Take Me Home (Phil Collins song)
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| "Take Me Home" | ||
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| Single by Phil Collins | ||
| from the album No Jacket Required | ||
| Released | July 1985 (UK) March 1986 |
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| Format | 7", 12" | |
| Recorded | The Townhouse, London and Old Croft, Surrey (Dates Unknown) | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 5:51 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Phil Collins, Hugh Padgham | |
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| Phil Collins singles chronology | ||
| "Separate Lives" (1985) |
"Take Me Home" (1986) |
"Groovy Kind of Love" (1988) |
Take Me Home is the 10th track on Collins' third solo album, No Jacket Required. The song features Collins' old Genesis band mate, Peter Gabriel as well as Sting (who also did backing vocals on the third track of No Jacket Required, "Long Long Way To Go") on backing vocals. The song wasn't as successful as other singles from the album, like "Sussudio" or "One More Night" in the United States, but managed to peak at #7 there; it also did reasonably well in the UK, peaking there at #19. The song has remained popular among fans and like many songs from this album, "Take Me Home" is very popular at his live shows.
The high-budget video (because of travel costs) of "Take Me Home" was also memorable. It features Collins singing a line or two from song, clearly shot in various cities around the world, including London, New York, Tokyo, Moscow, Sydney and Paris. At the end of the video, Collins arrives home and hears a woman from inside the house, presumably acting as his wife, asking him where he has been. He replies by saying he's been to all the locations mentioned before. The woman replies "You've been down at the pub!". In a classic moment, he then gave a funny look to the camera before getting back inside the house. The video was also featured on the premiere of Miami Vice's second season.
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[edit] Tracklisting
[edit] 7": Virgin / VS777 (UK)
- "Take Me Home"
- "We Said Hello Goodbye"
[edit] 12": Virgin / VS777-12 (UK)
- "Take Me Home [Extended Mix]"
- "Take Me Home"
- "We Said Hello Goodbye"
[edit] Credits
- Phil Collins: Vocals, keyboards, drums, Roland 909
- Daryl Stuermer: Guitars
- Lee Sklar: Bass
- Backing vocals: Sting, Peter Gabriel, Helen Terry, Phil Collins
[edit] Bone Thugs-N-Harmony cover version
In 2003 the hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony heavily sampled the song for its single "Home". The title and the music to each song is very similar, and the part of Collins' chorus which says "Take, take me home cause I don't remember" was recycled for the Bone Thugs version. Also, the group flew to Geneva, Switzerland in order to feature him in the video.
In the video, Collins portrays two different personas depending on whether the scenes are inside or outside a train. In the scenes shot outside in the streets, he is either standing (with and/or without the Bone Thugs) or walking by himself, in a black outfit resembling some kind of priest or overseer. In the scenes shot inside the train, Collins is wearing a different outfit, more similar to the Bone Thugs (all of these scenes are shot with him alongside them), and is actually bouncing to the beat of the song, though not as vividly as he did under his original version.
