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Coming Home Now

{{Short description|1996 single by Boyzone}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Coming Home Now

| cover = Boyzone Coming Home Now.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Boyzone

| album = Said and Done

| released = {{start date|1996|2|26|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 3:41

| label = Polydor

| writer =

| producer = Ray Hedges

| prev_title = Father and Son

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Words

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|29SpuxKtZf4|"Coming Home Now"}}}}

}}

"Coming Home Now" is the sixth single taken from Irish boy band Boyzone's debut album, Said and Done (1995). It was their only single to be written solely by the group, without any outside co-writers. Released in February 1996 by Polydor, it peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Boyzone's only solo single to miss the top three prior to their initial split in 2000. The song has received a silver sales certification for shipping 200,000 units in the UK. In Ireland, the song broke their consecutive string of four number-one hits by reaching number two.

Critical reception

Music Week gave 'Coming Home Now' four out of five, writing, "Boyzone should clinch a fifth consecutive top three hit with this sweet, self-penned ballad that has all the ingredients which have made the band so big, plus luscious strings arranged by Anne Dudley."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-02-17.pdf|title= Reviews: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=12|date=17 February 1996|access-date=23 May 2021}} Mark Beaumont from NME described it as a "toe-dip into East 17's smouldering bucket of raunch".{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Beaumont|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53533398858/|title=Long Play|magazine=NME|date=19 August 1995|page=46|access-date=11 March 2024|author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist)}} Smash Hits gave it three out of five, naming it "a slow, smoochy song reminiscent of PJ & Duncan's 'Eternal Love'."{{cite magazine|url=https://sites.google.com/view/smash-hits-remembered-1994-5/home/1995/436-16th-august-29th-august-1995|title=Review: "We're very proud of this album!"|work=Smash Hits|date=16 August 1995|page=61|access-date=16 February 2025}}

Track listings

  • UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Coming Home Now|others=Boyzone|year=1996|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=07 314 577 570-2}}
  1. "Coming Home Now" (radio edit) – 3:41
  2. "Close to You" – 3:47
  3. "Coming Home Now" (Steve Jervier mix) – 3:55
  • UK and European CD single (digipak){{cite AV media notes|title=Coming Home Now|others=Boyzone|year=1996|type=UK & European digipak CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=07 314 577 572-2}}
  1. "Coming Home Now" (radio edit) – 3:41
  2. "Close to You" – 3:47
  3. "Coming Home Now" (Steve Jervier mix) – 3:55
  4. "Coming Home Now" (Missing Link mix) – 5:51
  • Japanese maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Coming Home Now|others=Boyzone|year=1996|type=Japanese maxi-single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=POCP-7124}}
  1. "Coming Home Now" (radio edit)
  2. "Love Me for a Reason"
  3. "Father and Son"
  4. "Key to My Life"
  5. "Working My Way Back to You"

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1996)

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scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1996/MM-1996-03-16.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=13|issue=11|page=17|date=16 March 1996|access-date=5 February 2021}}

| 23

{{single chart|Ireland2|2|artist=Boyzone|song=Coming Home Now|rowheader=true|access-date=5 February 2021}}
scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/boyzone/boyzone-coming-home-now-13890|title=Boyzone – Coming Home Now|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=26 July 2021}}

| 11

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Boyzone&titel=Coming+Home+Now&cat=s|title=Boyzone – Coming Home Now|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=25 July 2021}}

| 3

{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=19960309|rowheader=true|access-date=5 February 2021}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|4|artist=Boyzone|artistid=30958|rowheader=true|access-date=5 February 2021}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!scope="col"|Chart (1996)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|title=Top 100 Singles 1996|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=18 January 1997}}

| 67

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Boyzone|title=Coming Home Now|award=Silver|relyear=1996|certyear=1996|id=1477-1728-1|access-date=5 February 2021}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Release history

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|26 February 1996

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|rowspan="2"|Polydor

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=24 February 1996}}

scope="row"|Japan

|1 April 1996

|CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/154428/products/202822/1/|title=カミング・ホーム・ナウ {{!}} ボーイゾーン|trans-title=Coming Home Now {{!}} Boyzone|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=12 March 2024}}

References

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Category:1995 songs

Category:1996 singles

Category:Boyzone songs

Category:Pop ballads

Category:Songs written by Keith Duffy

Category:Songs written by Michael Graham (singer)

Category:Songs written by Ronan Keating

Category:Songs written by Shane Lynch

Category:Songs written by Stephen Gately