Coming Home Soldier
| "Coming Home Soldier" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Bobby Vinton | ||||
| from the album Bobby Vinton Sings the Newest Hits | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Let My Mary Go 1qRound" | |||
| Released | October 17. 1966 | |||
| Recorded | October 4, 1966 | |||
| Genre | Pop music | |||
| Length | 2:29 | |||
| Label | Epic Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bobby Vinton & Gene Allan[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Robert Mersey[2] | |||
| Bobby Vinton singles chronology | ||||
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"Coming Home Soldier" is a song co-written and sung by Bobby Vinton, which he released in 1966. The song is a sequel to Vinton's previous hit "Mr. Lonely," sung from the perspective of a man who is returning home to the girl he loves, after having fought in a war overseas, and has survived without serious injury ("no Purple Heart"). The song spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 11,[3] while reaching No. 29 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade,[4] and No. 89 on Canada's RPM 100.[5]
Chart performance
| Chart (1966-1967) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
| Canada - CHUM Hit Parade | 29 |
| Canada - RPM 100 | 89 |
References
- ^ Coming Home Soldier - By: Bobby Vinton, MusicVF.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
- ^ "Spotlight Singles", Billboard, October 29, 1966. p. 16. Accessed October 18, 2015
- ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 18, 2015
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade – Week of January 16, 1967". Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Chart No. 517. CHUM. Accessed November 25, 2015. - ^ "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 6, Ed. 17, December 19, 1966. Accessed October 18, 2015