Take Back Home Girl
{{Infobox song
| name = Take Back Home Girl
| cover = Take Back Home Girl CL.jpg
| alt = The cover features a house under a blue-and-orange sky with some clouds, and a grassfield with a dirt path in front of it. Both artists' name and the song title appear above and below the house, colored in white.
| type = single
| artist = Chris Lane featuring Tori Kelly
| album = Laps Around the Sun
| released = {{start date|2017|9|29}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-back-home-girl-mw0003111120|title=Take Back Home Girl|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=April 17, 2018}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Country
| length = 3:31
| label = Big Loud
| writer = * Hillary Lindsey
- David Garcia
- Josh Miller
| producer = Joey Moi
| chronology = Chris Lane
| prev_title = For Her
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = I Don't Know About You
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Tori Kelly
| type = single
| prev_title = I'll Find You
| prev_year = 2017
| title = Take Back Home Girl
| year = 2017
| next_title = Help Us To Love
| next_year = 2018
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|ZxqDUGnnZ3k|Take Back Home Girl}}
| type = single
| header = Music Video
}}
}}
"Take Back Home Girl" is a duet song recorded by American country music singer Chris Lane and American pop singer Tori Kelly. Lane's third release for Big Loud Records, it served as the lead single from his second studio album, Laps Around the Sun (2018). It was written by Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia and Josh Miller. "Take Back Home Girl" peaked at numbers eight and 12 on the Billboard Country Airplay and Hot Country Songs charts respectively. It also reached number 55 on the Hot 100 chart. The song was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold 150,000 units as of July 2018. It achieved similar chart success in Canada, reaching number three on the Canada Country chart and number 79 on the Canadian Hot 100. It was certified 2× Platinum by Music Canada. The accompanying music video for the single was directed by Justin Clough, where Lane and Kelly play a couple going around the former's hometown. For promotion, both artists performed the song live on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and NBC's ''Today.
Background and development
"Take Back Home Girl" was written by Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia and Josh Miller.{{cite web|url=https://www.audacy.com/blogs/lauren-hoffman/chris-lane-performs-take-back-home-girl-tonight-show-tori-kelly|title=Chris Lane Performs "Take Back Home Girl" on 'The Tonight Show' with Tori Kelly|last=Hoffman|first=Lauren|website=Audacy|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=January 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118000840/https://www.audacy.com/blogs/lauren-hoffman/chris-lane-performs-take-back-home-girl-tonight-show-tori-kelly|archive-date=January 18, 2024|url-status=live}} The song is a "soulful ode to those girls you can bring home to mom",{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/exclusive-tori-kelly-going-country-duet-chris-lane-take-back-home-girl-first-listen-88088|title=Exclusive: Tori Kelly Is Going Country for Duet With Chris Lane -- 'Take Back Home Girl' First Listen|last=Shillaci|first=Sophie|work=Entertainment Tonight|date=September 27, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814150011/https://www.etonline.com/exclusive-tori-kelly-going-country-duet-chris-lane-take-back-home-girl-first-listen-88088|archive-date=August 14, 2020|url-status=live}} and Rolling Stone described it as a "grooving, R&B-centric country track."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/see-chris-lane-tori-kellys-take-back-home-girl-on-fallon-w518669|title=See Chris Lane, Tori Kelly's Heartfelt 'Take Back Home Girl' on 'Fallon'|last=Parton|first=Chris|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=April 17, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418032721/https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/see-chris-lane-tori-kellys-take-back-home-girl-on-fallon-w518669|archive-date=April 18, 2018|url-status=dead}} Lane said when asked for an artist with whom he would like to record a duet, Tori Kelly was his first choice. Kelly said that, after being sent a demo of the song by her manager, she liked it so much that she was willing to record duet vocals on it before she had even been told with which artist she would be collaborating.
