Don't Come Home Too Soon

{{Short description|1998 single by Del Amitri}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Come Home Too Soon

| cover = Don't Come Home Too Soon cover.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Del Amitri

| album = Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole!

| B-side = "Paper Thin (Ambient Mix)"

| released = 1 June 1998

| recorded = 1998

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 4:00

| label = A&M

| writer = Justin Currie

| producer = Pete Smith

| prev_title = Some Other Sucker's Parade"

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Cry To Be Found

| next_year = 1998

}}

"Don't Come Home Too Soon" was a song released by Scottish band Del Amitri to mark the Scottish football team's qualification for the 1998 World Cup in France.{{cite web|author=Pierre Perrone |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/music-rocking-all-over-the-world-cup-1157973.html |title=Music: Rocking all over the World Cup - Life & Style |work=The Independent |date=22 May 1998 |accessdate=27 June 2014}}{{cite web|last=Drysdale |first=Neil |url=http://glasgow.stv.tv/articles/279724-del-amitris-justin-currie-eviscerates-modern-pop-and-english-football/?fromstreampost=127582 |title=Del Amitri's Justin Currie eviscerates modern pop and English football | STV |publisher=Glasgow |date=22 June 2014 |accessdate=27 June 2014}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music/justin-currie-del-amitri-and-me-1-3040146 |title=Justin Currie: Del Amitri and me |publisher=The Scotsman |date=10 August 2013 |accessdate=27 June 2014}} The single reached {{abbr|No.|Number}} 15 on the UK Singles Chart and topped the Scottish Singles Chart in June 1998.