“Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” is a song by British R&B band Soul II Soul. It appeared on their debut album Club Classics Vol. One (“Keep on Movin'” in the United States) and was released as its second single in 1989. “Back to Life” was one of two songs on the album featuring British R&B singer Caron Wheeler and gained success in both the UK and in the U.S.

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The album version of the song was an a cappella which was remixed and re-recorded before being released as a single. Two new versions were produced — the first taking the original recording with instrumentation added, and the second was a re-working of the song with new lyrics and chorus (also adding “However Do You Want Me” to the title).

It was this second version that became most popular. “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)” peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming one of Soul II Soul’s most successful singles in the U.S. (and the only one to enter in the top 10). In the UK it performed even better, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in June 1989. For a time, the album was packaged together with a CD3 single including the new versions of the song.