Come Home (Placebo song)
1996 single by Placebo
"Come Home" | ||||
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Single by Placebo | ||||
from the album Placebo | ||||
Released | 5 February 1996 | |||
Recorded | 1996 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, pop-punk, emo | |||
Length | 4:40 | |||
Label | Deceptive | |||
Songwriter(s) | Robert Schultzberg, Brian Molko and Stefan Olsdal | |||
Producer(s) | Brad Wood | |||
Placebo singles chronology | ||||
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"Come Home" is a song by English alternative rock band Placebo. It appears on the group's 1996 eponymous debut album and was released as the lead single from the album on 5 February 1996.
Content
Placebo frontman Brian Molko has described "Come Home" was "pop-punk for postponed suicides".[1]
Music video
The music video for the song features the band performing the song in a small room.
Release
"Come Home" was released as the lead single from Placebo on 5 February 1996. It reached number 86 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Track listing
- CD
- "Come Home" – 4:40
- "Drowning by Numbers" – 2:59
- "Oxygen Thief" – 3:36
- 7" vinyl
- "Come Home"
- "Drowning by Numbers"
Personnel
- Placebo
- Brian Molko – vocals, guitar, production
- Stefan Olsdal – bass, production
- Robert Schultzberg – drums, production
- Additional personnel
- Fulton Dingley – engineering on tracks 1 & 2
- Miki Moore – engineering on track 3
- Adam Maynard – front cover art
- Alex Weston – back cover photography
Charts
Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart | 86[2] |
References
- ^ "Magazine article". Placebo interview. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Come Home | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
- "Come Home" at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Steve Hewitt
- Steve Forrest
- Placebo
- Without You I'm Nothing
- Black Market Music
- Sleeping with Ghosts
- Meds
- Battle for the Sun
- Loud Like Love
- Never Let Me Go
- Extended Play '07
- B3
- Life's What You Make It
- Covers
- Once More with Feeling: Singles 1996–2004
- A Place for Us to Dream
- Live at Angkor Wat
- MTV Unplugged
- Soulmates Never Die: Live in Paris 2003
- Once More with Feeling: Videos 1996–2004
- We Come in Pieces
- MTV Unplugged
- "Bruise Pristine"
- "Come Home"
- "36 Degrees"
- "Teenage Angst"
- "Nancy Boy"
- "Pure Morning"
- "You Don't Care About Us"
- "Every You Every Me"
- "Without You I'm Nothing"
- "Taste in Men"
- "Slave to the Wage"
- "Special K"
- "Black-Eyed"
- "The Bitter End"
- "This Picture"
- "Special Needs"
- "English Summer Rain"
- "Protège-moi"
- "Twenty Years"
- "Because I Want You"
- "Song to Say Goodbye"
- "Infra-Red"
- "Meds"
- "For What It's Worth"
- "Ashtray Heart"
- "Bright Lights"
- "Too Many Friends"
- "Loud Like Love"
- "Jesus' Son"
- "I Feel You"
- "Sleeping with Ghosts"