Come On Home (Cyndi Lauper song)

The international version was produced by Cyndi Lauper, Jimmy Bralower and William Wittman, recorded by William Wittman and Jan Pulsford and mixed by William Wittman and is approximately 4:36 in length. It starts with a beat in the opening bar of the song, and includes a distinctive sample (male voice signing "here") throughout the track. The sample is of "Here I Stand" (written by Justin Hinds) as recorded in 1994 by Bitty McLean for his Just to Let You Know... album and "Here I Stand" single.^[3]

The US version was produced by Cyndi Lauper and Junior Vasquez, recorded by P. Dennis Mitchell with mix and additional recording from Joe 'The Butcher' Nicolo and has a runtime approximately 4:32. The version commences with a reggae-style bass/guitar riff before the beat commences, the song ends with an ad-lib, a cappella chorus.

For the single release, an edit of the US version with a runtime of 3:50 was used.^[4]

"Come On Home" climbed up the dance charts in 1995 when it was released in the US. The song was also a moderate hit in a few countries, where it charted in the top twenty or the top forty.

Track listing

UK CD single

"Come On Home" (single edit) – 3:47
"Come On Home" (Junior's Soundfactory single version) – 4:14
"Come On Home" (techno vocal single version) – 4:20
"Hey Now (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)" (Mikey Bennet's Carnival Version featuring Patra) – 6:04

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Japanese Singles Chart (Tokyo)^[5]	97
UK Singles Chart^[6]	39
U.S. Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles Chart^[7]	11

Official versions

International album version – 4:36
US album version – 4:33
Single edit – 3:50
Instrumental – 3:50
Club mix extended version – 5:35
Junior's Soundfactory mix – 11:43
Junior's Soundfactory single version – 4:14
Factory Dub – 4:50
Dream Dub Beats – 4:50
Ruff Factory Dub – 9:43
Factory Dub short version – 2:34
Techno vocal – 9:03
Techno vocal single version – 4:20
Techno dub – 4:35
Jungle vocal – 6:20
Jungle Ragga Beats – 5:35
Instrumental long version – 8:26

References

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Cyndi Lauper singles

She's So Unusual	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "Time After Time" "She Bop" "All Through the Night" "Money Changes Everything" "When You Were Mine"

True Colors	"True Colors" "Change of Heart" "What's Going On" "Boy Blue" "Maybe He'll Know"

A Night to Remember	"I Drove All Night" "My First Night Without You" "A Night to Remember" "Heading West" "Primitive" "Unconditional Love"

Hat Full of Stars	"Who Let In the Rain" "That's What I Think" "Sally's Pigeons" "Hat Full of Stars"

Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some	"(Hey Now) Girls Just Want to Have Fun" "I'm Gonna Be Strong" "Come on Home"

Sisters of Avalon	"You Don't Know" "Sisters of Avalon" "Ballad of Cleo and Joe"

Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life	"Early Christmas Morning"

Shine	"Shine"

At Last	"At Last" "Walk On By"

The Body Acoustic	"Time After Time"

Bring Ya to the Brink	"Set Your Heart" "Same Ol' Story" "Into the Nightlife"

Memphis Blues	"Just Your Fool"

Detour	"Hard Candy Christmas" "Funnel of Love"

Other singles	"You Make Loving Fun" "We Are the World" "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" "Hole in My Heart (All the Way to China)" "Another Brick in the Wall" "The World Is Stone" "Disco Inferno" "A Christmas Duel" "Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart"

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