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Come Back When You Grow Up
Studio album by
Bobby Vee and the Strangers
ReleasedOctober 1967
GenrePop
Length29:10
LabelLiberty
ProducerDallas Smith
Bobby Vee and the Strangers chronology
Bobby Vee's Golden Greats Vol. 2
(1966) 		Come Back When You Grow Up
(1967) 		Just Today
(1968)
Singles from Come Back When You Grow Up
  1. "Come Back When You Grow Up"/"Swahili Serenad"
    Released: June 9, 1967

Come Back When You Grow Up is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Bobby Vee and the Strangers[1] and was released in October 1967 by Liberty Records.[1] This was the last album to feature Vee's backup band, the Strangers. The only single from the album was "Come Back When You Grow Up".

According to Robert Reynolds, in The Music of Bobby Vee, "it was a surprising comeback for him. Although music in general had changed, this album is reminiscent of the LPs he put out during earlier years, with this material all being fresh and new."[2][self-published source]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart on October 7, 1967, remaining on the chart for 12 weeks and peaking at No. 66.[3] It reached No. 37 on the Cashbox albums chart.[4]

The album was released on compact disc by Collectables Records on October 17, 2000, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Vee's collaborative album from June 1963, Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures.[5] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Beat Goes On on February 14, 2001, the other being Vee's 15th album from October 1966, Look at Me Girl.[6]

Singles

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"Come Back When You Grow Up" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on July 22, 1967, eventually spending one week at number 3 during its 16-week stay,[7] number 3 on the Cashbox singles chart.[8] and number 2 in Canada.[9] The single reached number 15 on Billboard magazine's Year-End Hot 100 for 1967,[10] and number 29 in Canada.[11] It was also was Bobby’s first top-ten single since “The Night Has A Thousand Eyes” almost five years before.[12] It was Vee's sixth and final top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the first being "Devil or Angel" in 1960.[13]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[14]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album showed "instead of sounding like a Buddy Holly wannabe gone to seed, he['s] doing music that could just as easily have come from, say, the Classics IV or the Monkees, or any other contemporary rock act out of 1966–1967. The transition is nearly as jarring as that of Johnny Rivers from rock & roller to folk-rocker to contemporary songwriter, and fascinating as well as great listening."[1]

Cashbox described the album as "a fine showcase for the versatile talent of the artist."[15]

The Dayton Daily News said that Vee "soft-pedals some good contemporary music", adding, "Though he's backed by the Strangers, the LP belongs to him."[16]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Come Back When You Grow Up"Martha Sharpe2:15
2."A Rose Grew In The Ashes"Ronnie Dante, Gene Allen2:42
3."You're A Big Girl Now"Robert Thomas Velline2:17
4."You Can Count On Me"Mose Allison2:47
5."Get The Message"Jimmy Griffin, Michael C. Gordon2:35
6."Hold On To Him"Roy Cordell, Sal Trimachi2:07
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."World Down on Your Knees"Roy Cordell2:21
2."Objects Of Gold"Gene Allen2:29
3."Before You Go"Arthur Crudup, Russell Garrett Tillison2:14
4."Mission Accomplished"Rose Marie Cason, Betty W. Russell2:44
5."I May Be Gone"Robert Thomas Velline2:09
6."Double Good Feeling"Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon2:16

Charts

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Chart (1967) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[3] 66
US Cash Box[4] 37
Singles
Year Single Chart Peak
1967 "Come Back When You Grow Up" US Billboard Hot 100 3
US Cash Box 3
Canada CHUM RPM 2

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Eder, Bruce. "Bobby Vee - Come Back When You Grow Up: Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-13). The Music Of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. p. 103. ISBN 9781365054129.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 814. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  4. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 388. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  5. ^ "Come Back When You Grow Up/Bobby Vee Meets the Ventures". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Look at Me Girl/Come Back When You Grow Up". allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
  8. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 23, 1967".
  9. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - September 16, 1967" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1967". Archived from the original on January 2, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  11. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles of 1967 - January 6, 1968" (PDF).
  12. ^ Reynolds, Robert (2016-04-19). The Music of Bobby Vee. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-365-05412-9.
  13. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 742. ISBN 0898-2-0155-1.
  14. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1446. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  15. ^ Cash Box Album Pop Picks Review: Come Back When You Grow Up. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1967-09-23. p. 36.
  16. ^ "Dayton Daily News from Dayton, Ohio". Newspapers.com. 1967-09-26. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
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