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"Take Back Home Girl"
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.
Single by Chris Lane featuring Tori Kelly
from the album Laps Around the Sun
ReleasedSeptember 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)[1]
GenreCountry[1]
Length3:31
LabelBig Loud
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Joey Moi
Chris Lane singles chronology
"For Her"
(2016) 		"Take Back Home Girl"
(2017) 		"I Don't Know About You"
(2018)
Tori Kelly singles chronology
"I'll Find You"
(2017) 		"Take Back Home Girl"
(2017) 		"Help Us To Love"
(2018)
Music Video
Take Back Home Girl on YouTube

"Take Back Home Girl" is a duet song recorded by American country music singer Chris Lane and American pop singer Tori Kelly. The song, Lane's third release for Big Loud Records, is also 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 2x 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 2x 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[edit]

"Take Back Home Girl" was written by Hillary Lindsey, David Garcia and Josh Miller.[2] The song is a "soulful ode to those girls you can bring home to mom",[3] and Rolling Stone described it as a "grooving, R&B-centric country track."[4] 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.[3]

Commercial performance[edit]

"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.[5][6] 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.[7][8][9][10] It also debuted at number 92 on the Hot 100 chart dated April 14, before leaving the next week.[11] 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.[12][13] 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.[14][15] It has sold 1.2M equivalents in the United States as of January 2018.[16]

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.[17][18][19] It also debuted at number 81 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart dated July 21.[20] 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.[21][22] The track was certified double platinum by Music Canada in Canada on February 24, 2020.[23]

Music video[edit]

Justin Clough directed the song's music video, which premiered in November 2017.[24] 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.[25]

Live performances[edit]

Lane and Kelly first performed "Take Back Home Girl" live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on April 2, 2018.[26] The duo performed it again on NBC's Today on July 17.[27]

Charts[edit]

Certifications[edit]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[23] 2× Platinum 160,000‡
United States (RIAA)[32] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Take Back Home Girl". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Hoffman, Lauren (April 3, 2018). "Chris Lane Performs "Take Back Home Girl" on 'The Tonight Show' with Tori Kelly". Audacy. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Shillaci, Sophie (September 27, 2017). "Exclusive: Tori Kelly Is Going Country for Duet With Chris Lane -- 'Take Back Home Girl' First Listen". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on August 14, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Parton, Chris (April 3, 2018). "See Chris Lane, Tori Kelly's Heartfelt 'Take Back Home Girl' on 'Fallon'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 18, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Hot Country Songs: October 21, 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  6. ^ "Country Airplay: October 28, 2017". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 1, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  7. ^ "Hot Country Songs: July 28, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  8. ^ "Country Airplay: August 18, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Chris Lane Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Chris Lane Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
  11. ^ "The Hot 100: April 14, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  12. ^ "The Hot 100: June 16, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  13. ^ "The Hot 100: June 23, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 23, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  14. ^ "The Hot 100". Billboard. July 7, 2018. Archived from the original on July 13, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  15. ^ "The Hot 100: August 11, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 15, 2023. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  16. ^ Bjorke, Matt (July 3, 2018). "Top 30 Digital Country Singles: July 3, 2018". Roughstock. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  17. ^ "Canada Country: January 27, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  18. ^ "Canada Country: July 21, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Chris Lane Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  20. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: July 21, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  21. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: July 28, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  22. ^ "Canadian Hot 100: August 8, 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 22, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  23. ^ a b "Canadian single certifications – Chris Lane – Take Back Home Girl". Music Canada. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  24. ^ "Chris Lane Takes It Back Home With Tori Kelly For New Music Video World Premiering Today". The Country Note. November 6, 2017. Archived from the original on November 22, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
  25. ^ Brickey, Kelly (November 7, 2017). "Chris Lane Lets Tori Kelly Meet the Parents in Video for 'Take Back Home Girl'". Sounds Like Nashville. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  26. ^ Jones, Abby (April 3, 2018). "Chris Lane & Tori Kelly Perform Seductive 'Take Back Home Girl' On 'Fallon': Watch". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  27. ^ Houghton, Cillea (July 17, 2018). "Chris Lane and Tori Kelly Charm 'Today' Viewers With 'Take Back Home Girl' [Watch]". Taste of Country. Archived from the original on June 23, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  28. ^ "Chris Lane Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  29. ^ "Chris Lane Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  30. ^ "Country Airplay – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  31. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 2018". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 5, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  32. ^ "American single certifications – Chris Lane – Take Back Home Girl". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
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