Goin’ Back

E306368
single song

"Goin’ Back" is a 1966 pop song, best known in recordings by Dusty Springfield and The Byrds, that nostalgically reflects on lost innocence and the desire to return to simpler times.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Goin’ Back canonical 5
Goin' Back 2
Going Back 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Carole King ⓘ
Gerry Goffin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstReleaseYear 1966 ⓘ
genre baroque pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn 1960s pop music ⓘ
hasLyricTheme reflection on the past ⓘ
hasNotableVersion Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) ⓘ
Goin’ Back self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Goin’ Back (The Byrds recording)
hasSubject growing up ⓘ
memory ⓘ
time passing ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Carole King ⓘ
Gerry Goffin ⓘ
notableFor being covered by multiple artists ⓘ
nostalgic lyrics ⓘ
notableRecordingBy Dusty Springfield ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
originalArtist Dusty Springfield ⓘ
partOf 1960s popular music repertoire ⓘ
publicationYear 1966 ⓘ
recordedBy Carole King ⓘ
Deacon Blue ⓘ
Dusty Springfield ⓘ
Freddie Mercury ⓘ
Nils Lofgren ⓘ
The Byrds ⓘ
The Pretenders ⓘ
releaseDecade 1960s ⓘ
theme desire to return to simpler times ⓘ
lost innocence ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerry Goffin → notableWork → Goin’ Back ⓘ
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King → includesTrack → Goin’ Back ⓘ
Phil Collins → notableAlbum → Goin’ Back ⓘ
this entity surface form: Going Back
Dusty Springfield → notableWork → Goin’ Back ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goin' Back
Gerald Goffin → notableWork → Goin’ Back ⓘ
Goin’ Back → hasNotableVersion → Goin’ Back self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goin’ Back (The Byrds recording)
Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) → title → Goin’ Back ⓘ
Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) → basedOnWork → Goin’ Back ⓘ
this entity surface form: Goin’ Back (song by Goffin and King)
Writer (Carole King album) → includesTrack → Goin’ Back ⓘ
subject surface form: Writer
this entity surface form: Goin' Back
The Essential Carole King → hasTrack → Goin’ Back ⓘ