 Bring It on Home to Me  is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released on May 8, 1962 by RCA Victor.Produced by Hugo & Luigi and arranged and conducted by Rene René, hall the song was The-b side . to Lou Rawls, who sang background vocals on the original song, recorded his own charting version in 1970. 2  Smokey Robinson and Bryan Adams dueted on Bring It On Home To Me, live at the Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame, Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, in 1993.