Take Me Home (Cher song)

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"Take Me Home"

Single by Cher
from the album Take Me Home
B-side(s)	"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(s)	Bob Esty
Certification	Gold (United States)
Chart positions
#8 (United States) #9 (Norway) #10 (Canada)
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.

1 History
2 Charts
3 Sophie Ellis-Bextor version
- 3.1 Track listing and format
- 3.2 Music video

[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, 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 gold certification for both the album and the single for sales of over 500,000 in each category.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	21
Canadian Singles Chart	10
Norwegian Singles Chart	9

"Take Me Home"

Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
from the album Read My Lips
B-side(s)	"Sparkle"
Released	August 13, 2001
Format	Single
Genre	Pop
Label	Polydor
Chart positions
#2 (UK Singles Chart) #79 (German Singles)
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).

It was her first solo single after her 2000 collaboration with Italian DJ Spiller. The song was an instant hit, and went straight to #2 in the UK Singles Chart.

[edit] Track listing and format

These are the format and track listing of major single releases of "Take Me Home".

UK CD1

"Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)"
"Sparkle"
"Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)" (Jewels & Stone mix)
"Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me)" (CD Rom)

[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.

Cher

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Studio albums: All i Really Want to Do (1965) · The Sonny Side of Cher (1966) · Cher (1966) · With Love, Cher (1967)
Backstage (1968) · 3614 Jackson Highway (1969) · Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971) · Foxy Lady (1972)
Bittersweet White Light (1973) · Half-Breed (1973) · Dark Lady (1974) · Stars (1975) · I'd Rather Believe in You (1976)
Cherished (1977) · Take Me Home (1979) · Prisoner (1979)
Black Rose (1980) · I Paralyze (1982) · Cher (1987)
Heart of Stone (1989) · Love Hurts (1991) · It's a Man's World (1995) · Believe (1998) · Not.com.mercial (2000)
Living Proof (2001) · TBA (2007)