Take Me Home Tonight ( song ) - wikipedia Take Me Home Tonight ( song ) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2014 ) `` Take Me Home Tonight '' Artwork for the UK 7 - inch vinyl release Single by Eddie Money from the album Ca n't Hold Back B - side `` Calm Before the Storm '' Released August 16, 1986 Format 7 '' single Recorded 1985 Genre Pop rock hard rock Length 3 : 35 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Mike Leeson Peter Vale Ellie Greenwich Jeff Barry Phil Spector Producer ( s ) Eddie Money Richie Zito Jacob Dooley Eddie Money singles chronology `` Club Michelle '' ( 1984 ) `` Take Me Home Tonight '' ( 1986 ) `` I Wanna Go Back '' ( 1986 ) `` Club Michelle '' ( 1984 ) `` Take Me Home Tonight '' ( 1986 ) `` I Wanna Go Back '' ( 1986 ) `` Take Me Home Tonight '' is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money. It was released in August 1986 as the lead single from his album Ca n't Hold Back. The song 's chorus interpolates the Ronettes ' 1963 hit `` Be My Baby '', with original vocalist Ronnie Spector reprising her role. The song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 15, 1986, and number one on the Album Rock Tracks chart ; outside the U.S., it was a top 15 hit in Canada. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Alongside its album, `` Take Me Home Tonight '' helped revive Money 's career after a period of declining sales. It also allowed Spector to resume her touring / recording career after several years of retirement. Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 Music video 4 Reception 4.1 Accolades 5 Cover versions 6 Commercial performance 7 Charts 7.1 Weekly charts 7.2 Year - end charts 8 References 9 External links Background By the mid-1980s, Eddie Money had reached a low - point in his recording career after several years of drug abuse. Columbia Records still wanted to keep Money on its roster, but restricted his creative control regarding his output. Record producer Richie Zito brought Money the song `` Take Me Home Tonight '', and Money would recall : `` I did n't care for the demo ( but ) it did have a good catch line. When I heard ( a snippet of ) ' Be My Baby ' in it I said : ' Why ca n't we get Ronnie Spector to sing it ? ' ( and was told ) ' That 's impossible. ' '' Money invited his friend Martha Davis, lead vocalist of the Motels, to sing the lines from `` Be My Baby '' on `` Take Me Home Tonight '' : Davis encouraged him to try to recruit Spector herself and Money was eventually able to speak on the phone to Spector at her home in northern California : Money - `` I could hear clinking and clanking in the background... She said : ' I 'm doing the dishes, and I got ta change the kids ' bedding. I 'm not really in the business anymore, Eddie. Phil Spector and all that, it was a nightmare '... I said ' Ronnie, I got this song that 's truly amazing and it 's a tribute to you. It would be so great if you... did it with me. ' '' The success of `` Take Me Home Tonight '' encouraged Spector to resume her singing career. In 1987 Money would say of `` Take Me Home Tonight '' : `` I did n't like the song, but... it helped Ronnie out and it helped me get some of my other material on the album across, so now I 'm happy I did it. '' Composition The song starts with a synth playing and is then joined by a guitar playing the same notes. This song was recorded in a duet with Ronnie Spector. The song has Spector singing the chorus from the Ronettes ' hit, `` Be My Baby '' ( on which Spector sang lead vocals ) after Money sings `` just like Ronnie sang. '' The song is performed in the key of D ♭ major with a tempo of 133 beats per minute. Music video The video, shot entirely in black and white, opens with Money alone with a metal ladder and a folding chair on an otherwise empty stage ( at Lawlor Events Center in Reno, Nevada ). He performs to an absent audience, and Ronnie Spector is seen in a make - up room during cutaways. Spector 's face is n't completely revealed until about three - quarters of the way through the video, when she joins Money on the stage. Reception The Los Angeles Times 's Steve Hochman, in a review of Ca n't Hold Back, felt that Money did Spector a disservice, particularly with the song 's `` characterless production, '' commenting, `` where Phil Spector built his wall with style and grace, Money has erected a monolithic barrier. '' Accolades The song was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards on February 24, 1987, but lost to Robert Palmer 's `` Addicted to Love ''. Cover versions The song has been covered by several artists. Rock band Hinder recorded a cover of the song ; it is available exclusively as a bonus track on the Wal - Mart re-release of their album Extreme Behavior. There is a cover by Jamestown Story featuring Breanne Duren on his album Love vs. Life. Every Avenue and Juliet Simms covered the song for the compilation Punk Goes Classic Rock in 2010. Additionally, Adam Goren of Atom And His Package used the chorus of the song during the bridge of his song, `` Punk Rock Academy ''. In 2014, the Glee Cast offered a new cover of the song in the episode `` Old Dog New Tricks ''. Commercial Performance In Canada, it first debuted on RPM 's Top Singles chart at number 95 in the issue dated October 4, 1986, and peaked at number 15 during the week of November 29, 1986. