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“Call Me (Come Back Home)” by Al Green
From the album Call Me (1973)
“Call Me (Come Back Home)” by Al Green appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2020 and 2022. It was first released in 1973 on the album Call Me. Its best result is #806 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #8,371 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Call Me (Come Back Home)", often known simply as "Call Me", came off Al Green's 1973 album Call Me as a single. It went top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and all the way to number two on the R&B chart, and the RIAA certified it gold. Green wrote it with Willie Mitchell and drummer Al Jackson, Jr., and produced it with Mitchell, who engineered it too.
The credits are stacked. Jackson and Howard Grimes share the drums, Leroy Hodges plays electric bass, Mabon Hodges guitar and Charles Hodges organ and piano, with Archie Turner on piano as well. The horns are Wayne Jackson on trumpet, Jack Hale on trombone, Ed Logan and Andrew Love on tenor sax and James Mitchell on baritone, and Charles Chalmers and Donna and Sandra Rhodes sing backup.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1972 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 806 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
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