Bring It On Home (Little Big Town song)

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"Bring It On Home"
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Single by Little Big Town
from the album The Road to Here
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2006
Genre Country
Length4:20
Label Equity
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Wayne Kirkpatrick
  • Little Big Town
Little Big Town singles chronology
"Boondocks"
(2005)
"Bring It On Home"
(2006)
"Good as Gone"
(2006)

"Bring It On Home" is a song written by Greg Bieck, Tyler Hayes Bieck and Wayne Kirkpatrick and recorded by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released January 2006 as the second single from their album The Road to Here . This was the band's highest charting single until "Pontoon" hit number 1.

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Content

"Bring It On Home" is a mid-tempo ballad where the male narrator promises to offer support to his lover at the end of a stressful day.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably saying that the song "boasts a warm, soothing melody and tender lyric." She goes on to say that "gorgeous harmonies turn a well-written song into an amazing experience." [1]

Music video

A music video, directed by Kristin Barlowe, was released along with the song. The video peaked at number 1 on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown for two consecutive weeks in June 2006.

Chart performance

Chart (2006)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 58
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 11

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References

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  2. "Little Big Town Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  3. "Little Big Town Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2011.
  4. "Best of 2006: Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2012.