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"Come Back and Stay" is a song that was first recorded in 1981 by its writer Jack Lee. In 1983, singer
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released his version as a single from his album, ''
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'', and it became an international hit. The song reached number 4 on the
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Pop culture

*The song was featured in the 2006 video game, '' Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'', and can be heard on the in-game radio station Flash FM.


Cover versions

* James Morrison recorded a version of the song for the ''
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'' CD. *The song was re-worked by
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and released as a dance track entitled " Come Back" in 2010 and was featured on the album ''
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See also

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List of number-one hits (Belgium) This is a list of number-one singles in Belgium from VRT Top 30 (1970–1995) and Ultratop (1995–present). In Belgium there are two parallel industry standard ("official") hit music charts, one for the Dutch-speaking and another for the French- ...
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List of number-one hits of 1983 (Germany) This is a list of the German ''Media Control'' Top 100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1983. References German Singles Chart Archives from 1956 {{Germanhits 1983 in Germany Germany 1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of th ...
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List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand) The following lists the number-one singles on the New Zealand Singles Chart during the 1980s. The source for this decade is the Recorded Music NZ chart, the chart history of which can be found on the Recorded Music NZ website or Charts.nz. A to ...
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List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland) This is a list of singles that reached number one on the Swiss Hitparade during the 1980s. Number-one singles See also *1980s in music References {{SwissNumber1s Number-one singles Switzerland 1980s File:1980s replacement montage02.PN ...


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1981 songs 1983 singles Paul Young songs CBS Records singles Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in New Zealand Number-one singles in Switzerland Songs written by Jack Lee (musician) Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles {{1980s-pop-song-stub