Taking You Home Explained

Taking You Home
Cover:Don Henley - Taking You Home.jpg
Artist:Don Henley
Album:Inside Job
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:Don Henley, Stan Lynch

"Taking You Home" is a song by Don Henley from 2000 album Inside Job. The track was written by Henley along with Stuart Brawley and Stan Lynch and was Henley's only number one on the Adult Contemporary chart as a solo artist. "Taking You Home" stayed at number one for four weeks and went to number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

In popular culture

The song was used in the closing scenes of the 21st episode of the sixth season of ER, entitled "Such Sweet Sorrow", when the characters of Carol Hathaway (Julianna Margulies) and Doug Ross (George Clooney) reunite after over a year apart.

In 2017, the song was also used in the closing scenes of the season three finale of Hallmark Channel's original series Good Witch, when lead characters Cassie Nightingale (Catherine Bell) and Dr. Sam Radford (James Denton) become engaged to be married.

Music video

The official music video was directed by Tom Krueger and Mary Kay Place.[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] 10
Chart (2001)Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[4] 11

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 114.

  2. Web site: Don Henley: Taking You Home . imdb.com . IMDb.com . 2024-07-06.
  3. 2000 The Year in Music. Billboard. 112. 53. YE-98. December 30, 2000. October 9, 2021.
  4. 2001 The Year in Music. Billboard. 113. 52. YE-81. December 29, 2001. October 11, 2021.