Home ( the Wiz song ) - Wikipedia Home ( the Wiz song ) `` Home '' Single by Stephanie Mills from the album Home B - side `` Love Has n't Been Easy on Me '' Released ( U.S. ) Format Vinyl 7 '' 45 RPM Single cassette, CD Single Recorded 1988 - 1989 Genre R&B soul Length 5 : 20 Label MCA Songwriter ( s ) Charlie Smalls Producer ( s ) Nick Martinelli Stephanie Mills singles chronology `` Something in the Way ( You Make Me Feel ) '' ( 1989 ) `` Home '' ( 1989 ) `` Comfort of a Man '' ( 1990 ) `` Something in the Way ( You Make Me Feel ) '' ( 1989 ) `` Home '' ( 1989 ) `` Comfort of a Man '' ( 1990 ) `` Home '' is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical, The Wiz. It was written by Charlie Smalls and was performed by Stephanie Mills in the stage production and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation and released on the soundtrack album in 1978. Stephanie Mills recorded the song for her 1989 album Home, and eventually scoring her another number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. The single would be the last of five number ones for Mills on the R&B Singles chart. Contents 1 Track listing 2 Charts 3 Personnel 4 Cover versions 5 References Track listing US 7 '' 45 RPM Single A1. `` Home '' - 4 : 34 B1. `` Love Has n't Been Easy on Me '' - 4 : 44 Charts Chart ( 1989 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot Black Singles Personnel Arranged By -- Donald Lawrence, Donald Robinson, Nick Martinelli, Stephanie Mills Background Arrangement -- Mervyn Warren Strings and Horns Arrangement -- The Brothers Kerber Backing Vocals -- Take 6 Bass -- Douglas Grigsby Drums, Percussion, Emulator, Synthesizer -- Jim Salamone Electric Piano, Synthesizer -- Curtis Dowd Assistant Engineer -- John Sullivan, Sal Viarelli Guitar -- Randy Bowland Keyboards -- Donald Robinson Producer -- Nick Martinelli Recorded By -- Bruce Weeden Written - By -- Charlie Smalls Cover versions In 1978, Andrea McArdle sings the song in Christmas at Walt Disney World. Whitney Houston made her world debut on The Merv Griffin Show on April 29, 1983 performing this song. She has covered the song several times in concert during her US Tour 1985, Whitney : The Concert for a New South Africa 1994 HBO TV special, and her My Love Is Your Love Tour in 1999. Her 1983 performance on The Merv Griffin Show was included in the CD / DVD release Whitney Houston Live : Her Greatest Performances and as a bonus on the DVD Whitney : The Greatest Hits and the 25th anniversary deluxe edition of her debut album. In 2010, the song was used in an episode of Glee 's first season called `` Home '', sung by Kristin Chenoweth. In 2012, a version by Barbra Streisand recorded in 1985 for The Broadway Album but not initially released was finally included on Release Me. In 2003, this song was sampled in the song `` Homies 2 Smoke With '' by Violent J recorded for his second EP called Wizard of the Hood. In 2015, Shanice Williams performed this song live in the broadway / television adaptation of both the film and broadway version of The Wiz. In 2018, the characters Blanca Evangelista and Pray Tell sang the song as a duet in the episode `` Love Is The Message '' of the television series Pose. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 402. Jump up ^ `` Stephanie Mills - Home ( 7 '' Single ) US 12 '' 45 RPM '' Discogs.com Stephanie Mills Studio albums Movin ' in the Right Direction For the First Time What Cha ' Gonna Do with My Lovin ' Sweet Sensation Stephanie Tantalizingly Hot Love Has Lifted Me Merciless I 've Got the Cure Stephanie Mills If I Were Your Woman Home Christmas Something Real Personal Inspirations Born for This ! Singles `` What Cha ' Gonna Do with My Lovin '' `` You Ca n't Get Over '' `` Put Your Body in It '' `` Sweet Sensation '' `` Never Knew Love Like This Before '' `` Two Hearts '' `` Last Night '' `` Keep Away Girls '' `` Pilot Error '' `` How Come U Do n't Call Me Anymore ? '' `` The Medicine Song '' `` King Holiday '' `` Stand Back '' `` I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love '' `` Rising Desire '' `` I Feel Good All Over '' `` ( You 're Puttin ' ) A Rush on Me '' `` Secret Lady '' `` If I Were Your Woman '' `` Where Is the Love '' `` Something in the Way ( You Make Me Feel ) '' `` Home '' `` Comfort of a Man '' `` All Day, All Night '' `` Never Do You Wrong '' Compilations In My Life : Greatest Hits ( 1985 ) Greatest Hits ( 1985 - 1993 ) ( 1996 ) Related topics Discography Maggie Flynn The Wiz Michael Jackson Book : Stephanie Mills This 1980s R&B / soul music song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. 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Question: who wrote the song home from the wiz
Answer: Charlie Smalls