The song received positive reviews from music critics, highlighting its appeal to the teenage audience and pop sensibility.

This accomplishment ensured the boy band received a $10,000 cash prize for reaching number one from The Edge radio station.

[1] "Come On Home" was written by Vince Harder and was initially and predominantly produced by Vince Harder at his home studio before offering it to the group as their winning single, recorded at Illegal Musik Studio and produced and mixed.

The following week it moved down to number three and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand, denoting 7,500 sales.

[5] The song spent a total of eighteen weeks on the top 40 chart,[6] and has since been certified double platinum; 30,000 copies of it have been sold.