Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)

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"Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)"
Single by Shania Twain
from the album The Woman in Me
Released	July 1996
Genre	Country
Length	4:12
Label	Mercury Nashville
Producer(s)	Mutt Lange
Chart positions
#28 (U.S. Country)
Shania Twain singles chronology
"No One Needs to Know" (1996)	"Home Ain't Where His Heart is (Anymore)" (1996)	"God Bless the Child" (1996)

"Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)" is a song by Canadian singer Shania Twain. It was the seventh single released from her 1995 album The Woman in Me. It was written by Twain and Mutt Lange. The single was originally released to radio in July 1996, and became the first from The Woman in Me not to reach the top 20 of the country charts. "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)" was also included in a medley on Twain's Come on Over Tour, but was not included on her 2004 Greatest Hits release.

Contents 1 Review 2 Music video 3 Chart performance 4 Audio versions 5 Charts 6 Notes

[edit] Review

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Twain follows the No. 1 hit "No One Needs To Know" with this powerfully affecting ballad. A poignant song about how two lovers' lives can change after "years of bills and babies and chains", this is a definite departure from the rollicking uptempo ditties with which she's found chart success--as well as from her previous sultry ballad hit, "The Woman In Me". No worry, though, this should fare just fine at country radio. It is a well-written song about the realities of long-term relationships that many in the country audience can relate to, and Twain delivers a sensitive treatment that should add another hit to her growing repertoire.

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--Billboard, August 3, 1996

[edit] Music video

The music video for "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is" was shot in Montreal, Quebec and directed by Steven Goldmann. It was filmed on July 9, 1996 and debuted on July 24, 1996. The video features Twain as a wife and mom, and shows the hard times she's going through as described in the song. The video is shot in black and white and is available on Twain's DVD The Platinum Collection.

[edit] Chart performance

"Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of August 10, 1996 at number 66. The song spent 14 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number 28 on October 5, 1996, where it remained for one week. The single became Twain's first from The Woman in Me to miss the top twenty.

[edit] Audio versions

• Album Version (4:12)
• Radio Edit (3:59)

[edit] Charts

Chart[1]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	28

Billboard Country Singles trajectory
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09
Chart position	66	56	41	41	38	35	34	30	28

(Trajectory from debut to peak, and does not include decline)

[edit] Notes

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