Home (Michael Bublé song)

{{Short description|2005 Michael Bublé song}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Home

| cover = Home Michael Buble.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Michael Bublé

| album = It's Time

| released = {{start date|2005|1|24}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • Pop
  • jazz{{cite web | url=https://www.skiddle.com/news/all/Review-Michael-Bubl----HOME/415/ | title=Review: Michael Bublé - 'HOME' | publisher=Skiddle | date=March 30, 2005 | access-date=July 12, 2023}}

| length = 3:45

| label =

| writer =

| producer =

  • David Foster
  • Humberto Gatica

| prev_title = Feeling Good

| prev_year = 2005

| next_title = Save the Last Dance for Me

| next_year = 2006

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|lbSOLBMUvIE| "Home" }}}}

}}

"Home" is a song by Canadian singer Michael Bublé, and released on January 24, 2005, as the first single from his fourth studio album, It's Time. The song was written by Bublé, along with co-writers Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies. Bublé's version was a number-one single on the Adult Contemporary chart formats of both Canada and the United States, in addition to certifying platinum in both countries as well as finding chart success internationally. Following his original version in 2005, two cover versions were successful by other artists: one by Irish group Westlife in 2007, and one by American singer Blake Shelton in 2008.

Background and lyrics

"Home" centralizes on the narrator, who is separated from their lover, possibly a spouse, while off travelling. He expresses a desire to return home and be with his lover. Bublé had been away touring in Italy when he co-wrote the lyrics, for his then-fiancée, Debbie Timuss. Bublé describes his loneliness from missing her in the lyrics. Aaron Latham of Allmusic, in his review of It's Time, described the song favorably. He called it a "positive step forward" for Bublé, adding "The success of this ballad provides yet another direction that he can explore and expand upon."{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r726384|pure_url=yes}}|title=it's Time review|last=Latham|first=Aaron|work=Allmusic|access-date=March 26, 2009}}

The song is in the key of G major, with a chord pattern of G-D/F{{Sharp}}-Em-D-C-D-G. It has a time signature of 4/4 and an approximate tempo of 64 beats per minute.{{cite web | url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0050916 | title='Home' sheet music | date=November 2005 | publisher=MusicNotes.com | accessdate=July 12, 2023}}

Release

"Home" was the second single released from It's Time on March 28, 2005. It was Bublé's first single released in the United Kingdom. The single was a hit, topping the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in the United States while peaking at number 31 in the United Kingdom. The release was accompanied by a music video, directed by Noble Jones, who had previously filmed the video for "Feeling Good". The song was also used in the film The Wedding Date.

Subsequently, two cover versions of the song have also been released as singles by other artists. The first of these was recorded by Irish boyband Westlife, whose version was a top ten hit in several European countries. American country music singer Blake Shelton also released his version in early 2008, which reached the top of the American country singles charts. In December 2011, Bublé performed a duet version of the song with English singer-songwriter Gary Barlow, whilst also performing Barlow's "Rule the World". Soon after, a petition was set up for the collaboration to be made available for digital download, to challenge for the United Kingdom Christmas Number One spot.[http://whatculture.com/music/michael-buble-gary-barlow-duets-make-this-xmas-number-one.php Michael Buble & Gary Barlow Duets – Make This Xmas Number One, December 18,2011, Simon Gallagher] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225130152/http://whatculture.com/music/michael-buble-gary-barlow-duets-make-this-xmas-number-one.php |date=February 25, 2012 }} On Bublé's 2012 Christmas television special "Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays", he and Blake Shelton sang a duet version with lyrics reworked for the Christmas season; this version previously appeared on Shelton's holiday album, Cheers, It's Christmas.

