2
South African Singles Chart 16

Year-End Chart

Chart (1970) Peak
position
U.K. Singles Chart 15
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 83

References

  1. "Glen Campbell singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. "RPM Country Singles for March 14, 1970". RPM. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. "Go-Set Australian charts - 28 March 1970". Poparchives.com.au. 1970-03-28. Retrieved 2016-10-03.

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Preceded by
"If I Were a Carpenter"
by Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

March 14, 1970
Succeeded by
"Welfare Cadillac"
by Guy Drake
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