Home (The Wiz song)

"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.

"Home"
Single by Stephanie Mills
from the album Home
B-side"Love Hasn't Been Easy on Me"
Released1989
(U.S.)
Recorded1988-1989
Genre
Length5:20
LabelMCA
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)

1989 Recording

Stephanie Mills re-recorded the song for her 1989 album Home with background vocals by Take 6. The single release scored her another number one on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart. The single was the last of five number ones for Mills on the R&B Singles chart.[1]

Track listing
US 7" 45 RPM Single[2]

A1. "Home" - 4:34

B1. "Love Hasn't Been Easy on Me" - 4:44

Charts
Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 1

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
  • An 11 year-old Jazmine Sullivan sang the show at her elementary school performance of The Wiz in 1999. The home video clip posted on YouTube has had over one million views.
  • In 2010, the song was used in an episode of Glee's first season called "Home", sung by Kristin Chenoweth.
  • In 2015, Shanice Williams performed this song live in the Broadway/television adaptation of both the film and Broadway version of The Wiz.
  • Gladys Knight performed the songs at a BET 85th Birthday Celebration Tribute to Quincy Jones in 2018.
  • In 2018, MJ Rodriguez and Billy Porter, as their characters Blanca Evangelista and Pray Tell, respectively, sang the song as a duet in the episode "Love Is The Message" of the television series Pose.

Samples
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References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 402.
  2. "Stephanie Mills - Home (7" Single) US 12" 45 RPM" Discogs.com


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