"Baby, Come to Me" is an R&B song, written by Rod Temperton for a male-female duet. The original version, performed by Patti Austin and James Ingram (with Michael McDonald contributing background vocals), and produced by Quincy Jones, appeared on Austin's 1981 album, Every Home Should Have One.As a single it had minor chart success in early 1982, peaking at #73 on the Hot 100 chart. Later that year, however, it gained new exposure as the romantic theme song for Luke Spencer, a leading character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. ABC received so many inquiries about the song that Warner Brothers decided to re-release it as a single, and it shot to number one in early 1983. The song also spent three weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart.

Among those artists who have covered the song since are Alexander O'Neal and Cherrelle, the Captain and Tennille, Daryl Hall, Laura Fygi, and Stephanie Winslow.