Take Me Home (Cher song)

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“Take Me Home”
Single by Cher from the album Take Me Home
B-side	"My Song (Too Far Gone)"
Released	1979
Format	7" single 12" single
Recorded	1979
Genre	Disco
Length	3:27
Label	Casablanca Records
Writer(s)	Bob Esty Michele Aller
Producer	Bob Esty
Certification	Gold (US)
Cher North American singles chronology
"Pirate" (1977)	"Take Me Home" (1979)	"Wasn't It Good" (1979)

"Take Me Home" is the name of a song written by producers Bob Esty and Michele Aller. The song was originally recorded by Cher.

[edit] History

"Take Me Home" was originally recorded by American singer and actress, Cher. The song was released as a single in 1979 and became Cher's first top ten single in the United States in five years, since Dark Lady in 1974. Ironically, it would be her last for almost another decade, until "I Found Someone" in 1987. "Take Me Home" hit #8 on the Billboard Hot 100, #21 on the Hot Soul Singles as well as #2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. The single also charted in Canada and Norway, peaking at #10 and #9 repectively. In 1979, the RIAA awarded Cher with a Platinum certification for the album for sales of over 1.000.000, and a Gold certification for the single for sales of over 500,000.

[edit] Charts

“Take Me Home”
Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor from the album Read My Lips
B-side	"Sparkle"
Released	August 13, 2001
Format	CD
Genre	Pop
Label	Polydor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor singles chronology
"Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (2000) "Take Me Home" (2001) "Murder on the Dancefloor" (2001)

[edit] Sophie Ellis-Bextor version

"Take Me Home" was also released as a single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, from her debut album Read My Lips, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).

It was her first solo single after her 2000 collaboration with Italian DJ Spiller. The song was an instant hit, and went straight to number two in the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listing and formats

This is the track listing and format of the major single release of "Take Me Home".

• UK CD single

1. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)"
2. "Sparkle"
3. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (Jewels & Stone mix)
4. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (CD-ROM)

• French CD single

1. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (radio edit remix by DJ Flex)
2. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (album version)
3. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (Sensation Filtre mix by Antoine Clamaran)
4. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (a Diva like U remix by Guéna LG)
5. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (comfy Sophie remix)

• German CD single

1. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (single version)
2. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (Jewels & Stone mix)
3. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (Sharp Club vocal mix)
4. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (Mutiny dub mix)
5. "Take Me Home (a Girl like Me)" (comfy Sophie remix)

[edit] Music video

Sophie in the music video for "Take Me Home".

The video was directed by Sophie Muller and shows Sophie wearing many different classy French outfits. It also shows Sophie dancing with different men as backup dancers, and the video ends with them all entering a club. Sophie won an award for the Best Dance Act at the Norwegian Awards in 2002.