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The music and lyrics were written in 1925 by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly.They self-published the sheet music and it became their first big success, selling 2 million copies and providing the financial basis of their publishing firm, Campbell, Connelly & Co. [1] Campbell and Connelly published the sheet music and recorded the song under the pseudonym "Irving King".
The song, presumably sung by British Commonwealth soldiers, can be heard during "The Desert: North Africa", the eighth episode of the documentary series The World at War. Folk singer Lead Belly performed the song (as "Gee, But I Want to Go Home" or " Army Life " [ 3 ] ) on several 1940s recordings.
There have been many recordings of the song since the early 1950s, with variant titles including "I Want to Go Home" and "Wreck of the John B". In 1966, American rock band the Beach Boys recorded a folk rock adaptation that was produced and arranged by Brian Wilson and released as the second single from their album Pet Sounds .
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"Don't It Make You Want to Go Home" is a 1969 song by Joe South. South was also producer and arranger of the track and of its B-side, "Hearts Desire." The single was credited to "Joe South and the Believers"; the Believers included his brother Tommy South and his sister-in-law Barbara South.
In 2014 it got sampled in "Let Me" by René Amesz. In 2015 "Techno Disco" by Kerrier District and "Wanna Go" by Dos Padres used a sample. In 2021 Ferry Corsten sampled parts of the vocals for his song "Lemme Take You". [59]
"Home" is a song by Canadian singer Michael Bublé, and released on January 24, 2005, as the first single from his fourth studio album, It's Time. The song was written by Bublé, along with co-writers Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies .
"Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" Single by Aretha Franklin; from the album Let Me in Your Life; B-side "If You Don't Think" Released: November 1973: Genre: Soul [1]