Home Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song)
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| “Home Sweet Home” | |||||
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| Single by Mötley Crüe from the album Theatre of Pain |
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| Released | September 30, 1985 | ||||
| Genre | Glam Metal, Power Ballad | ||||
| Length | 3:59 | ||||
| Writer(s) | Lyrics: Nikki Sixx Music: Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee |
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"Home Sweet Home" is a song by the American glam metal band Mötley Crüe originally released on the band's 1985 album, Theatre of Pain. The song was accompanied by a music video which documented the band's undertakings over the course of a concert, or several concerts. "Home Sweet Home" was later remixed and re-released as a single in 1991, as "Home Sweet Home '91." This version featured on the band's Decade of Decadence compilation album. The song is often referred to as a power ballad, and its success was a prelude to similar marketing formula for other hair bands in the late 1980s.[1] The song ranks #12 on VH1's chart of the greatest power ballads of all time.
The original release of "Home Sweet Home" charted at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Home Sweet Home '91" peaked at #37 on the same chart in 1992.[2] To date, "Home Sweet Home '91" is the last Mötley Crüe song to chart in the American Billboard Top 40.
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[edit] Remake
The song was remade with Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington on vocals along with Vince Neil, the rest of Mötley Crüe filling their respective places in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The music video for the song shows video of Katrina rescues, along with performance from the band.
It was also remade by Limp Bizkit on their Greatest Hitz album, although it is joined by a remake of Bitter Sweet Symphony by The Verve.
[edit] Track Listing
- HomeSweet Home
- Red Hot
[edit] Personnel
- Vince Neil - vocals
- Mick Mars - guitar
- Nikki Sixx - bass
- Tommy Lee - drums, piano
[edit] References
- ^ Theatre of Pain article on All Music Guide
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6
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