I'll Find My Way Home Explained

I'll Find My Way Home
Type:	single
Artist:	Jon and Vangelis
Album:	The Friends of Mr Cairo
B-Side:	Back to School
Released:	^[1]
Genre:	Progressive pop synth-pop
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Vangelis
Prev Title:	The Friends of Mr Cairo
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	(I Want to Go) Back to School
Next Year:	1981

I'll Find My Way Home is a song written by Jon Anderson and Vangelis. It was included on the second edition of Jon and Vangelis' 1981 album The Friends of Mr Cairo.

The song was written after the initial release of The Friends of Mr Cairo, which commercially underperformed expectations set by the band. Following a dinner between the two, Vangelis informed Anderson of a chord sequence he was developing and invited Anderson over to finish it, which they accomplished over the span of three hours. It was issued as a single in November 1981 and reached the top ten in several European countries, including the UK Singles Chart. Upon the song's chart success, it was later appended to The Friends of Mr Cairo as the opening track.^[2]

Charts

In the United Kingdom, the single peaked at No.6^[3] and was certified Silver (1982) for sales of over 250,000 copies by BPI.^[4]

It reached No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 41 on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[5] In Europe, it peaked at No. 1 in Switzerland and Poland, No. 2 in Ireland and the Netherlands, No. 3 in Belgium, No. 5 in Israel, No. 6 in West Germany, No. 9 in Sweden, No. 13 in France, and No. 19 in Austria. It also reached the top 50 in Australia^[6] and New Zealand.^[7] In 2012, it reached No. 4 on the Sweden Digital Songs chart.^[5]

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	22
France (IFOP)^[9]	49
Israel (IBA)	5
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	51
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	41

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[11]	52
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[12]	22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[13]	29
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[14]	23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[15]	2
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[16]	30

Notes and References

1. Book: The Great Rock Discography. 1995. 865 . 9780862415419 . Strong . Martin Charles .
2. Web site: Morse . Tim . 2002 . Notes From the Edge - Jon Anderson on Songwriting [NFTE #243] ]. 7 October 2024 . nfte.org.
3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 288. .
4. Web site: Search by parameters - Keywords: Vangelis; Search by Artist . BPI . August 19, 2016 . August 1, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170801142929/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards/Search.aspx . dead .
5. Web site: http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0=ts_chart_artistname%3AVangelis&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Vangelis Vangelis chart results ]. Billboard Biz . Billboard . August 24, 2016.
6. Web site: Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 Singles 1982. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. 8 December 2018.
7. Web site: Jon and Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home . DutchCharts . August 25, 2016.
8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6.
9. Web site: InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par J. InfoDisc. fr. Select "Jon & Vangelis" from the artist drop-down menu. 21 November 2020.
10. Web site: I'll Find My Way Home (song by Jon & Vangelis) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts. www.musicvf.com. 2020-11-20.
11. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1982 . . . 445 . 3 January 1983 . 22 January 2023 .
12. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1982. Ultratop. 16 January 2022.
13. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1982. Dutch Top 40. 16 January 2022.
14. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1982. dutchcharts.nl. 16 January 2022.
15. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1982. hitparade.ch. 16 January 2022.
16. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 16 January 2022.