"I Wanna Come Over" is a song recorded and released by country music

Country music

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 band Alabama

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.

The song represented a number of milestones in the career of the Fort Payne, Alabama

Fort Payne, Alabama

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-based band. In 1979, Alabama had started to record again after a two-year hiatus (due to a number of legal restrictions with their first recording contract, the now-defunct GRT Records). One of their first recordings following the hiatus was "I Wanna Come Over," which they included on a self-produced album.

When released in September 1979, the song was issued on the small MDJ Records. The song entered the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles

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 chart later that month, eventually becoming their first Top 40 hit. The song peaked at No. 33 in early December.

"I Wanna Come Over" also proved crucial for introducing Alabama's fans to one aspect core to their style — the mellow love ballad, which would be repeated on their most successful songs, including "Feels So Right

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," "There's No Way

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" and "Forever's as Far as I'll Go

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." It also paved the way for the bigger success of the follow-up single, "My Home's in Alabama

My Home's in Alabama (song)

"My Home's in Alabama" is a song made famous by the country music band Alabama. Written by Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry, the song was released in 1980 and served as the title track to Alabama's first album for RCA Records....

" (which provided fans with the country rock

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-influenced side of the band's sound).

Both "I Wanna Come Over" and "My Home's in Alabama" are included on Alabama's first RCA Records

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 album, My Home's in Alabama

My Home's in Alabama (album)

My Home's in Alabama is an album by American country music band Alabama, released on RCA Records in 1980. For a majority of fans, this represents the first widespread success of Alabama, despite the fact that they had released three albums before this one....

, released in May 1980. "I Wanna Come Over" later served as the B-side to a later Alabama single, "Why Lady Why

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"Why Lady Why" is a song by the country music band Alabama. Written by Rick Scott and band member Teddy Gentry, the song was released in 1980, and eventually became the group's second No...

" (itself originally a B-side hit).

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	33

Sources

• Millard, Bob, "Country Music: 70 Years of America's Favorite Music," HarperCollins, New York, 1993 (ISBN 0-06-273244-7)
• Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.