Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) - wikipedia Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' Single by Aretha Franklin from the album Let Me in Your Life B - side `` If You Do n't Think '' Released November 1973 Genre Soul Length 3 : 28 Label Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder Producer ( s ) Jerry Wexler Aretha Franklin singles chronology `` Angel '' ( 1973 ) Angel 1973 `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1973 ) Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) 1973 `` I 'm in Love '' ( 1974 ) I 'm in Love 1974 Luther Vandross singles chronology `` I 'll Let You Slide '' ( 1983 ) I 'll Let You Slide 1983 `` Superstar '' / `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do '' ( 1984 ) String Module Error : Match not found1984 `` ' Til My Baby Comes Home '' ( 1985 ) ' Til My Baby Comes Home 1985 `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' is a song written by Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, and Stevie Wonder. The song was originally recorded by Stevie Wonder in 1967, but his version was not released as a single and did not appear on an album until 1977 's anthology Looking Back. The most well - known version of this song is the 1973 release by Aretha Franklin, who had a million - selling, top 10 hit, on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 's R&B chart. The song reached No. 1 on the R&B chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100 chart in 1974. It became an RIAA gold record. With this peak at number three, Franklin became the first artist in the history of the Hot 100 chart to have a hit song peak at each position from one to ten on the chart. To date, only three other artists have achieved this feat : Marvin Gaye in 1983, Madonna in 1996, and Taylor Swift in 2015. Aretha 's version of the song was ranked by Billboard as the No. 11 song for 1974. The song 's subject tells of their abandonment by their partner, but declares their determination to contact and win their partner back. Contents 1 Personnel 1.1 Musicians 1.2 Others 2 Charts 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Cover versions 3.1 Charts 4 References 5 External links Personnel Musicians Aretha Franklin - lead vocals, acoustic piano Donny Hathaway - electric piano Chuck Rainey - bass Kenneth Bichel - synthesizer Bernard `` Pretty '' Purdie - drums Joe Farrell - flute Hugh McCracken - guitar Gwen Guthrie - background vocals Cissy Houston - background vocals Margaret Branch - background vocals Ann S. Clark - background vocals Others Eumir Deodato - arranger Gene Orloff - concert master Arif Mardin - producer Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1973 -- 74 ) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles 8 UK ( The Official Charts Company ) 26 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 33 US Billboard R&B US Cash Box Top 100 7 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Canada 101 US Billboard Hot 100 11 US Cash Box 59 Cover versions `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' Single by Miki Howard from the album Miki Howard B - side `` Come Share My Love '' Released April 26, 1990 Format 12 '' single, cassette single CD single Recorded 1989 Genre R&B soul new jack swing Length 4 : 03 Label Atlantic Songwriter ( s ) Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder Producer ( s ) Jon Nettlesbey, Terry Coffey Miki Howard singles chronology `` Love Under New Management '' ( 1989 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1990 ) `` Come Home to Me '' ( 1990 ) `` Love Under New Management '' ( 1989 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1990 ) `` Come Home to Me '' ( 1990 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' Single by Cyndi Lauper from the album At Last Released Format CD single, Vinyl, 12 '' Recorded 2003 Genre Pop Length 4 : 40 Label Sony Songwriter ( s ) Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder Producer ( s ) Cyndi Lauper, Russ Titelman Cyndi Lauper singles chronology `` Walk On By '' ( 2003 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 2004 ) `` Stay '' ( 2004 ) `` Walk On By '' ( 2003 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 2004 ) `` Stay '' ( 2004 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' Single by Basia from the album London Warsaw New York B - side `` Baby You 're Mine '' Released Format Vinyl, 12 ``, cassette single Recorded 1989 