Once again my mental discography has been ignited by the hosts of Sound Advice, the popular music discussion show on National Public Radio. On a recent their topic was what they called I Want You Back songs, and each host presented his six favorites.
Among the half dozen of Jim DeRogatis was “If I Can’t Have You” by Yvonne Elliman, her first single after a successful tenure as the backing vocalist for Eric Clapton. Its lyrics lay bare the pleading to get her old!over back, Boeing that no one else could ever replace him.
Co-just Greg Kot offered a different six pack, highlighted by “Working My Way Back To You” by the Spinners. The Legendari Way Back pop group songs about a guy who has grown to regret his infidelity, now that the girl he had taken for granted has left him.
Here are ten other songs that could have been mentioned in a program centered on songs about someone wishing to get his former lover back.
Baby Come Back by Player
In the chorus he owns up to the fact that he was wrong and cannot live her, a confession that is gorgeously backed up by a beat that would make peers Hall and Oates proud.
I’ve Returned by Squeeze
After calling her friends a bunch of Muppets as well as insulting her sister, the apologetic male has come back intending to win her heart again.
Bad Boy by Ray Parker Jr.
As a sequel to a previous hit on which he confessed to having fallen for another woman, the Raydio front man is now expressing his desire to return to the one he jilted.
Come Back To Me by the Bongos
His girl left him in the old heartless way by leaving a Dear John letter, but nevertheless he is now begging her to return to his arms.
Can’t You Hear Me Calling? by Bill Monroe
This timeless bluegrass classic centers on a man filled with regret after misusing his former woman, who he hopes will return to him.
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