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| "Welcome Back" | ||||
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| Single by John Sebastian | ||||
| from the album Welcome Back | ||||
| B-side | "Warm Baby" | |||
| Released | March 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 2:51 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | John Sebastian | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Barri, John Sebastian | |||
| John Sebastian singles chronology | ||||
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"Welcome Back" is a popular record that was the theme song of the 1970s American television sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.[1] Written and recorded by former Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian, it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in May 1976 after only five weeks on the chart, and also topped the adult contemporary chart[2] (the show itself had become an instant ratings success upon its premiere the previous fall). It also reached No. 93 on the country chart.
- ^ Judy, Stephen (1976). "Editor's Page: Welcome Back". The English Journal. 65 (6): 7–8. ISSN 0013-8274. JSTOR 814547. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 217.