Coming Home Now

"Coming Home Now"
Single by Boyzone
from the album Said and Done
Released26 February 1996 (1996-02-26)
Length3:41
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ray Hedges
Boyzone singles chronology
"Father and Son"
(1995) 		"Coming Home Now"
(1996) 		"Words"
(1996)
Music video
"Coming Home Now" on YouTube

"Coming Home Now" is the sixth single taken from Irish boy band Boyzone's debut album, Said and Done (1995). It was their only single to be written solely by the group, without any outside co-writers. Released in February 1996 by Polydor, it peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Boyzone's only solo single to miss the top three prior to their initial split in 2000. The song has received a silver sales certification for shipping 200,000 units in the UK. In Ireland, the song broke their consecutive string of four number-one hits by reaching number two.

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week gave "Coming Home Now" four out of five, writing, "Boyzone should clinch a fifth consecutive top three hit with this sweet, self-penned ballad that has all the ingredients which have made the band so big, plus luscious strings arranged by Anne Dudley."[1] Mark Beaumont from NME described it as a "toe-dip into East 17's smouldering bucket of raunch".[2]

Track listings

  • UK CD single[3]
  1. "Coming Home Now" (radio edit) – 3:41
  2. "Close to You" – 3:47
  3. "Coming Home Now" (Steve Jervier mix) – 3:55
  • UK and European CD single (digipak)[4]
  1. "Coming Home Now" (radio edit) – 3:41
  2. "Close to You" – 3:47
  3. "Coming Home Now" (Steve Jervier mix) – 3:55
  4. "Coming Home Now" (Missing Link mix) – 5:51
  • Japanese maxi-CD single[5]
  1. "Coming Home Now" (radio edit)
  2. "Love Me for a Reason"
  3. "Father and Son"
  4. "Key to My Life"
  5. "Working My Way Back to You"

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Silver 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 26 February 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
 Polydor [14]
Japan 1 April 1996 CD [15]

References

  1. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 February 1996. p. 12. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ Beaumont, Mark (19 August 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 46. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ Coming Home Now (UK CD single liner notes). Boyzone. Polydor Records. 1996. 07 314 577 570-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Coming Home Now (UK & European digipak CD single liner notes). Boyzone. Polydor Records. 1996. 07 314 577 572-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Coming Home Now (Japanese maxi-single liner notes). Boyzone. Polydor Records. 1996. POCP-7124.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 11. 16 March 1996. p. 17. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Coming Home Now". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Boyzone – Coming Home Now" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Boyzone – Coming Home Now" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Boyzone: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1996". Music Week. 18 January 1997. p. 25.
  13. ^ "British single certifications – Boyzone – Coming Home Now". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  14. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 24 February 1996. p. 31.
  15. ^ "カミング・ホーム・ナウ | ボーイゾーン" [Coming Home Now | Boyzone] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 12 March 2024.