Baby, Come to Me

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"Baby, Come to Me" is an R&B song, written by Rod Temperton for a male-female duet. The original version, performed by Patti Austin and James Ingram (with Michael McDonald contributing background vocals), and produced by Quincy Jones, appeared on Austin's 1981 album, Every Home Should Have One. As a single it had minor chart success in early 1982. Later that year, however, 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 it as a single, and it shot to number one on the Billboard Top 40 chart in early 1983.

Among those artists who have covered the song since are Alexander O'Neal and Cherrelle, Captain and Tennille, Daryl Hall, and the Dutch jazz vocalist Laura Fygi.

Preceded by "Down Under" by Men at Work

Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 19, 1983- February 26, 1983

Succeeded by "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson