Baby, Come to Me (Patti Austin and James Ingram song)

"Baby, Come to Me"
A-side label of US vinyl single
Single by Patti Austin and James Ingram
from the album Every Home Should Have One
B-side "Solero"
Released April 1982; October 1982
Recorded 1981
Genre R&B
Length 3:31
Label Qwest
Songwriter(s) Rod Temperton
Producer(s) Quincy Jones
Patti Austin singles chronology
"Every Home Should Have One"
(1982)		 "Baby, Come to Me"
(1982)		 "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
(1983)

"Every Home Should Have One"
(1982)		 "Baby, Come to Me"
(1982)		 "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
(1983)

"Baby, Come to Me" is a love ballad from Patti Austin's 1981 album Every Home Should Have One, sung as a duet by Austin and James Ingram. It was written by Rod Temperton (formerly of Heatwave). The song was released as a single in April 1982, peaking at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. However, several months later the popular American soap opera General Hospital began to feature the song heavily, as the love theme for the character Luke Spencer. The single was re-released in October 1982, and reached #1 on the chart in February 1983.

History

Patti Austin
James Ingram

The song was performed by Patti Austin and James Ingram, with Michael McDonald contributing background vocals. Produced by Quincy Jones, the song appears on Austin's 1981 album, Every Home Should Have One. When first released as a single, it charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 for just four weeks, peaking at number 73 on May 8, 1982.[1].

Later that year, it gained new exposure as the romantic theme song for Luke Spencer, a leading character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. ABC received so many inquiries about the song that Warner Brothers decided to re-release "Baby, Come to Me" as a single. On October 16, 1982, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It reached #1 on February 19, 1983, where it stayed for two weeks,[3] and spent seven months on the Hot 100. It also hit #1 on the Adult Contemporary chart in early 1983[4] and reached #11 in the UK in March 1983.

Personnel

Covers

Among artists who have covered the song are:

Chart performance

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1982-05-08
  2. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1982-10-16
  3. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1983-02-19
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby, Come To Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby, Come To Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Charts.nz – Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby, Come To Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Patti Austin & James Ingram – Baby, Come To Me". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "UK Official Singles Chart", UK Official Charts Company
  10. ↑ "Music: Top 100 - Billboard Hot 100", Billboard
  11. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard", Billboard
  12. ↑ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart - Billboard", Billboard
  13. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  14. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1983/Top 100 Songs of 1983". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
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