Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Aretha Franklin
1974
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1973
Release: 1973Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original Aretha single appeared in 1973 before the Let Me in Your Life album in 1974. Contemporary and later label histories differ on the single's month; both support 1973. The later-issued work tape is a different version.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1974.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Let Me in Your Life - Rhino single-before-album history
Documents Until You Come Back to Me as a 1973 lead single, followed by the Let Me in Your Life album in February 1974; it is Aretha's released recording, not Stevie Wonder's earlier session.
Record World, 29 May 1976 - Aretha singles and album discographies
Contemporary release-date tables in the Aretha supplement, PDF pages 44 and 46: 1967 singles and debut LP; Think single before Aretha Now in 1968; Rock Steady single in 1971 before Young, Gifted and Black in 1972; Day Dreaming in 1972; Until You Come Back to Me in 1973 before its 1974 album. Month differences against later Rhino histories are not resolved into exact dates.
The Atlantic Albums Collection - Rhino original track lists
Original Young, Gifted and Black album membership for Day Dreaming and Rock Steady; Let Me in Your Life membership for Until You Come Back to Me. The 2015 box-set date is not used.
Aretha boxed set - Rhino recording-version inventory
Explicitly identifies the later Blues Brothers Think, alternate Chain of Fools and Rock Steady, television duet I Say a Little Prayer, and a work tape of Until You Come Back to Me as different versions; none is silently substituted here.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Written by Stevie Wonder, Morris Broadnax, and Clarence Paul
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1974.html, song-list position 11
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1974 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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