Home (Michael Bublé song)


"Home" is a song recorded by Canadian-Italian singer Michael Bublé, and released on March 28, 2005, as the second single from his second major-label studio album, It's Time. The song was written by Bublé, along with co-writers Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies.

Background and lyrics

"Home" centralizes on the male narrator, who is separated from his lover, possibly his wife, 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."

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 and the LP3 Chart in Poland 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". The performance gained great reception from fans, when it began trending worldwide on Twitter. Soon after, a petition was set up for the collaboration to be made available for digital download, to challenge for the UK Christmas Number One spot. 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
  1. "Home" - 3:23
  2. "Home" - 3:45
UK CD single 2
  1. "Home" - 3:23
  2. "Home" - 3:45
  3. "Nice N'Easy" - 4:11
  4. "Home" - 3:54
UK CD single
  1. "Home" - 3:45
  2. "Song For You" - 3:12

    Charts

Chart Peak
position
Canada 36

Certifications

Westlife version

released a cover version of "Home" as their first single from their eighth studio album Back Home. Westlife's version differs slightly in their lyrical arrangement as compared to Michael Bublé's version. Simon Cowell chose this song for the band. It has sold over 200,000 copies in the UK so far. It peaked at number three in the United Kingdom. It has the highest sales in a week for a number three chart peak in the whole year of 2007. Local radio station, Dublin's Q102, received exclusive airplay of the single on September 14, 2007 from Westlife's manager, Louis Walsh. The next day, an Irish online radio station, Klubb FM, played it as well. The official artwork for the single was released on September 28, 2007, while the single's music video was made available online on October 5, 2007. The song was #91 on MTV Asias list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. The single sold over 200,000 copies in the UK alone and was certified Silver, it peaked at #3 on the UK Singles Chart. Hard to Say I'm Sorry was included as the B-Side for the single. It charted individually on the official UK Singles Chart at #135.
It is the band's eighteenth most streamed song, and fifteenth best selling single in paid-for sales category and in best selling single combined sales category in the United Kingdom as of January 2019.

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.

Tours performed at

UK CD1
  1. "Home"
  2. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
UK CD2
  1. "Home"
  2. "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
  3. "Home"

    Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Blake Shelton version

A version was released by American country music artist 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 and Blake Shelton Collector's Edition, an EP which is only available at Walmart. Shelton's rendition features backing vocals from his girlfriend, 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, 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.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Other notable recordings