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1986 - 1987 ) Peak position Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 15 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 59 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 43 US Billboard Hot 100 US Radio & Records CHR / Pop Airplay Chart US Album Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1986 ) Position US Billboard Hot 100 59 References Jump up ^ Dennis Hunt ( November 16, 1986 ). `` Money Launders His Life ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ Gary Graff ( December 18, 1986 ). `` Eddie Money Unafraid To Hate His Biggest Hit ''. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ Gainesville Sun, 7 December 1986 p. 16G Jump up ^ `` Hot Ticket : Eddie Money talks ''. HippoPress.com. Retrieved 28 June 2016. Jump up ^ Marc Spitz ( August 16, 2013 ). `` Still Tingling Spines, 50 Years Later ''. The New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ Carrie Stetler ( February 20, 1987 ). `` Money Launders His Life ''. The Morning Call. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Take Me Home Tonight - Eddie Money - Spot On Track ''. www.spotontrack.com. Retrieved 2017 - 04 - 22. Jump up ^ Steve Hochman ( November 30, 1986 ). `` Monolithic Money ''. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ RPM ( October 4, 1986 ). `` RPM Alternative 30 Chart - Top Singles - Volume 45, No. 2, October 04, 1986 '' ( PDF ). RPM archives. Ottawa, Canada : Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2015. ^ Jump up to : RPM ( November 29, 1986 ). `` RPM Alternative 30 Chart - Top Singles - Volume 45, No. 10, November 29, 1986 '' ( PDF ). RPM archives. Ottawa, Canada : Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Musicline.de -- Eddie Money Single - Chartverfolgung '' ( in German ). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Eddie Money -- Take Me Home Tonight '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Eddie Money Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2015. Jump up ^ http://wweb.uta.edu/faculty/gghunt/charts/emoney.html Jump up ^ `` Eddie Money Chart History ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 11, 2015. External links 1980s portal Music video on YouTube Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Eddie Money Studio albums Eddie Money Life for the Taking Playing for Keeps No Control Where 's the Party ? Ca n't Hold Back Nothing to Lose Right Here Love and Money Ready Eddie Wanna Go Back Compilation albums Greatest Hits : The Sound of Money Good as Gold Super Hits Shakin ' with the Money Man The Best of Eddie Money Let 's Rock and Roll the Place The Essential Eddie Money Other albums Unplug It In Greatest Hits Live : The Encore Collection Complete Eddie Money Live Singles `` Baby Hold On '' `` Two Tickets to Paradise '' `` You 've Really Got a Hold on Me '' `` Maybe I 'm a Fool '' `` Ca n't Keep a Good Man Down '' `` Get a Move On '' `` Let 's Be Lovers Again '' `` Running Back '' `` Think I 'm in Love '' `` Shakin ' '' `` The Big Crash '' `` Club Michelle '' `` Take Me Home Tonight '' `` I Wanna Go Back '' `` Endless Nights '' `` We Should Be Sleeping '' `` Walk on Water '' `` The Love in Your Eyes '' `` Let Me In '' `` Peace in Our Time '' `` Heaven in the Back Seat '' `` I 'll Get By '' `` Fall in Love Again '' `` Gimme Some Water '' Related articles Discography Columbia Records Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Take_Me_Home_Tonight_(song)&oldid=821324666 '' Categories : 1986 singles Eddie Money songs Billboard Mainstream Rock number - one singles Black - and - white music videos Songs written by Phil Spector Songs written by Ellie Greenwich Columbia Records singles Songs written by Peter Vale Songs written by Mike Leeson Songs written by Jeff Barry 1986 songs Song recordings produced by Richie Zito Songs about sexuality Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2014 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Germany Singlechart making named ref Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Nederlands Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 19 January 2018, at 19 : 27. 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Question: who sings with eddie money in the song take me home tonight
Answer: Ronnie Spector