Commercial performance
"Take Back Home Girl" debuted at number 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of October 21, 2017, and number 57 on the Country Airplay chart the next week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2017-10-21/|title=Hot Country Songs: October 21, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629053035/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2017-10-21/|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2017-10-28/|title=Country Airplay: October 28, 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701023120/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2017-10-28/|archive-date=July 1, 2020|url-status=live}} It reached number 12 on the Hot Country Songs chart dated July 28, 2018, and number eight on the Country Airplay chart the week of August 18, staying for 46 and 45 weeks respectively.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2018-07-28|title=Hot Country Songs: July 28, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 17, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924002841/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/2018-07-28|archive-date=September 24, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2018-08-18/|title=Country Airplay: August 18, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801172725/https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-airplay/2018-08-18/|archive-date=August 1, 2021|url-status=live}} It also debuted at number 92 on the Hot 100 chart dated April 14, before leaving the next week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-04-14|title=The Hot 100: April 14, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210132614/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-04-14|archive-date=December 10, 2018|url-status=live}} On the week of June 16, the song reappeared on the chart at number 100 and moved up to number 99 the week of June 23 before leaving the week after.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-06-16|title=The Hot 100: June 16, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323105411/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-06-16|archive-date=March 23, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-06-23|title=The Hot 100: June 23, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323054743/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-06-23|archive-date=March 23, 2019|url-status=live}} It made its second reappearance at number 98 on the week of July 7 and peaked at number 55 the week of August 11, staying on the chart for twelve weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-07-07|title=The Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=July 7, 2018|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713214106/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-07-07|archive-date=July 13, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-08-11/|title=The Hot 100: August 11, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815204035/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2018-08-11/|archive-date=August 15, 2023|url-status=live}} It has sold 1.2M equivalents in the United States as of January 2018.{{cite news|url=https://roughstock.com/news/2018/07/43155-top-30-digital-country-singles-july-3-2018|title=Top 30 Digital Country Singles: July 3, 2018|work=Roughstock|last=Bjorke|first=Matt|date=July 3, 2018|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410195515/https://roughstock.com/news/2018/07/43155-top-30-digital-country-singles-july-3-2018|archive-date=April 10, 2023|url-status=live}}
In Canada, the song debuted at number 46 on the Canada Country chart dated January 27, 2018, and peaked at number three the week of July 21, staying on the chart for 30 weeks.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2018-01-27|title=Canada Country: January 27, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181254/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2018-01-27|archive-date=January 15, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2018-07-21|title=Canada Country: July 21, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924002946/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canada-country/2018-07-21|archive-date=September 24, 2019|url-status=live}} It also debuted at number 81 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated July 21.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-07-21|title=Canadian Hot 100: July 21, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406181343/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-07-21|archive-date=April 6, 2019|url-status=live}} It peaked at number 79 the week of July 28 and dropped nineteen spots to number 98 the week after before leaving the chart completely.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-07-28|title=Canadian Hot 100: July 28, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621102807/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-07-28|archive-date=June 21, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-08-04|title=Canadian Hot 100: August 8, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822070646/https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2018-08-04|archive-date=August 22, 2020|url-status=live}} The track was certified double platinum by Music Canada in Canada on February 24, 2020.
Music video
Justin Clough directed the song's music video, which premiered in November 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/chris-lane-takes-back-home-tori-kelly-new-music-video-world-premiering-today/|title=Chris Lane Takes It Back Home With Tori Kelly For New Music Video World Premiering Today|work=The Country Note|date=November 6, 2017|access-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122092046/https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/chris-lane-takes-back-home-tori-kelly-new-music-video-world-premiering-today/|archive-date=November 22, 2018|url-status=live}} The video features Lane and Kelly playing a couple, where the former takes the latter to his hometown, going through the streets, having a homecooked meal with his mom and dad, and playing around a football field.{{cite web|url=https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/chris-lane-lets-tori-kelly-meet-parents-video-take-back-home-girl/|title=Chris Lane Lets Tori Kelly Meet the Parents in Video for 'Take Back Home Girl'|last=Brickey|first=Kelly|website=Sounds Like Nashville|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118002801/https://www.soundslikenashville.com/news/chris-lane-lets-tori-kelly-meet-parents-video-take-back-home-girl/|archive-date=January 18, 2024|url-status=live}}
Live performances
Lane and Kelly first performed "Take Back Home Girl" live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on April 2, 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/tonight-show-chris-lane-tori-kelly-fallon-take-back-home-girl-8281476/|title=Chris Lane & Tori Kelly Perform Seductive 'Take Back Home Girl' On 'Fallon': Watch|last=Jones|first=Abby|date=April 3, 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118002025/https://www.billboard.com/music/country/tonight-show-chris-lane-tori-kelly-fallon-take-back-home-girl-8281476/|archive-date=January 18, 2024|url-status=live}} The duo performed it again on NBC's Today on July 17.{{cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/chris-lane-tori-kelly-take-back-home-girl-today-show/|title=Chris Lane and Tori Kelly Charm 'Today' Viewers With 'Take Back Home Girl' [Watch]|last=Houghton|first=Cillea|website=Taste of Country|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623153448/https://tasteofcountry.com/chris-lane-tori-kelly-take-back-home-girl-today-show/|archive-date=June 23, 2020|url-status=live}}
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! Chart (2017–2018) ! Peak |
| {{single chart|Canada|79|artist=Chris Lane|rowheader=true|access-date=July 26, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|3|artist=Chris Lane|rowheader=true|access-date=July 24, 2018|refname="Canada Country"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|55|artist=Chris Lane|rowheader=true|access-date=August 7, 2018}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|8|artist=Chris Lane|rowheader=true|access-date=August 14, 2018|refname="Country Airplay"}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|12|artist=Chris Lane|rowheader=true|access-date=July 24, 2018|refname="Country Songs"}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| US Country Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Country Airplay – Year-End 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/country-airplay-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 7, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330091136/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/country-airplay-songs|archive-date=March 30, 2019|url-status=live}}
| 21 |
| scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2018|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hot-country-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 7, 2018|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405231211/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/hot-country-songs|archive-date=April 5, 2019|url-status=live}}
| 12 |
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|artist=Chris Lane|title=Take Back Home Girl|relyear=2017|certyear=2020|access-date=January 22, 2023|refname="MC"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|artist=Chris Lane|title=Take Back Home Girl|relyear=2017|relmonth=9|certyear=2021|access-date=October 25, 2021|refname="RIAA"}}
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References
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Category:Male–female vocal duets
Category:Song recordings produced by Joey Moi