Genre Electronic, Jazz Length 3 : 52 Label Epic Records Songwriter ( s ) Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder Producer ( s ) Basia, Danny White Basia singles chronology `` Cruising for Bruising '' ( 1990 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1990 ) `` More Fire Than Flame '' ( 1993 ) `` Cruising for Bruising '' ( 1990 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1990 ) `` More Fire Than Flame '' ( 1993 ) In 1983, Leo Sayer featured a cover on his album `` Have You Ever Been in Love '', and released it as a single. The song became a hit again in 1984 when Luther Vandross released it as part of a medley with `` Superstar ''. The Vandross medley peaked at No. 87 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Hot Black Singles chart. In 1986, saxophonist Richard Elliot featured a cover on his album `` Trolltown. '' Basia recorded this song on her 1989 album London Warsaw New York ; she had an adult contemporary chart hit with her version. The Basia video for `` Until You Come Back to Me '' featured footage shot in Seattle, with scenes including the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the landmark Paramount Theatre. Miki Howard recorded the song for her 1989 self - titled album. Howard 's version was an R&B hit in 1990 when it peaked at No. 3 on Billboard 's Hot Black Singles chart. Another remake was done by Bobby Caldwell on his 1995 album Soul Survivor. On the American Idol 3 : Greatest Soul Hits album, Camile Velasco recorded this song. Cyndi Lauper 's version of `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' was the second single from her 2003 album At Last. It was a promo - only release. A live version is sung by Lauper on her Live at Last DVD. The Rippingtons have a version on their 2005 CD release Wild Card. Dionne Bromfield covered this song on her debut album Introducing Dionne Bromfield in 2009. R&B stylist Milira covered the song on her 1990 debut release, Milira. Charts Luther Vandross : Chart ( 1984 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 87 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 5 Miki Howard : Chart ( 1990 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart 67 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 215. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1974 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Bac-lac.gc.ca Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 600. Jump up ^ `` Trolltown overview ''. Allmusic.com. Jump up ^ `` Richard Elliot - Rock Steady ''. MackAvenue.com. Jump up ^ www. billboard. com - mikihoward - r&bsinglescharts Jump up ^ `` Miki Howard UK chart history ''. chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2013 - 01 - 02. Retrieved 2009 - 09 - 05. Preceded by `` Living For the City '' by Stevie Wonder Billboard Hot Soul Singles number - one single January 12, 1974 Succeeded by `` I 've Got to Use My Imagination '' by Gladys Knight and the Pips External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Aretha Franklin Studio albums Columbia Aretha ( 1961 ) The Electrifying Aretha Franklin ( 1962 ) The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin ( 1962 ) Laughing on the Outside ( 1963 ) Unforgettable : A Tribute to Dinah Washington ( 1964 ) Runnin ' Out of Fools ( 1964 ) Yeah ! ! ! ( 1965 ) Soul Sister ( 1966 ) Take It Like You Give It ( 1967 ) Take a Look ( 1967 ) Soft and Beautiful ( 1969 ) Atlantic I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ( 1967 ) Aretha Arrives ( 1967 ) Lady Soul ( 1968 ) Aretha Now ( 1968 ) Soul ' 69 ( 1969 ) This Girl 's in Love with You ( 1970 ) Spirit in the Dark ( 1970 ) Young, Gifted and Black ( 1972 ) Hey Now Hey ( The Other Side of the Sky ) ( 1973 ) Let Me in Your Life ( 1974 ) With Everything I Feel in Me ( 1974 ) You ( 1975 ) Sparkle ( 1976 ) Sweet Passion ( 1977 ) Almighty Fire ( 1978 ) La Diva ( 1979 ) Arista Aretha ( 1980 ) Love All the Hurt Away ( 1981 ) Jump to It ( 1982 ) Get It Right ( 1983 ) Who 's Zoomin ' Who ? ( 1985 ) Aretha ( 1986 ) Through the Storm ( 1989 ) What You See Is What You Sweat ( 1991 ) A Rose Is Still a Rose ( 1998 ) So Damn Happy ( 2003 ) Other Songs of Faith ( 1956 ) This Christmas, Aretha ( 2008 ) Aretha : A Woman Falling Out of Love ( 2011 ) Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics ( 2014 ) Live albums Aretha in Paris ( 1968 ) Aretha Live at Fillmore West ( 1971 ) Amazing Grace ( 1972 ) One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism ( 1987 ) Oh Me Oh My : Aretha Live in Philly, 1972 ( 2007 ) Compilation albums Aretha 's Gold ( 1969 ) Aretha 's Greatest Hits ( 1971 ) The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 1973 ) Aretha Sings the Blues ( 1980 ) 30 Greatest Hits ( 1985 ) Greatest Hits : 1980 -- 1994 ( 1994 ) The Very Best of Aretha Franklin, Vol. 1 ( 1994 ) The Early Years ( 1997 ) Greatest Hits ( 1998 ) Aretha 's Best ( 2001 ) Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul ( 2007 ) Jewels in the Crown : All - Star Duets with the Queen ( 2007 ) A Deeper Love : The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 2009 ) The Great American Songbook ( 2011 ) Knew You Were Waiting : The Best of Aretha Franklin ( 1980 - 1998 ) ( 2012 ) Box sets Queen of Soul : The Atlantic Recordings ( 1992 / 2014 ) Take A Look : Aretha Franklin Complete on Columbia ( 2011 ) Singles `` Precious Lord ( Part 1 ) '' ( 1959 ) `` Today I Sing the Blues '' ( 1960 ) `` Wo n't Be Long '' ( 1960 ) `` Rock - a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody '' ( 1961 ) `` Operation Heartbreak '' ( 1961 ) `` I Surrender, Dear '' ( 1962 ) `` Try a Little Tenderness '' ( 1962 ) `` Say It Is n't So '' ( 1963 ) `` Skylark '' ( 1963 ) `` The Christmas Song ( Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ) '' ( 1964 ) `` One Step Ahead '' ( 1965 ) `` You Made Me Love You '' ( 1965 ) `` Mockingbird '' ( 1967 ) `` I Never Loved a Man ( The Way I Love You ) '' ( 1967 ) `` Respect '' ( 1967 ) `` Baby I Love You '' ( 1967 ) `` ( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman '' ( 1967 ) `` Do Right Woman, Do Right Man '' `` Chain of Fools '' ( 1967 ) `` ( I Ca n't Get No ) Satisfaction '' ( 1968 ) `` ( Sweet Sweet Baby ) Since You 've Been Gone '' ( 1968 ) `` Think '' ( 1968 ) `` You Send Me '' ( 1968 ) `` The House That Jack Built '' ( 1968 ) `` I Say a Little Prayer '' ( 1968 ) `` See Saw '' ( 1968 ) `` My Song '' ( 1968 ) `` The Weight '' ( 1969 ) `` Tracks of My Tears '' ( 1969 ) `` I Ca n't See Myself Leaving You '' ( 1969 ) `` Gentle on My Mind '' ( 1969 ) `` Share Your Love with Me '' ( 1969 ) `` Eleanor Rigby '' ( 1969 ) `` Call Me '' ( 1970 ) `` Son of a Preacher Man '' ( 1970 ) `` Spirit in the Dark '' ( 1970 ) `` The Thrill Is Gone '' ( 1970 ) `` Do n't Play That Song '' ( 1970 ) `` Border Song ( Holy Moses ) '' ( 1970 ) `` You 're All I Need to Get By '' ( 1971 ) `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' ( 1971 ) `` Spanish Harlem '' ( 1971 ) `` Rock Steady '' ( 1971 ) `` Day Dreaming '' ( 1972 ) `` Wholy Holy '' ( 1972 ) `` Angel '' ( 1973 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 1973 ) `` I 'm in Love '' ( 1974 ) `` Ai n't Nothing Like the Real Thing '' ( 1974 ) `` Something He Can Feel '' ( 1976 ) `` Break It to Me Gently '' ( 1977 ) `` What a Fool Believes '' ( 1981 ) `` It 's My Turn '' ( 1981 ) `` Jump to It '' ( 1982 ) `` Get It Right '' ( 1983 ) `` Freeway of Love '' ( 1985 ) `` Who 's Zoomin ' Who '' ( 1985 ) `` Sisters Are Doin ' It for Themselves '' ( 1985 ) `` Jumpin ' Jack Flash '' ( 1986 ) `` Jimmy Lee '' ( 1986 ) `` I Knew You Were Waiting ( For Me ) '' ( 1987 ) `` Oh Happy Day '' ( 1988 ) `` Gimme Your Love '' ( 1989 ) `` It Is n't, It Was n't, It Ai n't Never Gonna Be '' ( 1989 ) `` Everyday People '' ( 1991 ) `` Someday We 'll All Be Free '' ( 1992 ) `` A Deeper Love '' ( 1993 ) `` A Rose Is Still a Rose '' ( 1998 ) `` Here We Go Again '' ( 1998 ) `` Put You Up on Game '' ( 2007 ) `` Angels We Have Heard on High '' ( 2009 ) `` Rolling in the Deep ( The Aretha Version ) '' ( 2014 ) Related topics Discography Awards and nominations `` Wood Beez ( Pray Like Aretha Franklin ) '' ( by Scritti Politti ) Book Leo Sayer Studio albums Silverbird Just a Boy Another Year Endless Flight Thunder in My Heart Leo Sayer Here Living in a Fantasy World Radio Have You Ever Been in Love Cool Touch Compilation albums The Very Best of Leo Sayer All the Best Soundtrack albums All This and World War II Lake Freeze -- The Raccoons Songtrack Singles `` The Show Must Go On '' `` One Man Band '' `` Moonlighting '' `` You Make Me Feel Like Dancing '' `` When I Need You '' `` How Much Love '' `` Thunder in My Heart '' `` I Ca n't Stop Loving You ( Though I Try ) '' `` Raining in My Heart '' `` More Than I Can Say '' `` Orchard Road '' `` Till You Come Back to Me '' `` Unchained Melody '' Related topics Le Chaînon manquant The Raccoons on Ice Book Luther Vandross Studio