"When You Come Back to Me Again" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks

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. The other writer on the song was Jenny Yates. The song was recorded for the movie Frequency

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. It was then released in May 2000 as the lead single from the album, Scarecrow

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. His current wife Trisha Yearwood

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 provides harmony vocals. The song reached number 21 on the U.S. Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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) charts and peaked at number 23 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. The song received a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Original Song.

Background and writing

The song is a ballad, penned, in part about Brooks' mother's death. He told Billboard magazine that the song is about lighthouses in his life. Brooks said, "that lighthouse is my mother, that lighthouse is also those people you played live to, that lighthouse is also the music because the music is like the air or the water, it simply is."

Music video

The music video was co-directed by Gerry Wenner and Brooks and premiered in May 2000. The video was put together with clips from the film.

Chart performance

"When You Come Back to Me Again" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the chart week of May 13, 2000.

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	21
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	29
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	23