Return to Me (song)

Chart performance

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

Other versions

• Denny Dennis - a single release in the UK in 1958.
• 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).
• Jerry Vale - included in his album I Have But One Heart (1962).
• Marty Robbins released a version of the song in 1978, which reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
• 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.
• 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)
• Claude Blouin - an orchestral version in the Rumba style released on the album "Ballroom Dancing The Best of Claude Blouin 'Disque de Danse'" (1990)

Popular culture

• Dean Martin's version is featured as the title song in the 2000 film Return to Me.
• 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.

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