Take Me Home (Jess Glynne song)

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"Take Me Home"
Jess Glynne - Take Me Home.png
Single by Jess Glynne
from the album I Cry When I Laugh
Released3 November 2015
Length
  • 4:25(album version)
  • 3:30 (radio edit)
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Steve Mac
Jess Glynne singles chronology
"Don't Be So Hard on Yourself"
(2015)		"Take Me Home"
(2015)		"Ain't Got Far to Go"
(2016)
Music video
"Take Me Home" on Facebook
"Take Me Home" on YouTube

"Take Me Home" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jess Glynne. It was released on 3 November 2015 as the fifth single from her debut studio album, I Cry When I Laugh (2015). A music video for the song was released on Glynne's Facebook page on 30 October. "Take Me Home" has peaked at number 4 on the Scottish Singles Chart as well as number 6 on the UK Singles Chart; it was also the BBC Children in Need single of 2015. [1] [2]

Contents

The song was met with highly positive critical reception, with critics commending Glynne's songwriting and vocals throughout the song further calling it as a stand-out from the album. It is Glynne's biggest solo hit in Italy, and also her second Top 5 there, being certified 3× Platinum.

Music video

The official music video for the song, lasting four minutes and thirty-three seconds, was released on Glynne's Facebook page on 30 October 2015. It was given the partner rating of 15 on YouTube. Described as both "intimate" [3] and "powerful", [4] the video features several scenes of Glynne nude, singing to the camera and curling up in a chair. [5] Glynne commented on the video's release, saying "Finally... I can show you all the video for "Take Me Home" – I'm so pleased and nervous that it's finally out. This is a song about the need to have someone who cares when you are at your most vulnerable. It's an emotional song for me and I have to admit it brought me to tears filming the video, not because I was sad but because I was so grateful that I had someone to get me out of the dark hole I was in." [5]

Track listing

CD single and digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Home (BBC Children in Need 2015 Single)"3:29
Tiësto Remix [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Home" (Tiësto Remix)5:15
Digital download [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Take Me Home" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)4:23

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [30] Gold40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [31] Gold45,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [32] 3× Platinum150,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [33] Gold15,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway) [34] Gold20,000‡
Poland (ZPAV) [35] Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [36] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3 November 2015 Atlantic Digital download
13 November 2015 CD single

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