Welcome Home ( Peters and Lee song ) - Wikipedia Welcome Home ( Peters and Lee song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2014 ) For other uses of `` Welcome Home '', see Welcome Home ( disambiguation ). `` Welcome Home '' was a song made popular by Peters and Lee. Originally written by Jean Alphonse Dupre and Stanislas Beldone in French and translated into English by Bryan Blackburn, the record was produced by Johnny Franz. Coming after their success in the talent show Opportunity Knocks, Peters and Lee recorded Welcome Home becoming the duo 's only number one single in the UK Singles Chart, spending a week at the top in July 1973. It went on to sell over 800,000 copies in the UK. The song received minor US crossover, appearing on Billboard 's Bubbling Under The Hot 100, Country charts, and most notably on the Easy Listening chart, where it peaked at number twenty - six. The song was used in an advertising campaign by Walkers Crisps when Gary Lineker returned to the UK after playing abroad. Preceded by `` Skweeze Me Pleeze Me '' by Slade UK number one single 21 July 1973 for one week Succeeded by `` I 'm the Leader of the Gang ( I Am ) '' by Gary Glitter References Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 288. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 192. This 1970s single -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Welcome_Home_(Peters_and_Lee_song)&oldid=702957837 '' Categories : UK Singles Chart number - one singles Irish Singles Chart number - one singles 1973 singles Song recordings produced by Johnny Franz 1970s single stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from July 2012 Use British English from July 2012 Articles needing additional references from February 2014 All articles needing additional references Year of song missing All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 2 February 2016, at 17 : 06. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang welcome home come on in and close the door
Answer: Peters and Lee