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Best comeback song ever?

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LPManicLPManic Frets: 1067
edited January 2022 in Music
I was listening to the podcast Sodajerker on Songwriting and they had Gary Barlow on and were talking about writing Patience with John Shanks and I've come to the conclusion that Patience might be one of the best comeback songs ever. Barlow was clear that he knew they had only one shot and they came up with that song. And it's a belter. I remember Nicky Wire saying at the time if Neil Young had written it everyone would have called it one of the best songs ever. I wouldn't go as overboard as the Wire but it is a perfect comeback song.

Any other massive comeback songs in music history? Especially after 10 years?

EDIT: Edit for the NME article on Wire and Gary Barlow: https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-140-1318956 ; =)
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  • Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man

    Echo & the Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever



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  • Blondie - Maria
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    As for "when am I ready?"  You'll never be ready.  It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it.  - pmbomb


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  • MajorscaleMajorscale Frets: 1553
    Can’t say I was/am a fan of that Take That song, but in terms of a comeback song I think Ordinary World by Duran Duran was a great one.
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  • Rush - One Little Victory

    i highly recommend reading up on Neil Pearts tragedies. The intro just screams ‘I’m back’
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  • LPManicLPManic Frets: 1067
    edited January 2022
    Blondie is a good shout.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71951
    ABBA - Don't Shut Me Down

    After *40* years...

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • munckeemunckee Frets: 12254
    Coffee and tv, blur. 
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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4700
    St Anger by Metallica, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

    My head said brake, but my heart cried never.


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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17485
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    Not a single song but AoC output has been top quality since reforming and considering the time and how important Lane Staley was it's quite unexpected.
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  • Danny1969Danny1969 Frets: 10356
    JC's version of Hurt was a huge record that introduced him to a whole new audience who's parents weren't even born when Cash was big. 
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5112
    edited January 2022
    Dusty Springfield - What have I done to deserve this….(with PSB’s) 

    https://youtu.be/Wn9E5i7l-Eg
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  • I think if Neil Young had written Patience, people would have just said "Why is Neil Young writing songs like that?". It's a good song but Nicky Wire mentioning him is a bit of a weird link.

    I quite liked Frozen by Madonna, despite not liking literally any other song by her ever, so I guess that's a good one for me to add.

    Does The Beatles "Free as a Bird" count? 
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  • sev112sev112 Frets: 2739
    LPManic said:
    I was listening to the podcast Sodajerker on Songwriting and they had Gary Barlow on and were talking about writing Patience with John Shanks and I've come to the conclusion that Patience might be one of the best comeback songs ever. Barlow was clear that he knew they had only one shot and they came up with that song. And it's a belter. I remember Nicky Wire saying at the time if Neil Young had written it everyone would have called it one of the best songs ever. I wouldn't go as overboard as the Wire but it is a perfect comeback song.

    Any other massive comeback songs in music history? Especially after 10 years?
    John shanks is one of my favourite guitarists.  Very very good live 
    and what he has written and produced too
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  • StefBStefB Frets: 2331
    I’d say Bon Jovi’s Keep The Faith (song & album) deserve an honourable mention, arriving with a new image, in the thick of Grunge, and after a four year absence. 
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  • ShrewsShrews Frets: 2958
    Not sure if it counts as a comeback, but it is a comeback of sorts I suppose. New Order changed the name and the style of music to introduce the band to a new audience when they released Blue Monday following Joy Division and the death of Ian Curtis.

    ACDC kept the name and kept their original sound following the death of Bon Scott and the introduction of Brian Johnson. You Shook me All Night Long was an awesome track. It took a lot to 'comeback' I would guess, especially with such a good album (Back in Black)
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16253
    Tina Turner Let’s Stay Together. 

    I think she’d had a solo career that had ticked along for a few years but then boof an international hit with a modern sounding production. 
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • LPManicLPManic Frets: 1067
    I think if Neil Young had written Patience, people would have just said "Why is Neil Young writing songs like that?". It's a good song but Nicky Wire mentioning him is a bit of a weird link.

    Here is the NME article: https://www.nme.com/news/music/manic-street-preachers-140-1318956 ; :)
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7731
    Blondie - Maria
    Awful song
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7731
    edited January 2022
    Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

    Kylie Minogue - I can't get you out of my head
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  • Chicago - Hard to say I’m Sorry  1982 
      
    This is just what the Doctor ordered  to make Chicago serious contenders in the charts again
      absolutely amazing song , just like their 76 hit     “if you leave me now”  

      It would seem this turn of events was bought about by David Foster  who worked his magic a second time in 84  with hit songs 

    You’re the inspiration  & Hard habit to break 

    all this involved bringing in outside writers to work with Peter Cetera  plus top studio musicians 
    (most of Toto) 

    anyway I think these songs and albums are pretty amazing  but what is even more amazing if at all possible are Peter Ceteras albums 

    Solitude Solitaire & One more Story  in my opinion two of the finest albums to come out of the 80s that represent that overproduced sound that all 80s fans love . They have everything 
    Ceteras voice , studio legend guitarists like Dan huff and Ray Parker junior 
    and all those great FM synth sounds like The huge DX7 stacked electric pianos 

    Absolutely top shelf



      
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