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I'm Coming Home (Johnny Mathis song)

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"I'm Coming Home"
Single by Johnny Mathis
from the album I'm Coming Home
B-side"Stop Look and Listen to Your Heart"
Released1973
Recorded1973
GenreEasy listening
Length3:15
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Thom Bell, Linda Creed
Producer(s)Thom Bell
Johnny Mathis singles chronology
"Show and Tell"
(1973)
"I'm Coming Home"
(1973)
"Life Is a Song Worth Singing"
(1973)

"I'm Coming Home" is the title track from the 1973 album by Johnny Mathis. The song was written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed.

Chart performance

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"I'm Coming Home" was Mathis' only release as a solo artist to make it to number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. "I'm Coming Home" went to number one for a single week in September 1973.[1] The single was also a minor pop hit; it peaked at number seventy-five on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

"I'm Coming Home"
Single by The Spinners
from the album Mighty Love
B-side"He'll Never Love You Like I Do"
ReleasedMay 1974
Recorded1974
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreR&B, disco
Length3:22
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Thom Bell, Linda Creed
Producer(s)Thom Bell
The Spinners singles chronology
"Mighty Love"
(1973)
"I'm Coming Home"
(1974)
"Then Came You"
(1974)

Cover versions

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The Spinners re-recorded the song for their 1974 album, Mighty Love. Their version peaked at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Hot Soul Singles chart.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 161.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 546.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 545.