"Return to Me" is a song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Danny Di Minno. The song was released in 1958 by
Dean Martin
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. Martin recorded the song again in 1961 for his album ''
Dino: Italian Love Songs''.
Chart performance
The song spent 22 weeks on the
United Kingdom
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's ''
New Musical Express
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'' chart, peaking at No. 2, while reaching No. 1 in the
Netherlands
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, No. 5 on
Canada
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's
CHUM Hit Parade, No. 7 in
Flanders
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, and No. 8 on
Norway
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's
''VG''-lista. In the United States, the song reached No. 4 on ''
Billboard
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''s
Top 100 Sides, No. 4 on ''Billboard''s chart of "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores”, and No. 4 on ''Billboard''s chart of "Most Played by Jockeys".
Other versions
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Denny Dennis
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- a single release in the UK in 1958.
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Elvis Presley
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- made a relaxed version of this song in December 1958, while performing military service in Germany, during his stay at the Hotel Grunewald,
Bad Nauheim
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, where he resided.
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Connie Francis
Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero (born December 12, 1937),
known professionally as Connie Francis, is an American pop singer, actress, and top-charting female vocalist of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Called the “First Lady of Rock & Roll” ...
- for her album ''More Italian Favorites'' (1960).
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Jerry Vale
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- included in his album ''I Have But One Heart'' (1962).
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Marty Robbins
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released a version of the song in 1978, which reached No. 6 on the ''Billboard''
Hot Country Singles
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chart.
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Bob Dylan
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and his band recorded a version for the third season of
The Sopranos
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in 2001.
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Deana Martin
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Film and television
Martin was born in Manhattan to Dean Martin and his first wife, Elizabeth Anne "Betty" McDonald. She moved to Beverly Hills, Californ ...
recorded "Return to Me" on her second studio album, ''
Volare'', released in 2009 by Big Fish Records.
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Tony Bennett
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and
Vicente Fernández
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for the album ''
Viva Duets'' (2012)
Popular culture
*Dean Martin's version is featured as the title song in the 2000 film ''
Return to Me
''Return to Me'' is a 2000 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Bonnie Hunt and starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. It was filmed in Chicago and was released on April 7, 2000 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was Carroll O'Connor's fi ...
''.
[ Mitchell, Elvis.]
FILM REVIEW; She Gets His Wife's Heart (Literally), and Him, Too
, ''The New York Times
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'', April 7, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2016.
*The song plays on the radio in
Mafia II
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, two of the characters even sing the song in Chapter 7.
References
1958 singles
1958 songs
Capitol Records singles
Dean Martin songs
Marty Robbins songs
Tony Bennett songs
Songs written by Carmen Lombardo
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