Easily a hit then and a possible contender for a Top 10 placing." Alan Jones from Music Week gave it three out of five. Music writer James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary, "The new version is to be honest not half bad with toasting from newcomer Pato Banton and singing supplied by Ali and Robin Campbell from UB40, following Bitty McLean as the second protege they have helped into the charts. According to Virgin Records, about 750,000 copies were sold as of March 1995.
In New Zealand, the song entered the chart on 30 October 1994 at number three, then rose to number two the following week, before beginning a four-week reign at number one from 13 November to 4 December 1994. It was the fourth biggest selling single of 1994 in the UK.
It was released on 19 September 1994 and entered the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 1 October 1994 at number 16 and reached number one on its fifth week on the chart, where it stayed for four weeks. The song was a number-one hit single in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. This version was different from the original in that it was in a more conventional, commercial reggae style and Banton added his own verses between the Campbells singing the original hook and chorus. The song was covered by Pato Banton in 1994 who was joined by Robin and Ali Campbell of UB40. Single by Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40 version "Baby Come Back" In his 2005 book Turn the Beat Around: The Rise and Fall of Disco, Peter Shapiro wrote that "Baby, Come Back" was "a big influence on disco." Chart performance Chart (1967–68) Įddy Grant himself released a new version of the song in 1984, 19, without much impact on the charts.įor allmusic, Steve Leggett called the song "impossibly catchy." In a 2006 review, Freaky Trigger called the song an "excellent pop track that happens to have been made by a mixed-race, mixed-birthplace British-Caribbean band." 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 28 September 1968 and was the Equals' only track to chart in the U.S. In all the song stayed in the UK Top 75 for 18 weeks. However, after impressive sales in the rest of Europe (it reached the top 10 in Belgium and the Netherlands ) the song was re-issued in the UK on and was no.1 on the UK Singles Chart for three consecutive weeks beginning 9 July 1968. The song was first released in 1966 as a B-side to "Hold Me Closer". Towards the end of the song, the band beatboxes in the style of ska. "Baby, Come Back" has a 4/4 time signature compared to Motown and a beat driven by three guitars. The Equals were a group from North London, England formed in 1965 whose music was said to fuse pop, blues, ska, and beat. The Equals version Background and composition 2 Pato Banton featuring Ali and Robin Campbell of UB40 version.
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