"Take Me Home" | ||||
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Single by Roger Daltrey | ||||
from the album Can't Wait to See the Movie | ||||
A-side | "Take Me Home" (vocal edit) | |||
B-side | "Take Me Home" (LP version) | |||
Released | June 1987 | |||
Recorded | At various studios in London and Los Angeles | |||
Length | 5:45 [1] | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriters | Axel Bauer, Roger Daltrey, Michel Eli, Nigel Hinton | |||
Producers | Alan Shacklock David Foster Jimmy Scott [2] Chas Sandford | |||
Roger Daltrey singles chronology | ||||
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"Take Me Home" is a 1987 single by Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the singer for The Who. The song is an adaptation of "Cargo" (which was a hit in France in 1984), recorded by French singer Axel Bauer, written by Bauer with Michel Eli. [3]
Daltrey's recording, with English lyrics, was credited to Bauer, Eli, Daltrey and Nigel Hinton. It was released on his 1987 solo album Can't Wait to See the Movie . The single failed to chart in the UK but reached and peaked at number 46 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Chart.[ citation needed ]