"Walking Back to Me"
Single by Sam Brown
from the album Stop!
Released1988 (1988)
Recorded1988 (1988)
GenrePop rock
Length3:40
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Pete Brown
  • Sam Brown
Sam Brown singles chronology
"Walking Back to Me"
(1988)		 "Stop!"
(1988)

"Walking Back to Me" is a song by the English female singer-songwriter Sam Brown, written by Brown, and Gregg Sutton. It appears on her debut album Stop!.

Critical reception

Upon its release, John Lee of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner picked "Walking Back to Me" as the "single of the week" and praised it as "a fabulous number, borrowing the feel of early Seventies glam-rockers Sweet". He added that it has "got to be a big hit".[1] Jim Whiteford of the Dundee Evening Telegraph called it a "strident rocker" which shows Brown's "certainly got power in her vocal cords and some writing talent". He questioned its commercial potential, stating, "Melody is not strong enough for radio use, I fear, but, if she gets a chance to perform on TV, she could well start this debut song selling."[2] Marcus Hodge of the Cambridge Evening News commented, "Blonde Sam tries too hard to give a sluggish song some lmife. Vaguely promising debut."[3] Steven Wells of NME felt Brown would "do well to rid herself of the leaden rockist backing band and get with a drum machine and a sampler".[4]

Track listings

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

  • Sam Brown – lead vocals; piano
  • Pete Brown – lesley guitar; backing vocals
  • Paul Bangash – guitar
  • Richard Newman – drums
  • Jim Leverton – bass guitar
  • Danny Schogger – keyboards
  • Phil Saatchi – backing vocals

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1988) Peak
position
German Singles Chart[6] 65

References

  1. ↑ Lee, John (5 March 1988). "Record Reviews: Singles". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 14. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ Whiteford, Jim (4 March 1988). "On the Record! - Singles". Dundee Evening Telegraph. p. 19. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ Hodge, Marcus (7 March 1988). "Pop: Helen ready for rock revolution". Cambridge Evening News. p. 9. Retrieved 12 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ Wells, Steven (5 March 1988). "45". New Musical Express. p. 18. ISSN 0028-6362.
  5. ↑ Stop! liner notes. A&M Records. 1988.
  6. ↑ "German Singles chart". Retrieved 2016-05-01.
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