Take Me Home (Phil Collins song)

Meaning The song lyrics refer to a patient in a mental institution and it is influenced by the Ken Kesey novel ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' (1962). Guest appearances While recording "Long Long Way to Go," Collins asked Sting, former Genesis bandmate Peter Gabriel, and Helen Terry to provide backing vocals. Live version "Take Me Home" became Collins's show closer during the No Jacket Required World Tour. It remained at the end of the live show for at least a decade, including the Seriously, Live! World Tour of 1990. The song was not featured in the 2001 video Live & Loose in Paris, although it was played as an encore. == Music video ==

The music video, directed by Jim Yukich and produced by Paul Flattery, features Collins getting into a Ford Popular and singing a line of the song in various places around the world, including London, Paris, Tokyo, New York City, Sydney, Bremen, Memphis (Graceland), Los Angeles (Hollywood), Stockholm, San Francisco, Kyoto, Chicago, St. Louis and Houston. Filming was completed on location when Collins' subsequent No Jacket Required World Tour was staged at the corresponding locale. == Critical reception ==

Critical reception for the song was mostly positive. Jan DeKnock of the Chicago Tribune said that the song was "hypnotic". Geoff Orens of AllMusic said that the song was an AMG Track Pick, and that the "pulsating 'Take Me Home' utilizes the drama of 'In the Air Tonight' on a more wistful track". David Fricke of Rolling Stone said that the song had "engaging, circular rhythm and languid melodic texture". Marty Racine of the Houston Chronicle thought that "Take Me Home" was one of the few songs that "[rose] above the crowd [on the album]". Cashbox called it "an urgent ballad" with "intensity and hummable refrain". Billboard called it an "introspective mood piece of melancholy and defiance." == Covers, remakes, and usage in media ==

"Take Me Home" appeared on the opening episode ("The Prodigal Son") of the second season of the American crime drama television series Miami Vice, much like Collins's own "In the Air Tonight" appeared in the series premiere a year earlier. The song was included on the Miami Vice II soundtrack album. The song was also the closing theme song for the World Wrestling Federation's television special, ''Saturday Night's Main Event'', for several years in the late 1980s. "Take Me Home" appeared on the Phil Collins tribute album Urban Renewal (2001), as performed by Malik Pendleton. In 2003, the American hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony based their song "Home" on this single. That version of the song featured the original song's chorus, and reached No. 19 in the UK. Collins appeared in the music video to sing the chorus. In 2016, the extended mix was prominently used in a scene from the season 2 premiere episode of USA's television series Mr. Robot, in which an executive of the show's villainous corporation is blackmailed into publicly burning $5.9 million of his own company's money. Little Big Town and Sugarland covered this song to honor LBT's 25th anniversary as a band, and they performed it on the 2024 CMT Music Awards. == Track listings ==

All songs were written by Phil Collins, except where noted. 7-inch vinyl single }} 12-inch vinyl single CD single == Personnel ==

• Phil Collins – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, drums, Roland TR-909 • Daryl Stuermer – guitars • Leland Sklar – bass guitar, piccolo bass • Peter Gabriel – backing vocals • Sting – backing vocals • Helen Terry – backing vocals == Chart performance ==