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"Take Me Home" is a song recorded by American singer and actress Cher, for her fifteenth studio album of the same name (1979). It was developed after the commercial failure of her previous albums, as she was recommended to record disco music. As a result, the song takes on that genre, with lyrics that see Cher asking her lover to take her home, wanting to have sexual intercourse. It was pressed as a 12-inch singles by Casablanca Records in January 1979, thus serving as the album's lead single. Upon its release, "Take Me Home" received mostly positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who singled it out from its parent album and favored its sound and melody. Commercially, the single fared well in the United States charts, reaching number 8 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and entering three of its component charts. In Oceania, it entered the singles chart of New Zealand at number 49. It was also a hit in Canada reaching the top 10 of the singles chart. In 2001, English recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor covered the song for her debut studio album ''Read My Lips'' of that year. It served as her debut solo single after being signed by Polydor Records. Her version contains new lyrics and a new, disco-tinged instrumental. Critics received it moderately positively, and the track enjoyed commercial success. However, Cher's management did not approve of the song's lyricism. ==Background and composition== After releasing the studio albums ''Stars'' (1975), ''I'd Rather Believe in You'' (1976), ''Cherished'' and ''Two the Hard Way'' (1977), which became commercial failures, Cher went to the headquarters of Casablanca Records, in order to start recording for a new full-length record. She was hoping to record rock and roll-tinged music, though she was quickly advised by Neil Bogart to delve into disco music before recording with a genre that, according to him, she was not very good at. She was reluctant to take his advice, as she regarded disco as a "superficial" genre and did not believe it was "serious music". However, she took his advice, and started working with Bob Esty, who arranged and produced records for Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. Esty was skeptical of Cher's decision to record disco music, although he changed his mind after he began recording with her. The first song he played her was a demo of "Take Me Home", which Cher said she liked.〔 Running at a length of seven minutes and thirty seconds (7:30), "Take Me Home" is styled in the genre of disco. Its lyrics see Cher asking her partner to "take her home", which is an indirect way of expressing her desire to have sexual intercourse. For the book ''The Persistence of Sentiment: Display and Feeling in Popular Music of the 1970s'', Mitchell Morris commented on the song: "Ostensibly a plea to be chosen, the song relies on the musical force of the arrangement combined with Cher's vocal presence to turn this plea into an irresistible demand, the auditory equivalent of the showgirl's direct gaze." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Take Me Home (Cher song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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