"Return to Me" is a song with music by Carmen Lombardo and lyrics by Danny Di Minno. The song was released in 1958 by Dean Martin. Martin recorded the song again in 1961 for his album Dino: Italian Love Songs.
Chart performance The song spent 22 weeks on the United Kingdom's New Musical Express chart, peaking at No. 2,Dean Martin - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed August 10, 2016. while reaching No. 1 in the Netherlands,Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Dutch Charts. Accessed August 10, 2016. No. 5 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade, No. 7 in Flanders,Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Accessed August 10, 2016. and No. 8 on Norway's VG-lista.Dean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), norwegiancharts.com. Accessed August 10, 2016. In the United States, the song reached No. 4 on Billboards Top 100 Sides,"Top 100 Sides", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 29. Accessed August 11, 2016. No. 4 on Billboards chart of "Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores”,"Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores", Billboard, June 9, 1958. p. 24. Accessed August 11, 2016. and No. 4 on Billboards chart of "Most Played by Jockeys"."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.
Chart (1958)PeakpositionCanada (CHUM Hit Parade)5Flanders7Netherlands1Norway (VG-lista)8UK New Musical Express2US Billboard - Top 100 Sides4US Billboard - Best Selling Pop Singles in Stores4US Billboard - Most Played by Jockeys4WalloniaDean Martin - Return to Me (Ritorna a me), Ultratop. Retrieved April 15, 2018. 20
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."Billboard Hot Country Singles", Billboard, March 25, 1978. p. 100. Accessed August 14, 2016. 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.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. 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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