Help me find this 90's song, Gen-X'ers!
Posted by SocialSyphilis@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 52 comments
Late 80's or early to mid 90's. Song has a pop-rock feel, strong bass line, with the chorus 'Baby, come back'. Male singer. It was on the alt-rock stations I used to listen to. Help! LOL
skinisblackmetallic@reddit
Damn, there's a lot of Baby Come Backs.
KrofftSurvivor@reddit
A bunch of them are Eddy Grant /Equals covers
Jennyreviews1@reddit
This was a song played by a band called Player… I would say more of a one hit wonder I believe this is the song you’re looking for…
https://youtu.be/NmEyGiaqm7k?si=vEEZ8PeVG3VPWyf5
EngineeringTom@reddit
That’s got to be it. First one I thought of.
Jennyreviews1@reddit
Yeah, I don’t really think I’ve ever heard of anything else played by the band Player… have you? I mean anything that stood out other than this song? Not a bad song. I can see why it remained on the charts for so long. A little whiny, but it has its moments in time. 😆
Many_Ad6069@reddit
That song is from 1977, likely not it. But my 1st thought also
Chad_Hooper@reddit
It was also in the first Transformers movie.
bitch-ass_ho@reddit
Fun fact? The singer was also one of the lead actors in the Bold and the Beautiful, my grandmother’s favorite soap opera.
kellyjeanie@reddit
Strong bass line too, this has to be it
AaronTheElite007@reddit
This is what I immediately thought of, as well
Pony_Baloney_Acad@reddit
"Baby Come Back" 1978 by Player, I think?
weelassie07@reddit
This is my guess.
iwastherefordisco@reddit
Thirded as the tune is in my head now.
Easy listening is how I would describe this one.
iamrava@reddit
timmy t - one more time? - https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4P5-6B0Tkis
Twizt1Up@reddit
"Baby Come Back" by Billy Rankin. He was a guitarist for Nazareth when they broke up. One-hit wonder as a solo artist
Koolmidx@reddit
You're definitely not looking for https://youtu.be/1jSOQBcz9hc because if you were I would share that link.
avidinha@reddit
Dude! I haven't thought about that song in 30 years!
midnight_skater@reddit
UB40 "Baby Come Back"
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pSywtiAirKE
oh_hello_reddit@reddit
UB40?
Sloth_grl@reddit
Any kind of fool can see
Necessary-Meat-5770@reddit
I was wrong...
kellyjeanie@reddit
…and I just can’t live without you
Hocows@reddit
Mediocre-Berry-6257@reddit
“Baby Come Back” - The Equals
Expert_Habit9520@reddit
Great song. So much different than 15 years later when Eddy Grant went solo and did “Electric Avenue”.
ZipRibbons@reddit
Girls Against Boys - Let Me Come Back? https://open.spotify.com/track/0oU5F8qrqrLhqtTLRRat04?si=01Pdddk1Tr2B__Q1SE8hew
RaccoonHaunting9638@reddit
Hall and Oates version?
chmcnm@reddit
Come Back - J Geils Band
BoogerPicker2020@reddit
“Baby Come Back” – Worlds Apart
“Baby Come Back” – Billy Rankin
“Come Back” – The Mighty Lemon Drops
KrofftSurvivor@reddit
Worlds Apart, '96 Billy Rankin, '84
Can't find the one by the Mighty Lemon Drops - got a link?
bookant@reddit
UB40?
https://youtu.be/pSywtiAirKE?si=RBRPkGR7RfWwOVG4
KrofftSurvivor@reddit
I didn't know they covered this! Originally written by Eddy Grant for his band The Equals in '67
CustersGhost1876@reddit
Is this on Electric Avenue?
mojon72@reddit
Eddy Grant "Baby Come Back"
KrofftSurvivor@reddit
Fun fact!
He originally released it when he was with the Equals in '67, and did not release a solo version until '84 .
His solo version is much better in my opinion...
mypizzanvrhurtnobody@reddit
“Why don’t you come back, please hurry. Why don’t you come back, please hurry. Come back and stay…for…good this time.”
Paul Young?
theyFOOLEDmeJerry@reddit
Oh my gawd, Becky, loook at her butt……
TotalRecognition2191@reddit
Any kind of fool can see. I was wrong and I just can't live without you!
moodbeast@reddit
Paul Young? “Come back and Stay”?
JfPickups@reddit
come'back and stay, for good, this time...
SRF1987@reddit
Hall and Oats
Low-Teach-8023@reddit
It was Player even though many think it was Hall and Oates. It was also late 70s.
MasterArithmeticness@reddit
https://youtu.be/NmEyGiaqm7k?si=0af-1CbJm8kC4U3i
FuggaDucker@reddit
That was the 70s, not the 90s.. but took me back.
MasterArithmeticness@reddit
Yeah, I was kinda kidding...cuz that's not going to be mistaken for the 90s.
Parking_Ad_5175@reddit
You can blame it all On Me.....
Useful-Badger-4062@reddit
I was wrong…
No_Pineapple_3599@reddit
I just can’t live without you
1043b@reddit
Oooo, ooo, Baby come back
Turkzillas_gobble@reddit
That wasn't a song, that was a jingle for baby back ribs
cleverusernameistook@reddit
Can’t be this cheeseball:
https://youtu.be/NmEyGiaqm7k?si=gb8NHXcbTyeFctyi
JoeMagnifico@reddit
Pato Banton - Baby Come Back?