Carry Me Home (Gloworm song)

"Carry Me Home"
Single by Gloworm
B-side	"Home"
Released	2 May 1994 (1994-05-02) [1]
Genre	House [2] gospel [3] soul [4]
Length	3:45
Label	Go! Discs
Songwriter(s)	Sedric Johnson Will Mount
Producer(s)	Will Mount
Gloworm singles chronology
"I Lift My Cup (To the Spirit Divine)" (1992) "Carry Me Home" (1994) "Young Hearts" (1995)
Music video
"Carry Me Home" on YouTube

"Carry Me Home" is a song by gospel house/progressive house group Gloworm, fronted by American singer Sedric Johnson. It features vocals by Pauline Taylor and was co-written by Johnson with producer Will Mount. Released as a single in May 1994 by Go! Discs, it was a top-10 hit in Iceland, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom. In the latter nation, "Carry Me Home" peaked at number nine on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Music Week Dance Singles chart. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 36 in June 1994. Lindy Heymann directed the accompanying music video, which was filmed in the US and released on April 25, 1994. In the video, the group party in Long Beach, California with family and friends. ^[5]

Critical reception

British Liverpool Echo described the song as a "mixture of house and gospel", that "matches rhythmic piano with big, passionate vocals." ^[2] Maria Jimenez from pan-European magazine Music & Media described it as "soul powered". She added, "On Rollo's Rushin' Mix, the message is delivered via a fierce house basis of rhythms and grooves and overwhelmingly passionate vocals courtesy of Sedric Johnson." ^[4] Andy Beevers from Music Week wrote, "This belated follow up to 'Lift My Cup' uses the same formula of Sedric Johnson's strong gospel-influenced soul vocals backed by Rollo's charging house rhythms. Unfortunately the production does not sound as fresh this time around." ^[3] The Record Mirror Dance Update named it an "excellent return to form". ^[6] RM editor James Hamilton described it as a "Sedric Johnson groaned Norman Whitfield-goes-Euro type hybrid" in his weekly dance column. ^[7]

Track listings

• 12-inch single, UK

1. "Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' mix) — 6:43
2. "Carry Me Home" (Will's Procastinatin' mix) — 6:23
3. "Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' dub) — 4:57
4. "Home" — 6:46

• CD single, UK and Europe

1. "Carry Me Home" (radio mix) — 3:45
2. "Carry Me Home" (Will's Procrastinatin' mix) — 6:23
3. "Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' mix) — 6:43
4. "Home" — 7:52

• Cassette single, UK and Europe

1. "Carry Me Home" (radio mix)
2. "Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' dub)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994) Peak position Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 36 Europe (European Dance Radio) [9] 25 Europe (European Hit Radio) [10] 40 Germany (GfK) [11] 74 Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [12] 5 Ireland (IRMA) [13] 8 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [14] 4 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] 38 Norway (VG-lista) [16] 9 Scotland (OCC) [17] 14 UK Singles (OCC) 9 UK Airplay ( Music Week ) [18] 12 UK Dance ( Music Week ) [19] 2 UK Club Chart ( Music Week ) [20] 17

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [21] 73 UK Singles (OCC) [22] 87

References

1. "Single Releases". Music Week . 30 April 1994. p. 21.
2. "New Singles". Liverpool Echo . 22 April 1994. p. 35.
3. Beevers, Andy (16 April 1994). "Market Preview: Dance" (PDF). Music Week . p. 19. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
4. Jimenez, Maria (23 April 1994). "Groovemix: Short Grooves" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 17. p. 16. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
5. "Promos In Production" (PDF). Music Week . 23 April 1994. p. 16. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
6. "Cool Cuts" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 19 March 1994. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
7. Hamilton, James (7 May 1994). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 7. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 24. 11 June 1994. p. 12. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
9. "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 28. 9 July 1994. p. 25. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
10. "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 27. 2 July 1994. p. 29. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
11. "Gloworm – Carry Me Home" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
12. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (08.09.1994 – 14.09.1994)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). August 9, 1994. p. 16. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
13. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Carry Me Home". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
14. "Gloworm - Carry Me Home" (in Dutch). Top40.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
15. "Gloworm – Carry Me Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
16. "Gloworm – Carry Me Home". VG-lista. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
17. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 24 April 1994 - 28 May 1994". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 January 2020.
18. "The Airplay Chart" (PDF). Music Week . 11 June 1994. p. 22. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
19. "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 14 May 1994. p. 28. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
20. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 9 April 1994. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
21. "Árslistinn 1994". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 2 January 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
22. "Top 100 Singles 1994" (PDF). Music Week . 14 January 1995. p. 9. Retrieved 10 March 2025.