"Until You Come Back to Me" is a song by British group Floy Joy, which was released as the second of three singles from their 1984 debut album Into the Hot. The song was written by band members Shaun Ward and Michael Ward. It was produced by Don Was, who also produced the band's entire debut album.

Following the commercial failure of the band's 1984 single "Burn Down a Rhythm", which was the first to feature Carroll Thompson on lead vocals, Floy Joy's first breakthrough success came with "Until You Come Back to Me". The song broke into the UK chart, peaking at #91, where it lasted in the Top 100 for a total of two weeks.

The song was recorded, along with the entire Into the Hot album, during a three-week session at the Sound Suite in Detroit. Originally this came to fruition after Floy Joy manager Paul Bower flew to New York to track down Don Was, who had never met, at Geffen Records. He played him the band's demos in Was' suite at The Mayflower. The result was the recording of the debut album, which was also Was' first non Was (Not Was) production. Shaun Ward spoke of the album in 1990, during an interview with his band Everyday People. He stated "The first Floy Joy album was an anthology of R&B, jazz... all the things we'd grown up listening to and absorbed. Though we liked it, we came to realize that maybe it was a bit too personal. So that's why the second album is more direct and commercial. Unfortunately when we did that no one wanted to know."

As revealed in The Face magazine during 1986, "Until You Came Back To Me" was originally written for a young singer called Gloria who Michael Ward was planning on turning into his own personal Ronnie Spector. The song was the first tune he ever wrote. It took five minutes and with some other songs he'd demoed above his parents newsagents, he secured an 8-LP deal with Virgin Records.

The single was released on 7" and 12" vinyl in the UK only via Virgin Records. The 7" single featured the B-Side "Theme from the Age of Reason" which was taken from the Into the Hot album, and was also written by Shaun and Michael Ward. The main UK 12" single featured the B-Side again, but along with another album track, the title track Into the Hot.

Another version of the single was issued as a limited edition double-pack 12" vinyl, which featured a free remix 12" vinyl in addition to the main 12" vinyl single issue. This vinyl, "Into the Hot", featured two additional tracks; "Into the Hot (Club Mix)" and "When the Flies Can't Stand the Heat". The first additional track was an exclusive remix of the song, whilst the latter additional track was originally the B-Side of the previous "Burn Down a Rhythm" single. A UK promotional 12" vinyl was also issued, featuring the A-Side, along with "Into the Hot (Club Mix)" and "Into the Hot (Instrumental)". All versions of the single, except the UK promotional 12" vinyl, featured a full colour sleeve with artwork of a nude woman lying on a bed.

...
Wikipedia