Take Me Home (Cher song)

"Take Me Home"
A woman dressed in a Viking warrior resemblant outfit, a winged bikini bottom, wings and a gold scabbard attached to her hip.
US vinyl single artwork
Single by Cher
from the album Take Me Home
B-side
  • "Wasn't It Good"
  • "My Song (Too Far Gone)"
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1979 (1979-01-29)[1]
Recorded1978
GenreDisco
Length
  • 6:45 (album version)
  • 3:30 (single version)
LabelCasablanca
Songwriter(s)
  • Michele Aller
  • Bob Esty
Producer(s)Bob Esty
Cher singles chronology
"Pirate"
(1977)
"Take Me Home"
(1979)
"Wasn't It Good"
(1979)

"Take Me Home" is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher for her fifteenth studio album. The album, released in 1979, bore the same name as the single. "Take Me Home" is a disco song conceived after Cher was recommended to venture into said genre after the commercial failure of her previous albums. The lyrics center around the request of a woman to be taken home by her lover. It was released as the lead single from the Take Me Home album in January 1979 through Casablanca Records, pressed as a 12-inch single.

Music critics gave positive reviews of "Take Me Home", highlighting its sound and melody. The single fared well in the United States charts, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and entering three of its component charts. In Oceania, it entered the singles chart of New Zealand at number 49. It was also a hit in Canada, reaching the top-ten of the singles chart.

  1. ^ "Billboard Top 100 Archive – February 10, 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 20, 2015.

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