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Keep Coming Back (song)

{{Short description|1991 single by Richard Marx}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Keep Coming Back

| cover = Keep Coming Back cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Richard Marx

| album = Rush Street

| B-side =

  • "I Get No Sleep"
  • "Superstar"

| released = {{start date|1991|10|7}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length =

  • 6:51 (album version)
  • 4:49 (DJ edit version)

| label = Capitol

| writer = Richard Marx

| producer = Richard Marx

| prev_title = Children of the Night

| prev_year = 1990

| next_title = Hazard

| next_year = 1992

}}

"Keep Coming Back" is a 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.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 373. Working with musicians such as Luther Vandross (who added backing vocals to the track) and 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."

The song became Marx's 10th top-40 hit in the United States, reaching number five in Cash Box magazine and peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late 1991. It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, reached number three in Canada, and topped the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart for five weeks (two weeks if not counting the holiday period in which no charts were published).

Additional releases

  • Marx also recorded a Spanish-language version of the song as "Volver A Ti" (Keep Coming Back En Español) on the album, Lo Mejor- Especialmente Para Chile (Capitol 1992).
  • "Keep Coming Back" also appears on Marx', 2012 album and DVD (televised performance) box-set, A Night Out With Friends, with Marx and Sara Niemietz performing a live duet.{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|title=Richard Marx|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-night-out-with-friends-mw0002363984|work=A Night Out with Friends|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 6, 2013|date=June 12, 2012|quote=Also broadcast on PBS' Front Row Center, Richard Marx does indeed spend A Night Out with Friends on this DVD/CD live package. Those friends include Hugh Jackman, JC Chasez, Matt Scannell, and Sara Niemietz...}}

Track listings

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US 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=US 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=Capitol Records|id=NR-44753}}

:A. "Keep Coming Back" (edit) – 4:49

:B. "I Get No Sleep" – 3:44

US cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=Capitol Records|id=4 KM-44753}}

  1. "Keep Coming Back"
  2. "Playing with Fire" (sample)
  3. "Superstar" (sample)
  4. "Calling You" (sample)

US and Canadian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=US & Canadian CD single liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=C2-15762}}

  1. "Keep Coming Back" (LP version) – 6:51
  2. "Keep Coming Back" (AOR mix featuring Eric Johnson) – 5:26
  3. "Keep Coming Back" (Spanish version) – 6:46
  4. "Superstar" (LP version) – 4:42

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UK 7-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=Capitol Records|id=CL 634}}

:A. "Keep Coming Back" (edit)

:B. "Superstar"

UK 12-inch single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=UK 12-inch single sleeve|publisher=Capitol Records|id=12CL 634}}

:A1. "Keep Coming Back"

:B1. "Keep Coming Back" (quiet storm mix)

:B2. "Superstar"

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=UK CD single disc notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=CDCL 634, 20 4557 2}}

  1. "Keep Coming Back" (edit) – 4:49
  2. "Keep Coming Back" (AOR mix featuring Eric Johnson) – 5:26
  3. "Keep Coming Back" (Spanish version) – 6:46

Australasian cassette single and Japanese mini-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=Australasian cassette single sleeve|publisher=Capitol Records|id=2657-4}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Keep Coming Back|others=Richard Marx|year=1991|type=Japanese mini-CD single liner notes|publisher=Capitol Records|id=TODP-2309}}

  1. "Keep Coming Back"
  2. "Superstar"

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Personnel

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1991–1992)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|34|artist=Richard Marx|song=Keep Coming Back|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|3|chartid=2030|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|chartid=1699|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Germany|52|artist=Richard Marx|song=Keep Coming Back|songid=2341|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|40|artist=Richard Marx|song=Keep Coming Back|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|32|artist=Richard Marx|song=Keep Coming Back|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Sweden|37|artist=Richard Marx|song=Keep Coming Back|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|22|artist=Richard Marx|song=Keep Coming Back|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|UK|55|date=19911019|rowheader=true|access-date=April 13, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|12|artist=Richard Marx|rowheader=true|access-date=April 29, 2017}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Richard Marx|rowheader=true|access-date=April 29, 2017}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|71|artist=Richard Marx|rowheader=true|access-date=April 29, 2017}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1991)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.2024&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.2024.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.2024|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=November 23, 2017}}

|74

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1706&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1706.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1706|title=RPM 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1991|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

|87

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!Chart (1992)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume%2056-No.%2025-December%2019,%201992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=December 19, 1991|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

|61

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.1824&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.1824.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.1824|title=The RPM Top 100 Adult Contemporary tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|via=Library and Archives Canada|access-date=April 13, 2019}}

|30

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|archive-date=July 8, 2009|access-date=July 30, 2010}}

|92

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-12-26.pdf|title=The Year in Music: Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=52|page=YE-38|date=December 26, 1992|access-date=August 13, 2021}}

|16

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Release history

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scope="row"|United Kingdom

|October 7, 1991

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|rowspan="3"|Capitol

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=October 5, 1991}}

scope="row"|United States

|October 14, 1991

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|{{cite magazine|title=Pro Audio: On the Marx|magazine=Billboard|volume=103|issue=43|page=50|date=October 26, 1991|quote=['Keep Coming Back'] is slated for release Monday (14)...}}

scope="row"|Japan

|November 13, 1991

|Mini-CD

|{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/177891/products/270526/1/|title=瞳の誘惑 {{!}} リチャード・マークス|trans-title=The Temptation of the Eyes {{!}} Richard Marx|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=January 20, 2024}}

See also

References

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External links

  • {{YouTube|QGq_IYPk37U|"Keep Coming Back"}}

{{Richard Marx}}

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Category:1991 singles

Category:1991 songs

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:Richard Marx songs

Category:Songs written by Richard Marx