New Song "When You Come Back to Me Again,'' Generates Overwhelming Response
Friday, April 28, 2000. Press Release

NASHVILLE, Tenn. --April 28, 2000-- Frequency, the New Line Cinemas feature film starring Dennis Quaid, opens in theaters today, but Garth Brooks' fans have already heard the ending. "When You Come Back To Me Again," a song Brooks co-wrote with Jenny Yates and recorded specifically for the movie, plays over the final credits, but fans have already seen the video on CMT, Great American Country and VH1. While the song does not appear on a soundtrack and was not serviced as a single, some enterprising country radio stations pulled the audio tracks from the video and began playing the song.

Eric Logan, operations manager at WQYK and WRBQ in Tampa, said, "From the moment we played the record, the reaction from listeners was euphoric. They told us that `When You Come Back To Me Again' was fabulous. They think it's one of the best songs that Garth has ever done. They rave about how well he sings the song and how powerful the lyrics are. It is hands down the most requested song on the station right now."

The station put three short sound clips on their web site, www.wqyk.com, on Monday and Tuesday, telling visitors to the site when the song would be aired in its entirety on Wednesday. Page views on Wednesday were over 10 times the usual daily traffic, and the station attributes 75%-80% of that increase directly to Garth's page on the site. They got so many calls from listeners asking when the song would be played, they decided to post the scheduled airtimes for the weekend.

KIKK in Houston also received 100% positive calls from listeners, according to program director/music director Darron Davis. The station has added the song into rotation.

And on Nashville's WSM-FM, the song was no. 1 on the listener-voted Top 5 at 6:00 last night.

Brooks commented on the positive feedback saying, "This is a case where the song was done for all the right reasons, solely for the movie. Any time you can get people responding to music for the music's sake, that's a good thing. I have to give a lot of credit to Jenny Yates, who brought so many ideas to the table and helped me get back into writing again. I'm flattered, and I thank everyone for their interest."