Gotta Get You Home Tonight

"Gotta Get You Home Tonight"
Single by Eugene Wilde
from the album Eugene Wilde
Released	1984 (1984)
Genre	Funk, soul
Length	3:58
Label	Philly World / Atlantic (US) 4th & Broadway (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Eugene Wilde McKinley Horton
Producer(s)	Donald Robinson Michael Forte
Eugene Wilde singles chronology
"Let Het Feel It" (1984) "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" (1984) "Rainbow" (1984)

"Gotta Get You Home Tonight" is a 1984 single written by McKinley Horton & Eugene Wilde (credited under his legal name Ronald Broomfield) and performed by Eugene Wilde. The single was produced by Donald Robinson and Michael Forte. ^[1]

Chart performance

The song hit number 1 on the U.S. R&B chart for a week in early 1985 and also peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[2] Outside the US, "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" went to number 18 in the UK. ^[3]

Samples

• Foxy Brown also sampled this track for her song "Get Me Home" featuring Blackstreet on her 1996 debut album Ill Na Na .

Cover Versions

Charlotte Greige (folk singer) recorded a cover of this song on her 2001 album At Llangennith .

References

1. " Gotta Get You Home Tonight " at Discogs
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 623.
3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 602. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.