Home (Alan Jackson song)

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"Home"
Single by Alan Jackson
from the album The Greatest Hits Collection
B-side"I'll Try"
ReleasedApril 15, 1996
GenreCountry
Length3:18
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Alan Jackson
Producer(s)Keith Stegall
Alan Jackson singles chronology
"I'll Try"
(1996) 		"Home"
(1996) 		"Little Bitty"
(1996)

"Home" is a song written and recorded by American

B-side to three of Jackson's singles: his debut single "Blue Blooded Woman", as well as his first two Number One hits "I'd Love You All Over Again" and "Don't Rock the Jukebox."[1]

Jackson included "Home" in his first Greatest Hits package, The Greatest Hits Collection, in 1995. The song served as the B-side to that album's first two singles, "Tall, Tall Trees" and "I'll Try" before it was issued in 1996 as the album's third single. In mid-1996, "Home" reached a peak of number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

Content

It is a moderate up-tempo song in which Jackson recalls his and his parents' upbringing as children in the state of

Nashville because he was homesick.[2]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "loving tribute to Jackson's parents and the home they provided." She goes on to say that "in the hands of a lesser, artist this type of song could easily disintegrate into sticky sentimentality, but that is definitely not the case here. Honest and heartfelt emotion makes for powerful communication, and the straightforward sincerity in Jackson's voice makes this tune a homespun masterpiece."[3]

Chart positions

"Home" debuted at number 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 20, 1996.

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 4
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 27
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 17

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2
    .
  2. ^ The Greatest Hits Collection (CD booklet). Alan Jackson. Arista Records. 1995. 07822 18801.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. Billboard
    , April 27, 1996
  4. ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2994." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. June 10, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  5. ^ "Alan Jackson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1996". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  7. ^ "Best of 1996: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1996. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
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