Goin' Home (The Osmonds song) explained

Goin' Home
Cover:goinhomesong.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Osmonds
Album:The Plan
B-Side:Are You Up There?
Released:June 2, 1973
Genre:Pop rock
Label:MGM Records 14562
Producer:Alan Osmond
Prev Title:Crazy Horses
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Let Me In
Next Year:1973

"Goin' Home" is a song written by Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond, and Wayne Osmond and performed by The Osmonds. It reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart, #30 on the Canadian pop chart,[1] #36 on the Billboard chart,[2] and #91 on Canadian adult contemporary chart[3] in 1973. It was featured on their 1973 album, The Plan.[4]

The song was produced by Alan Osmond.[5] It followed the same basic arrangement as their previous string of rock hits and, like the other songs on The Plan, carried a Mormon undertone ("going home" being a euphemism for heaven, and one point mentioning being a space traveler in a veiled reference to Kolob).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4853&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7 The Osmonds, "Goin' Home" Canada Chart Position
  2. http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Goin%27+Home+by+The+Osmonds&id=44133 The Osmonds, "Goin' Home" U.K. and U.S. Chart Positions
  3. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4855&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=98q6tcgku7546lsrfi3gr83pp7 The Osmonds, "Goin' Home" Canadian A.C. Chart Position
  4. http://www.discogs.com/Osmonds-The-Plan/release/1583841 The Osmonds, The Plan
  5. http://www.45cat.com/record/k14562 The Osmonds, "Goin' Home" single release