Take Me Home Tonight (song)

"Take Me Home Tonight"
UK 7-inch vinyl picture sleeve
Single by Eddie Money
from the album Can't Hold Back
B-side"Calm Before the Storm"
ReleasedAugust 1986
Recorded1985
Genre
Length3:35
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Eddie Money singles chronology
"Club Michelle"
(1984)
"Take Me Home Tonight"
(1986)
"I Wanna Go Back"
(1986)
Music video
"Take Me Home Tonight" on YouTube

"Take Me Home Tonight" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money. It was released in August 1986 as the lead single from his album Can't Hold Back. The song's chorus interpolates the Ronettes' 1963 hit "Be My Baby", with original vocalist Ronnie Spector providing uncredited vocals and reprising her role. Songwriting credit was given to Mike Leeson, Peter Vale, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector and Jeff Barry.

The song reached No.4 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 15, 1986, and No.1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart; outside the U.S., it was a top 15 hit in Canada. It only reached No.200 in the UK charts in January 1987. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, and was Money's biggest hit on the U.S. charts.

Alongside its album, "Take Me Home Tonight" helped revive Money's career after a period of declining sales. It also allowed Spector to resume her touring/recording career after several years of retirement.