Track listing

UK CD single 1 (Debut release){{Citation|title=Home|date=March 28, 2005|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-CD-1-Michael-Buble/dp/B0007XTQBO/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356870249&sr=1-5|publisher=Warner Bros Records|access-date=August 20, 2016}}

  1. "Home" (U.K. Radio Mix) - 3:23
  2. "Home" (Album Version) - 3:45

UK CD single 2 (Debut release){{Citation|title=Home|date=March 28, 2005|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Cd2-CD-Michael-Buble/dp/B0007XTQBY/ref=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356870249&sr=1-8|publisher=Warner Bros Records|access-date=August 20, 2016}}

  1. "Home" (UK radio mix) - 3:23
  2. "Home" (album version) - 3:45
  3. "Nice N'Easy" - 4:11
  4. "Home" (music video) - 3:54

UK CD single (Second release){{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Home-Song-You-Michael-Buble/dp/B000BWF7FA/ref=sr_1_11?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1313137224&sr=1-11 |title=Home/Song for You: Michael Buble: Amazon.de: Musik |publisher=Amazon.de |date=September 9, 2009 |access-date=February 22, 2012}}{{Citation|title=Home|date=November 14, 2005|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Michael-Buble/dp/B000BWF7FA/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1356870249&sr=1-10|publisher=Warner Bros Records|access-date=August 20, 2016}}

  1. "Home" (album version) - 3:45
  2. "Song For You" (featuring Chris Botti) - 3:12

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2005–2006)

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{{single chart|Australia|35|artist=Michael Bublé|song=Home|access-date=December 12, 2014}}
{{single chart|Austria|36|artist=Michael Bublé|song=Home|access-date=December 12, 2014}}
Canada AC Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-03-25.pdf|title=AC – R&R Canada AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1599|page=52|date=March 25, 2005|access-date=September 9, 2020}}

|align="center"|1

Canada CHR/Pop Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-05-13.pdf|title=CHR/Pop – R&R Canada CHR/Pop Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1606|page=28|date=May 13, 2005|access-date=September 9, 2020}}

|align="center"|19

Canada Country Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-04-22.pdf|title=Country Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|page=44|date=April 22, 2005|access-date=September 9, 2020}}

|align="center"|29

Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-05-13.pdf|title=R&R Canada Hot AC Top 30|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1606|page=51|date=May 13, 2005|access-date=May 1, 2024}}

|align="center"|4

{{single chart|Germany|55|artist=Michael Bublé|song=Home|songid=87430|access-date=February 28, 2019}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|56|artist=Michael Bublé|song=Home|access-date=December 12, 2014}}
{{single chart|Scotland|21|date=20050409|access-date=February 28, 2019}}
{{single chart|Sweden|55|artist=Michael Bublé|song=Home|access-date=December 12, 2014}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|33|artist=Michael Bublé|song=Home|access-date=December 12, 2014}}
{{single chart|UK|31|date=20050409|access-date=February 28, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|72|artist=Michael Buble}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Michael Buble}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|24|artist=Michael Buble|access-date=February 2, 2024}}
{{single chart|Billboardsmoothjazzsongs|23|artist=Michael Buble|access-date=February 2, 2024}}

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!Chart (2011)

!Peak
position

Canada (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/michael-buble/chart-history/cns/|title=Michael Bublé Chart History (Canadian Digital Songs)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 28, 2019}}

|align="center"|36

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (2005)

!Position

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=2005 The Year in Music & Touring: Hot Adult Contemporary Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=117|issue=52|page=YE-76|date=December 24, 2005}}

|align="center"|3

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=2005 The Year in Charts: Top Adult Top 40 Songs|magazine=Billboard Radio Monitor|volume=13|issue=50|page=31|date=December 16, 2005}}

|align="center"|80

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Platinum|artist=Michael Buble|title=Home|relyear=2005|certyear=2006|type=single|digital=true|access-date=September 30, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Home|artist=Michael Bublé|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2021|access-date=March 18, 2021|id=10004}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Gold|artist=Michael Bublé|title=Home|relyear=2005|certyear=2014|type=single|id=2693|access-date=February 28, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|artist=Michael Buble|title=Home|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2023|source=radioscope|access-date=April 13, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|award=Gold|artist=Michael Bublé|title=Home|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2025|access-date=April 13, 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|artist=Michael Buble|title=Home|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2022|id=2964-1273-1|access-date=February 18, 2022}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|artist=Michael Buble|title=Home|type=single|relyear=2005|certyear=2009|digital=true|access-date=February 28, 2019}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Date

