"Come Home" is a song by English
alternative rock
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band
Placebo
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. It appears on the group's
1996 eponymous debut album and was released as the lead single from the album on 5 February 1996.
Content
Placebo frontman
Brian Molko
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has described "Come Home" was "
pop-punk
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for postponed suicides".
Music video
The
music video
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for the song features the band performing the song in a small room.
Release
"Come Home" was released as the lead single from ''Placebo'' on 5 February 1996. It reached number 86 in the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Track listing
;CD
#"Come Home" – 4:40
#"Drowning by Numbers" – 2:59
#"Oxygen Thief" – 3:36
;7" vinyl
#"Come Home"
#"Drowning by Numbers"
Personnel
;Placebo
*Brian Molko – vocals, guitar,
production
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*Stefan Olsdal – bass, production
*Robert Schultzberg – drums, production
; Additional personnel
* Fulton Dingley –
engineering
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on tracks 1 & 2
* Miki Moore – engineering on track 3
* Adam Maynard – front cover art
* Alex Weston – back cover photography
Charts
References
External links
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Placebo (band) songs
1996 singles
1996 songs
Songs written by Brian Molko
Songs written by Stefan Olsdal
Songs written by Robert Schultzberg