Return to Me (song)

"Return to Me"
Single by Dean Martin
B-side	"Forgetting You"
Released	February 17, 1958
Recorded	January 23, 1958[1]
Studio	Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:21
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Carmen Lombardo, Danny Di Minno
Dean Martin singles chronology
"Good Mornin' Life" (1957) "Return to Me" (1958) "Angel Baby" (1958)

"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]
• Chris Isaak for the album Baja Sessions (1996)
• 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]
• The song plays on the radio in Mafia II, two of the characters, Joe Barbaro and Eddie Scarpa, even sing the song in Chapter 7.

References

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. 1960. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
16. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. 1962. 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.