Home Tonight
{{short description|Song by Aerosmith}}
{{For|the FireHouse song|Prime Time (FireHouse album)}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Home Tonight
| cover = Aerosmith-Home-Tonight-207554.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Aerosmith
| album = Rocks
| B-side = Pandora's Box
| released = August 27, 1976
| recorded = 1976
| studio =
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 3:15
| label = Columbia
| writer = Steven Tyler
| producer = Jack Douglas
| prev_title = Last Child
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Walk This Way
| next_year = 1976
}}
"Home Tonight" is a power ballad by American hard rock band Aerosmith. Written by lead singer Steven Tyler, the song is the closing track on Aerosmith's 1976 album Rocks. It was released as the second single from Rocks and reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Cash Box said that "the soft, almost ballad-like vocal holds a lot of appeal, and the harsher rock 'n' roll bridge seems to fit just right."{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=September 11, 1976|page=20|accessdate=2021-12-11|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-09-11.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}
Background and release
"Home Tonight" was solely written by lead singer Steven Tyler and produced by Aerosmith and Jack Douglas, American record producer.{{Cite web |title=Home Tonight by Aerosmith |url= https://genius.com/Aerosmith-home-tonight-lyrics |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=genius.com}}{{Better source needed|reason=See WP:GENIUS|date=August 2022}}
"Home Tonight" was released as the second single from Rocks on August 27, 1976, with "Pandora's Box" (a song from their 1974 album Get Your Wings) serving as its B-side.{{Cite web|title=45 Years Ago: Aerosmith Get Vulnerable With "Home Tonight"|date=27 August 2021 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/aerosmith-home-tonight-single/}} The band hoped that the single would impact the charts similarly to their 1973 song "Dream On". However, "Home Tonight" only reached number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.{{Cite web |last=Christopher |first=Michael |date=May 14, 2021 |title=Aerosmith's Rocks: a Track-by-Track Guide |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/aerosmith-rocks-track-by-track/ |access-date=August 17, 2022 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}
Record World said the song "contains a raw heavy metal edge but at the same time conveys a gentleness for pop play."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=September 11, 1976|page=20|accessdate=2023-03-04|title=Single Picks|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/RW-1976-09-11.pdf}}
Live performances
In other media
"Home Tonight" is one of the two theme songs performed by Aerosmith used in the video game Dead or Alive 3 for the Xbox created by Team Ninja. It is played during the extended/full ending credits.{{Cite web |title=Dead or Alive 3 (Video Game 2001) - Soundtracks |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0286580/soundtrack/ |website=imdb.com}}{{Better source needed|reason=See WP:IMDB|date=August 2022}}
Legacy
On VH1's That Metal Show with Eddie Trunk, the panel declared it number one on their Top 5 Greatest Power Ballads of all Time.{{cite web|author=TMS Top 5 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMGhVaNTEa8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707043458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMGhVaNTEa8&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2020-07-07 |url-status=dead|title=Top 5 Ballads on That Metal Show W/ Eddie Trunk |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-11-11 |access-date=2011-08-14}}
Charts
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!Chart (1976) !Peak |
| {{single chart|Canadatopsingles|82|chartid=5098b|rowheader=true|access-date=15 January 2023|refname="can"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|71|artist=Aerosmith|rowheader=true|access-date=15 January 2023|refname="hot100"}} |
References
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Category:Songs written by Steven Tyler
Category:Song recordings produced by Jack Douglas (record producer)