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scope="row"|United States

|January 24, 2005

|Adult contemporary radio

|rowspan="4"|{{hlist|143|Reprise}}

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-01-21.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1590|page=23|date=January 24, 2005|access-date=May 21, 2021}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|March 28, 2005

|rowspan="2"|CD

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=35|date=March 26, 2005}}

scope="row"|Australia

|May 2, 2005

|align="center"|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue792.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 2nd May 2005|publisher=ARIA|page=29|date=May 2, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050520-0000/issue792.pdf|archive-date=May 19, 2005|access-date=May 21, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"|United States

|June 20, 2005

|Hot adult contemporary radio

|align="center"|{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-06-17.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1611|page=21|date=June 17, 2005|access-date=June 24, 2021}}

Westlife version

{{For|another Westlife song|Turnaround (Westlife album)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Home

| cover = HomeCD1.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Westlife

| album = Back Home

| B-side = Hard to Say I'm Sorry

| released = {{start date|2007|10|29}}

| recorded =

| studio = Rokstone (London, UK)

| genre =

| length = 3:26

| label = Sony BMG

| writer = {{hlist|Michael Bublé|Alan Chang|Amy Foster-Gillies}}

| producer = Steve Mac

| prev_title = The Rose

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Us Against the World

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|DuFHaVJpcr4|Home}}}}

}}

Irish boy band Westlife released a cover version of "Home" as their first single from their eighth studio album, Back Home (2007). Westlife's version differs slightly in their lyrical arrangement as compared to Michael Bublé's version. The single sold over 200,000 copies in the UK alone and was certified silver, peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. It is the band's 15th best-selling single in paid-for sales and in combined sales in the UK as of January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/westlifes-top-20-biggest-songs-on-the-official-charts__25303/|title=Westlife's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Charts|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=January 12, 2019|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=January 12, 2019}} The song was ranked number 91 on MTV Asia{{'}}s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007.MTV Asia. [http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html "Top 100 Hits List"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222125424/http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html |date=December 22, 2007}}. Retrieved December 27, 2007 A cover of Chicago's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" was included as the B-side for the single and charted individually on the official UK Singles Chart at number 135.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

=Music video=

The music video for this single was shot in Vancouver using interior and exterior shots of the Orpheum Theater. The exterior shots of the marquee are on Granville Street. A short preview of the video was posted on the band's official website on October 5, 2007. The full video was made available during the later part of the day on The Box. It was directed by Mike Lipscombe and features the band in front of a Boeing 747 plane along with scenes of loved ones meeting each other at the airport.

=Track listings=

UK CD1

  1. "Home" (single mix)
  2. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"

UK CD2

  1. "Home" (single mix)
  2. "Total Eclipse of the Heart" (Sunset Strippers Full Dance Mix)
  3. "Home" (Soul Seekerz Remix – radio edit)

=Charts=

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Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/00s/2007/BB-2007-11-17.pdf|title=Hits of the World – Eurocharts|magazine=Billboard|volume=119|issue=46|page=85|date=November 17, 2007|access-date=July 30, 2020}}

|align="center"|11

{{single chart|Germany|70|artist=Westlife|song=Home|songid=10779|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|2|artist=Westlife|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
Ireland Download (GfK Chart-Track){{cite web|url=http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240006&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=46|title=TOP 20 DOWNLOADS, WEEK ENDING 15 November 2007|work=GfK|access-date=February 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204174441/http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p%2Fmusicvideo%2Fmusic%2Farchive%2Findex_test.jsp&ct=240006&arch=t&lyr=2007&year=2007&week=46|archive-date=February 4, 2019|url-status=dead}}

|align="center"|4

{{single chart|Norway|7|artist=Westlife|song=Home|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=20071110|access-date=February 6, 2021|refname="scotwest"}}
{{single chart|Slovakia|59|year=2008|week=02|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
{{single chart|Sweden|8|artist=Westlife|song=Home|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
{{single chart|United Kingdom|3|date=20071110|access-date=February 6, 2021}}
UK Physical Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20071104/1/|title=Official Physical Singles Chart Top 100 – Official Charts Company|publisher=Official Charts Company}}

