which dealt with the issue of teenage runaways, had a ripple effect of bringing runaway teenagers back home." In 2007, webzine Music Taste Y ranked "Come Back Home" number four in their list of 100 Best Korean Songs of all-time. In 2021, it was included in Melon and Seoul Shinmuns list of 100 top K-pop songs since 1992, with KBS Radio director Soyeon Kang writing that because of the song and its refrain, teenagers who ran away returned home; its expression of real-world problems was "a social phenomenon that went beyond simply music." "Come Back Home" has been criticized for being similar to American hip hop group Cypress Hill's 1993 song "Insane in the Brain". Cypress Hill member B-Real later explained that they were aware of the controversy but "we were cool about shit like that." Accolades Seo Taiji and Boys won several accolades with "Come Back Home", including the Asia Viewer's Choice Award at the 1996 MTV Video Music Awards—their first international award. The song additionally earned 11 wins on South Korean weekly music programs throughout November–early December 1995, including five consecutive wins on KBS's Top 10 Songs, and two triple crowns (three wins) on the programs SBS's Inkigayo and MBC's Popular Songs Best 50. Music video The music video was directed by Hong Jong-ho. Set in an abandoned building and on the street corners of a city, the music video opens with a teenager running out of his house after arguing with his father. He then ventures off into the woods, backyards, and the streets of the city. The scenes of the boy running away are juxtaposed with Seo Taiji and Boys along with their dancers performing the choreography in the abandoned building. Meanwhile, as the teenager recalls the dispute, his face and body gestures reflect his distress. However, he is suddenly chased by a group of mobsters who beat him up and hurl him to the ground. Seo Taiji and Boys appear and is seen through the window of the boy's house, as the teenager eventually returns to his home on a sunny afternoon. The last scene finishes with a close-up of Seo smiling as he sits in the abandoned building. The video conveys the primary theme expressed through the song's lyrics, where it contrasts the dark and rough images of the outside world with the bright and welcoming imagery of the teenager's home. In April 2005,