Walking Back to Me
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{{Infobox song
| name = Walking Back to Me
| cover = Wbtm.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Sam Brown
| album = Stop!
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1988}}
| recorded = {{Start date|df=yes|1988}}
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| genre = Pop rock
| length = 3:40
| label = A&M
| writer = {{hlist|Sam Brown|Gregg Sutton}}
| producer = {{hlist|Pete Brown|Sam Brown}}
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| next_title = Stop!
| next_year = 1988
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"Walking Back to Me" is a song by the English female singer-songwriter Sam Brown, written by Brown, and Gregg Sutton. It appears on her debut album Stop!.
Critical reception
Upon its release, John Lee of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner picked "Walking Back to Me" as the "single of the week" and praised it as "a fabulous number, borrowing the feel of early Seventies glam-rockers Sweet". He added that it has "got to be a big hit".{{cite news |last=Lee |first=John |title=Record Reviews: Singles |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000901/19880305/014/0014 |newspaper=Huddersfield Daily Examiner |date=5 March 1988 |page=14 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 January 2024}} Jim Whiteford of the Dundee Evening Telegraph called it a "strident rocker" which shows Brown's "certainly got power in her vocal cords and some writing talent". He questioned its commercial potential, stating, "Melody is not strong enough for radio use, I fear, but, if she gets a chance to perform on TV, she could well start this debut song selling."{{cite news |last=Whiteford |first=Jim |title=On the Record! - Singles|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19880304/173/0019 |newspaper=Dundee Evening Telegraph |date=4 March 1988 |page=19 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 January 2024}} Marcus Hodge of the Cambridge Evening News commented, "Blonde Sam tries too hard to give a sluggish song some lmife. Vaguely promising debut."{{cite news |last=Hodge |first=Marcus |title=Pop: Helen ready for rock revolution |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003740/19880307/009/0009 |newspaper=Cambridge Evening News |date=7 March 1988 |page=9 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 January 2024}} Steven Wells of NME felt Brown would "do well to rid herself of the leaden rockist backing band and get with a drum machine and a sampler".{{cite magazine |last=Wells |first=Steven |title=45 |magazine=New Musical Express |date=5 March 1988 |page=18 |issn=0028-6362}}
Track listings
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;CD single – DE
- "Walking Back to Me"
- "Living In Your Own World"
- "Tender Hearts"
- "Leave It Be"
;7" single – UK
- "Walking Back to Me"
- "Tender Hearts"
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;12" single – UK
- Side A
- "Walking Back to Me"
- "Living In Your Own World"
- Side B
- "Tender Hearts"
- "Leave It Be"
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Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite book|title=Stop! liner notes|year=1988|publisher=A&M Records}}
- Sam Brown – lead vocals; piano
- Pete Brown – lesley guitar; backing vocals
- Paul Bangash – guitar
- Richard Newman – drums
- Jim Leverton – bass guitar
- Danny Schogger – keyboards
- Phil Saatchi – backing vocals
Charts and sales
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Chart (1988)
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German Singles Chart{{cite web |url=http://germancharts.de/showitem.asp?interpret=Sam+Brown&titel=Walking+Back+To+Me&cat=s |title=German Singles chart |accessdate=2016-05-01}}
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References
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Category:Sam Brown (singer) songs