If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?

"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" is a song by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in May 1981 as the lead single from their third studio album Cats & Dogs. The song peaked at number 4 on the Kent Music Report.

At the 1981 Countdown Music Awards, the song won Best Australian Single.

Reception

Junkee Media described it as, "a gonzo anti-break-up song with a melody line as big and gaudy as one of Jeff Koons' flower dogs, is a cartoon in and of itself. It’s the kind of thing you'd expect to see scribbled on the side of a wall, rather than playing on the radio. And that's its genius."

Track listing

Regular Records (K 8305)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"	Martin Plaza	2:16
2.	"Assault And Flattery"	Reg Mombassa	2:45

Personnel

Martin Plaza – lead vocals, guitar
Greedy Smith – lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica
Reg Mombassa – guitar, vocals
Peter O'Doherty – bass, guitar, vocals
Wayne de Lisle – drums

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
Chart (1981)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	16

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"
Chart (1981)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	39

References

Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too? at Australian Music Database
"Australian Music Awards". users.ncable.net.au. Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
Joseph Earp. "The 200 Greatest Australian Songs Of All Time, Part Two". Junkee.
^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via Imgur.
Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
"Mental As Anything – If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

v t e Mental As Anything
Martin Plaza Jacob Cook Martin Cilia Craig Gordon Peter Gray Wayne de Lisle Reg Mombassa Greedy Smith Peter O'Doherty
Studio albums	Get Wet (1979) Espresso Bongo (1980) Cats & Dogs (1981) Creatures of Leisure (1983) Fundamental (1985) Mouth to Mouth (1987) Cyclone Raymond (1989)
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Volume 1 (1986) Best of (1999) Essential As Anything – 30th Anniversary Edition (2009)
Singles	"The Nips Are Getting Bigger" "Possible Theme for a Future TV Drama Series" "Come Around" "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" "Too Many Times" "Berserk Warriors" "Close Again" "Working for the Man" "Apocalypso (Wiping the Smile Off Santa's Face)" "You're So Strong" "Live It Up" "Date with Destiny" "Big Wheel" "Let's Go to Paradise" "He's Just No Good for You" "Don't Tell Me Now" "Rock and Roll Music "Whole Wide World" "The World Seems Difficult"
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