albums Never Too Much Forever, for Always, for Love Busy Body The Night I Fell in Love Give Me the Reason Any Love Power of Love Never Let Me Go Songs This Is Christmas Your Secret Love I Know Luther Vandross Dance with My Father Compilation albums The Best of Luther Vandross... The Best of Love One Night with You : The Best of Love, Volume 2 Love Is on the Way Always & Forever : The Classics Greatest Hits Super Hits Smooth Love The Ultimate Luther Vandross Stop to Love The Very Best of Love The Essential Luther Vandross Artist Collection Love, Luther Lovesongs Holiday Albums This Is Christmas Live albums Live Radio City Music Hall 2003 Live Video DVDs Luther Vandross : Live at Wembley ( 1989 ) Always and Forever : An Evening of Songs ( 1994 ) Other albums Luther ( Luther ) This Close to You ( Luther ) The Glow of Love ( Change ) Singles `` Never Too Much '' `` Do n't You Know That ? '' `` If This World Were Mine '' ( with Cheryl Lynn ) `` '' Bad Boy `` / '' Having a Party '' `` Since I Lost My Baby '' `` How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye '' ( with Dionne Warwick ) `` I 'll Let You Slide '' `` Superstar '' / `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do '' ( medley ) `` ' Til My Baby Comes Home '' `` It 's Over Now '' `` Wait for Love '' `` Give Me the Reason '' `` Stop to Love '' `` There 's Nothing Better Than Love '' ( with Gregory Hines ) `` I Really Did n't Mean It '' `` Any Love '' `` She Wo n't Talk to Me '' `` For You to Love '' `` Here and Now '' `` Power of Love / Love Power '' ( medley ) `` Do n't Want to Be a Fool '' `` The Rush '' `` Sometimes It 's Only Love `` The Best Things in Life Are Free '' ( with Janet Jackson ) `` Little Miracles ( Happen Every Day ) '' `` Heaven Knows '' `` Never Let Me Go '' `` Endless Love '' ( with Mariah Carey ) `` Always and Forever '' `` Love the One You 're With '' / `` Going in Circles '' `` Your Secret Love '' `` I Can Make It Better '' `` Nights in Harlem '' `` Take You Out '' `` I 'd Rather '' `` Dance with My Father '' `` Think About You '' `` Buy Me a Rose `` Shine '' Related articles Luther Vandross discography Change ( band ) Luther ( group ) List of Luther Vandross tours Forever, for Always, for Luther So Amazing : An All - Star Tribute to Luther Vandross Forever, for Always, for Luther Volume II Book : Luther Vandross Miki Howard Studio albums Come Share My Love Love Confessions Miki Howard Femme Fatale Miki Sings Billie Ca n't Count Me Out ( 1997 ) Three Wishes Pillow Talk Private Collection I Choose to Be Happy Compilation albums The Very Best of Miki Howard Live albums Live Plus Live in Concert Singles `` Come Share My Love '' `` Imagination '' `` Come Back to Me Lover '' `` Baby, Be Mine '' `` That 's What Love Is '' `` Crazy '' `` Ai n't Nuthin ' in the World '' `` Love Under New Management '' `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) `` Come Home to Me '' `` Ai n't Nobody Like You '' `` Release Me '' `` Shining Through '' `` But I Love You '' `` Something I 've Never Had '' `` Nobody '' `` Kiss of a Stranger '' `` Favorite Time of the Year '' `` Panther '' ( feat. 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( Remixes & Rarities ) The Body Acoustic Floor Remixes True Colors : The Best of Cyndi Lauper Tours Fun Tour True Colors World Tour A Night to Remember World Tour Hat Full of Stars Tour Twelve Deadly Cyns World Tour Sisters of Avalon Tour Summer Tour ' 99 Shine Tour At Last Tour The Body Acoustic Tour True Colors Bring Ya to the Brink Tour Memphis Blues Tour She 's So Unusual : 30th Anniversary Tour Detour Tour Related articles Awards and nominations Songs To Memphis, with Love Blue Angel Kinky Boots We Love Cyndi -- Tribute to Cyndi Lauper Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Until_You_Come_Back_to_Me_(That%27s_What_I%27m_Gonna_Do)&oldid=801076932 '' Categories : 1967 songs Aretha Franklin songs Cyndi Lauper songs Leo Sayer songs Luther Vandross songs Stevie Wonder songs Miki Howard songs Basia songs Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles Songs written by Clarence Paul Songs written by Stevie Wonder Torch songs Atlantic Records singles Sony Music Entertainment singles Epic Records singles Songs written by Morris Broadnax New jack swing songs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 17 September 2017, at 14 : 28. 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Question: who sang until you come back to me
Answer: Aretha Franklin