Keep Coming Back (song)

"Keep Coming Back"
Single by Richard Marx
from the album Rush Street
B-side "Superstar"
Released October 1991
Format 7" (45 rpm), CD Maxi-single, Cassingle
Genre Adult contemporary, Pop
Length 4:49 (single version)
6:51 (album version)
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Richard Marx
Producer Richard Marx
Richard Marx singles chronology
"Children of the Night"
(1990)
"Keep Coming Back"
(1991)
"Hazard"
(1992)

"Keep Coming Back" is a 1991 song by American singer-songwriter Richard Marx. It appears on his third solo album, Rush Street, and was both written and produced by Marx.

The lyrics to the song detail a man's unrequited love for a woman.[1] Working with musicians such as Luther Vandross (who added backing vocals to the track) and guitarist-keyboardist Greg Phillinganes, Marx sought to explore different musical territory with this single, stating that "I wanted to write an old-fashioned R&B song."[1]

The song became Marx's tenth top 40 pop hit in the United States, peaking at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1991.[2] It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart in December 1991 and January 1992.[1] On the UK Singles Chart, the song topped out at #55 in October 1991.[3]

Contents

Volver A Ti Amor

Marx also recorded a Spanish language version of the song as "Volver A Ti Amor" for the Spanish market.

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 12
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 71
UK Singles Chart 55

End of year charts

End of year chart (1992) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 92

References

  1. ^ a b c Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 373.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 402.
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992. Retrieved 2010-07-30. 

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Preceded by
"That's What Love Is For" by Amy Grant
Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
December 21, 1991 - January 11, 1992
Succeeded by
"Can't Let Go" by Mariah Carey