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. It was first recorded by pop and rock singer

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in 1978 as the B-side of her cover of the

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". It was released in September 1979 as the first single to feature drummer Mark Herndon from the album '' My Home's in Alabama''. The song represented a number of milestones in the career of the

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-based band. In 1979, Alabama had started to record again after a two-year hiatus (due to a number of legal restrictions with their first recording contract, the now-defunct GRT Records). One of their first recordings following the hiatus was "I Wanna Come Over," which they included on a self-produced album. When released in September 1979, the song was issued on the small MDJ Records. The song entered the ''

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chart later that month, eventually becoming their first Top 40 hit. The song peaked at No. 33 in early December. "I Wanna Come Over" also proved crucial for introducing Alabama's fans to one aspect core to their style — the mellow love ballad, which would be repeated on their most successful songs, including " Feels So Right," " There's No Way" and " Forever's as Far as I'll Go." The song also paved the way for the bigger success of the follow-up single, " My Home's in Alabama" (which provided fans with the

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-influenced side of the band's sound), the group earning an invitation to the "New Faces" show at the annual Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, Tennessee, and an eventual contract with RCA Records. Both "I Wanna Come Over" and "My Home's in Alabama" are included on Alabama's first

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album, '' My Home's in Alabama'', released in May 1980. "I Wanna Come Over" later served as the

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to a later Alabama single, " Why Lady Why" (itself originally a B-side hit).Morris, Edward, "Alabama," Contemporary Books Inc., Chicago, 1985 ()

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*Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 () *Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006. 1979 singles 1979 songs Alabama (American band) songs RCA Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub