You 're My Home - wikipedia You 're My Home `` You 're My Home '' Single by Billy Joel from the album Piano Man A-side `` Piano Man '' Released 1973 Format 45 rpm single Recorded September 1973, Los Angeles Genre Rock and roll Length 3 : 14 Songwriter ( s ) Billy Joel Producer ( s ) Michael Stewart Billy Joel singles chronology `` You 're My Home '' ( 1973 ) `` Worse Comes to Worst '' ( 1974 ) `` Piano Man / You 're My Home '' ( 1973 ) `` Worse Comes to Worst '' ( 1974 ) Piano Man track listing `` Ai n't No Crime '' ( 3 ) `` You 're My Home '' ( 4 ) `` The Ballad of Billy the Kid '' ( 5 ) `` You 're My Home '' is a single by Billy Joel. It was originally on Billy Joel 's 1973 album Piano Man, and also appears on Songs in the Attic ( 1981 ), The Ultimate Collection ( 2000 ), The Essential Billy Joel ( 2001 ) and 12 Gardens Live ( 2006 ). The song appears as a B - side on `` Piano Man '' and `` All My Life '' singles. The song was also covered by Helen Reddy on her album Love Song for Jeffrey, which was released as the flipside of her `` Keep On Singing '' single. It was also recorded by Sami Jo Cole on her album Sami Jo produced by Jimmy Bowen. The song was written for Joel 's first wife ( and business manager ) Elizabeth Weber because he could not afford to buy her anything while in California. As Joel says in the liner notes of Songs in the Attic, `` Corny but true ; I was broke at the time ( ' 73 ) so I wrote this for my wife as a Valentine 's Day gift ''. The bridge makes references to Pennsylvania Turnpike, the early morning dew of Indiana and the hills of California. The original version is accompanied by a finger - picked acoustic guitar as well as a pedal steel guitar. The latter introduces a country music element to the song. The live version on Songs in the Attic omits the pedal steel guitar, but it is included on the live version from the `` All My Life '' single. The version from Songs in the Attic was released as a single in Australia and as a promotional - only release in UK. Author Ken Bielen describes `` You 're My Home '' as being from the Jim Croce school of singer - songwriting. Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine describes it as the one introspective song on the Piano Man album. Erlewine does state that the line `` instant pleasuredome '' indicates that Joel `` does n't have an ear for words. '' The song was used to wake up astronauts aboard space shuttle mission STS - 132 in May 2010. The song was selected for astronaut Kenneth Ham. Helen Reddy 's rendition incorporates an orchestral arrangement, in addition to a finger - picked acoustic guitar. Joel was critical of Reddy 's version. References ^ Jump up to : Bielen, K. ( 2011 ). The Words and Music of Billy Joel. ABC - CLIO. pp. 24 -- 25, 124. ISBN 9780313380167. Jump up ^ Bordowitz, H. ( 2006 ). Billy Joel : The Life & Times of an Angry Young Man. Random House. p. 75. ISBN 9780823082483. Jump up ^ Joel, Billy ( 1981 ). Songs in the Attic ( LP ). Billy Joel. New York : Columbia Records. TC 37461. ^ Jump up to : Erlewine, S.T. `` Piano Man ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 18. Jump up ^ `` You 're My Home Billy Joel Official Site ''. Billyjoel.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ `` STS - 132 wakeup calls ''. NASA. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Billy Joel Studio albums Cold Spring Harbor Piano Man Streetlife Serenade Turnstiles The Stranger 52nd Street Glass Houses The Nylon Curtain An Innocent Man The Bridge Storm Front River of Dreams Fantasies & Delusions Live albums Songs in the Attic KOHЦEPT 2000 Years : The Millennium Concert 12 Gardens Live Live at Shea Stadium : The Concert Compilations Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 -- 3 Souvenir : The Ultimate Collection The Ultimate Collection The Essential Billy Joel Piano Man : The Very Best of Billy Joel My Lives The Hits Singles `` She 's Got a Way '' `` Piano Man '' `` You 're My Home '' `` Worse Comes to Worst '' `` Travelin ' Prayer '' `` The Ballad of Billy the Kid '' `` The Entertainer '' `` Just the Way You Are '' `` Movin ' Out ( Anthony 's Song ) '' `` Only the Good Die Young '' `` She 's Always a Woman '' `` Vienna '' `` The Stranger '' `` My Life '' `` Big Shot '' `` Honesty '' `` Until the Night '' `` All for Leyna '' `` You May Be Right '' `` It 's Still Rock and Roll to Me '' `` Do n't Ask Me Why '' `` Sometimes a Fantasy '' `` Say Goodbye to Hollywood '' ( Live ) `` She 's Got a Way '' ( Live ) `` Pressure '' `` Allentown '' `` Goodnight Saigon '' `` Tell Her About It '' `` Uptown Girl '' `` An Innocent Man '' `` The Longest Time '' `` Leave a Tender Moment Alone '' `` This Night '' `` Keeping the Faith '' `` You 're Only Human ( Second Wind ) '' `` The Night Is Still Young '' `` Modern Woman '' `` A Matter of Trust '' `` This Is the Time '' `` Baby Grand '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' ( Live ) `` We Did n't Start the Fire '' `` Leningrad '' `` I Go to Extremes '' `` The Downeaster ' Alexa ' '' `` That 's Not Her Style '' `` And So It Goes '' `` Shameless '' `` All Shook Up '' `` The River of Dreams '' `` All About Soul '' `` No Man 's Land '' `` Lullabye ( Goodnight, My Angel ) '' `` To Make You Feel My Love '' `` Hey Girl '' `` All My Life '' `` Christmas in Fallujah '' Other songs `` Everybody Loves You Now '' `` Captain Jack '' `` Los Angelenos '' `` Root Beer Rag '' `` New York State of Mind '' `` Prelude / Angry Young Man '' `` Miami 2017 ( Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway ) '' `` Scenes from an Italian Restaurant '' `` Zanzibar '' `` Laura '' `` Scandinavian Skies '' `` Big Man on Mulberry Street '' Tours An Innocent Man Tour Face to Face 1994 Face to Face 1995 Face to Face 1998 Face to Face 2001 Face to Face 2003 Face to Face 2009 Face to Face 2010 Billy Joel in Concert Film Oliver & Company The Last Play at Shea See also Discography Movin ' Out Billy Joel Band The Hassles Attila Alexa Ray Joel Christie Brinkley Katie Lee `` Movin ' Out '' ( Glee episode ) Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_My_Home&oldid=795150692 '' Categories : Billy Joel songs Songs written by Billy Joel 1973 singles Song recordings produced by Michael Stewart ( musician ) Helen Reddy songs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 12 August 2017, at 10 : 36. 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Question: who made the song you are my home
Answer: Billy Joel