"She's Coming Home" is a song written by keyboardist Rod Argent recorded by his band the Zombies.
As the group was primarily focused on the American market at the time, Parrot Records quickly released the single – backed by bassist Chris White's "I Must Move" – on 27 March 1965.
The UK release by Decca Records on 9 April 1965, which failed to chart, can be considered the starting point of the group's declining commercial success.
[6] According to Argent, "She's Coming Home" was apparently based on European church music, stemming from his background in a boys' choir.
[7] He states that he lifted a chord progression from "Magnificat and Nunc dimittis" by Herbert Howells,[7][8] a song that was composed in 1946.
"[11] Held at Decca Studios on 2 March 1965, the recording was led and produced by Ken Jones, who was a long-time collaborator of the band.
[12] Ken Jones, who thought he knew the sound Argent wanted, attempted to create a big band mood to the song.
[2] "She's Coming Home" was released by Decca Records on 9 April 1965 in the UK on the same day as their debut studio album Begin Here,[14] but failed to chart completely, a sign of their decreasing commercial success.
In a review for Disc magazine, critic Penny Valentine called the group "underrated" and stated that the single was "intricate and difficult to follow".
"[20] In Billboard, "She's Coming Home" was considered a "good teen ballad material with driving rhythm support",[21] wrongfully predicting that it would become their third hit.