Return to Me (song)

"Return to Me"
"Return to Me"
Single by Dean Martin
B-side	"Forgetting You"
Released	February 17, 1958
Recorded	January 23, 1958
Studio	Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:21
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Carmen Lombardo, Danny Di Minno
Dean Martin singles chronology

"Return to Me" is a song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Danny Di Minno.^[2] The song was released in 1958 by Dean Martin. Martin recorded the song again in 1961 for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs.^[3]

Chart performance[]

The song spent 22 weeks on the United Kingdom's New Musical Express chart, peaking at No. 2,^[4] while reaching No. 1 in the Netherlands,^[5] No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,^[6] No. 7 in Flanders,^[7] and No. 8 on Norway's VG-lista.^[8] In the United States, the song reached No. 4 on Billboard's Top 100 Sides,^[9] No. 4 on Billboard's chart of "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores”,^[10] and No. 4 on Billboard's chart of "Most Played by Jockeys".^[11]^[12]

Chart (1958)	Peak position
Canada (CHUM Hit Parade)	5
Flanders	7
Netherlands	1
Norway (VG-lista)	8
UK New Musical Express	2
US Billboard - Top 100 Sides	4
US Billboard - Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores	4
US Billboard - Most Played by Jockeys	4
Wallonia^[13]	20

Other versions[]

Denny Dennis - a single release in the UK in 1958.^[14]
Elvis Presley - 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, where he resided.
Connie Francis - for her album More Italian Favorites (1960).^[15]
Jerry Vale - included in his album I Have But One Heart (1962).^[16]
Marty Robbins released a version of the song in 1978, which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[17]
Bob Dylan and his band recorded a version for the third season of The Sopranos in 2001.^[18]
Deana Martin recorded "Return to Me" on her second studio album, Volare, released in 2009 by Big Fish Records.
Tony Bennett and Vicente Fernández 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.^[19]

References[]

^ "Dean Martin Records on 78 RPM". Deanmartinfancenter.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "Original versions of Return to Me written by Carmen Lombardo, Danny DiMinno". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ "Dino: Italian Love Songs – Dean Martin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ Dean Martin - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed August 10, 2016.
^ Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Dutch Charts. Accessed August 10, 2016.
^ "CHUM Charts - Chart No. 51, Monday, May 05, 1958". CHUM. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
^ Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Accessed August 10, 2016.
^ Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), norwegiancharts.com. Accessed August 10, 2016.
^ "Top 100 Sides", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 29. Accessed August 11, 2016.
^ "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 24. Accessed August 11, 2016.
^ "Most Played by Jockeys", Billboard, June 23, 1958. p. 38. Accessed August 11, 2016.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1987) The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 196.
^ Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
^ "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
^ "Billboard Hot Country Singles", Billboard, March 25, 1978. p. 100. Accessed August 14, 2016.
^ "The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs [Music From the HBO Original Series] - Original Television Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
^ Mitchell, Elvis. "FILM REVIEW; She Gets His Wife's Heart (Literally), and Him, Too", The New York Times, April 7, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2016.

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[1] "Dean Martin Records on 78 RPM". Deanmartinfancenter.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[2] "Original versions of Return to Me written by Carmen Lombardo, Danny DiMinno". Secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[3] "Dino: Italian Love Songs – Dean Martin". AllMusic. Retrieved April 15, 2018.

[4] Dean Martin - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed August 10, 2016.

[5] Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Dutch Charts. Accessed August 10, 2016.

[6] "CHUM Charts - Chart No. 51, Monday, May 05, 1958". CHUM. Archived from the original on July 21, 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

[7] Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Accessed August 10, 2016.

[8] Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), norwegiancharts.com. Accessed August 10, 2016.

[9] "Top 100 Sides", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 29. Accessed August 11, 2016.

[10] "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 24. Accessed August 11, 2016.

[11] "Most Played by Jockeys", Billboard, June 23, 1958. p. 38. Accessed August 11, 2016.

[12] Whitburn, Joel (1987) The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Publications, Inc. p. 196.

[13] Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Retrieved April 15, 2018.

[14] "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

[15] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

[16] "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved March 13, 2018.

[17] "Billboard Hot Country Singles", Billboard, March 25, 1978. p. 100. Accessed August 14, 2016.

[18] "The Sopranos: Peppers & Eggs [Music From the HBO Original Series] - Original Television Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

[19] Mitchell, Elvis. "FILM REVIEW; She Gets His Wife's Heart (Literally), and Him, Too", The New York Times, April 7, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2016.

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Discography
Studio albums	Dean Martin Sings Swingin' Down Yonder Pretty Baby Sleep Warm A Winter Romance This Time I'm Swingin'! Dino: Italian Love Songs Cha Cha de Amor French Style Dino Latino Dean "Tex" Martin: Country Style Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again Dream with Dean The Door Is Still Open to My Heart Dean Martin Hits Again (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You Houston Somewhere There's a Someone Dean Martin Sings Songs from The Silencers The Hit Sound of Dean Martin The Dean Martin Christmas Album The Dean Martin TV Show Happiness Is Dean Martin Welcome to My World Gentle on My Mind I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am My Woman, My Woman, My Wife For the Good Times Dino Sittin' on Top of the World You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Once in a While The Nashville Sessions
Posthumous albums	Live from Las Vegas Forever Cool
Compilation albums	Everybody Loves Somebody Hey, Brother, Pour the Wine The Best of Dean Martin Dino: The Essential Dean Martin
Singles	"A Million and One" "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" "Arrivederci Roma" "Angel Baby" "Baby, It's Cold Outside" "Come Running Back" "Detroit City" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "Gentle on My Mind" "Houston" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "I Will" "If" "In the Chapel in the Moonlight" "In the Misty Moonlight" "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" "Innamorata" "June in January" "Just in Time" "King of the Road" "Lay Some Happiness on Me" "Let Me Go, Lover!" "Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me" "Mambo Italiano" "Memories Are Made of This" "Nobody's Baby Again" "On an Evening in Roma" "(Open Up the Door) Let the Good Times In" "Powder Your Face with Sunshine (Smile, Smile, Smile)" "(Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You" "Return to Me" "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" "She's a Little Bit Country" "Somewhere There's a Someone" "Standing on the Corner" "Sway" "That's Amore" "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" "The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane" "Under the Bridges of Paris" "Volare" "You Belong to Me" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" "Young and Foolish" "Not Enough Indians" "Gentle on My Mind"
Related	Martin and Lewis Rat Pack Deana Martin (daughter) Dean Paul Martin (son) Ricci Martin (son) The Rat Pack (1998 film) Martin and Lewis (2002 film) The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

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Albums	The Song of Robbins (1957) Songs of the Islands (1958) Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1960) Return of the Gunfighter (1963) R.F.D. (1964) The Drifter (1966) Tonight Carmen (1967) I Walk Alone (1968) It's a Sin (1969) My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1970) Today (1972) This Much a Man (1972) El Paso City (1976) Adios Amigo (1977) The Performer (1979)
Notable singles	"Stairway of Love" "I'll Go On Alone" "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" "That's All Right" "Maybellene" "Singing the Blues" "Knee Deep in the Blues" "A White Sport Coat" "The Story of My Life" "Just Married" "She Was Only Seventeen"* "The Hanging Tree" "El Paso" "Big Iron" "Don't Worry" "Devil Woman" "Ruby Ann" "Begging to You" "Ribbon of Darkness" "Tonight Carmen" "I Walk Alone" "It's a Sin" "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "El Paso City" "Among My Souvenirs" "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" "Return to Me" "Some Memories Just Won't Die" "Tie Your Dream to Mine"
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