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!Position

Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/#verticalTab10|title=Best of Singles 2007|publisher=IRMA|access-date=October 13, 2018}}

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UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20070107/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2007|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 13, 2018}}

|align="center"|43

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=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Westlife|title=Home|award=Silver|relyear=2007|certyear=2013|id=2964-1440-1|access-date=February 6, 2021|refname="bpiwestlife"}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Blake Shelton version

{{Infobox song

| name = Home

| cover = BlakeSheltonHome.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Blake Shelton

| album = Pure BS

| released = {{start date|2008|2|4}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:50

| label = Warner Bros. Nashville

| writer = {{hlist|Michael Bublé|Alan Chang|Amy Foster-Gillies}}

| producer = Brent Rowan

| prev_title = The More I Drink

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = She Wouldn't Be Gone

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|kkoT1nZOexY|"Home" by Blake Shelton}}}}

}}

A version was released by American country music singer Blake Shelton on February 1, 2008. This cover entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at number 60 for the week of February 12, 2008. It was included on a June 2008 re-issue of Shelton's 2007 album Pure BS{{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1344&t=Blake_Shelton_calls_Home |title=Blake Shelton calls "Home" |access-date=February 2, 2008 |date=January 30, 2008 |work=Country Standard Time}} and Blake Shelton Collector's Edition, an EP which is only available at Walmart. Shelton's rendition features backing vocals from Miranda Lambert.

Shelton's version of the song reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts dated for the week of July 19, 2008, becoming the fourth Number One hit of his career,{{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/news/newsitem.asp?xid=1894&t=Blake_Shelton_calls_number_one_Home |title=Blake Shelton calls number one "Home" |access-date=July 9, 2008 |date=July 7, 2008 |work=Country Standard Time}} and his first since "Some Beach" in December 2004. His version also reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Shelton occasionally performed the song with Bublé in concert. In 2012, he e-mailed Bublé, asking if he would write new lyrics for a Christmas version of the song and sing duet vocals on it. The re-written version, featuring Bublé, appears on Shelton's 2012 album, Cheers, It's Christmas.{{Cite web|url=http://us995.cbslocal.com/2012/11/26/blake-shelton-explains-his-christmas-duet-with-michael-buble/|title=Blake Shelton Explains His Christmas Duet With Michael Buble|access-date=August 20, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826152440/http://us995.cbslocal.com/2012/11/26/blake-shelton-explains-his-christmas-duet-with-michael-buble/|url-status=dead}}

=Chart history=

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!align="left"|Chart (2008)

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{{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|36|artist=Blake Shelton|artistid=444576}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|41|artist=Blake Shelton|artistid=444576|access-date=January 29, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Blake Shelton|artistid=444576|access-date=January 29, 2011}}
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! style="text-align:center;"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|36|artist=Blake Shelton|artistid=444576|access-date=January 29, 2011}}
{{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|45|artist=Blake Shelton|artistid=444576}}
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! style="text-align:center;"|Peak
position

US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=blake shelton|chart=Bubbling Under Hot 100}}|title=Blake Shelton – Chart history – Bubbling Under Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 13, 2013}}

| align="center"| 19

{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|36|artist=Blake Shelton|artistid=444576|access-date=January 29, 2011}}

  • AChristmas re-recording with Michael Bublé.
  • BLive recording with Usher.

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==Year-end charts==

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!scope="col"|Position

US Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2008/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2008: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | year=2008| access-date=December 13, 2008}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 5

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=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Blake Shelton|title=Home|relyear=2005|certyear=2021|accessdate=October 10, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

Other notable recordings

  • A duet cover of "Home" was recorded by Tommy Ward and Mark Winston Kirk and uploaded to Facebook in August 2020. The video received more than 3 million views in the first 22 days.{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Scott |date=2021-02-25 |title=Mark Winston Kirk and Tommy Ward strike gold with their version of "HOME" |url=https://kokefm.com/2021/02/25/watch-mark-winston-kirk-and-tommy-ward-strike-gold-with-their-version-of-home/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=KOKE FM}}

See also

References