I Wonder If I Take You Home

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"I Wonder If I Take You Home"
Single by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force
from the album Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force
B-side"If I Take You Home Tonight"
ReleasedMay 10, 1985
Recorded1984
GenreFreestyle[1][2]
Length3:57 (single version)
6:45 (album version)
6:48 (extended remix)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
  • Curt Bedeau
  • Gerry Charles
  • Hugh L Clarke
  • Brian George
  • Lucien George
  • Paul George
Producer(s)
  • Full Force
  • Don Oriolo
  • Jürgen Korduletsch
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam singles chronology
"I Wonder If I Take You Home"
(1985) 		"Can You Feel the Beat"
(1985)

"I Wonder If I Take You Home" is a song recorded by

UK Singles Chart and number 41 in the Netherlands.[6][7]

Critical reception

"I Wonder If I Take You Home" was voted the eighth best single of 1985 in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics poll.[8] Robert Christgau, the poll's creator, ranked it twelfth on his own list of the year's best singles.[9]

John Leland of Spin called it a "lightweight but catchy teenage hip-pop click. The "should-I-or-shouldn't-I" question has rarely been presented with such a keen appreciation of the merits of saying yes."[10]

Legacy

Its chorus has been interpolated in

Adrienne Bailon and rapper Ghostface Killah covered the song as "Take You Home".[11][12] which is the lead single off her yet-untitled debut album. In 2012, rapper Meek Mill used the chorus and a remixed beat for his song "Take You Home", featuring Wale and Big Sean, off his Dreamchasers 2 mixtape. In 2018, American singer-songwriter, rapper, and bassist Meshell Ndegeocello released a cover version of the song, featured on her album Ventriloquism
.

Charts

Chart performance for "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 41
UK Singles (OCC)[14]
 12
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 34
US
Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[3]
 1
US
Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[4]
 8

Certifications

Certifications for "I Wonder If I Take You Home"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[5] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ISBN 0879307595
    . Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Billboard Staff (October 19, 2023). "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. Retrieved February 11, 2024. An early freestyle standard-setter, built around the heart-piercing title question worthy of a '60s girl-group classic...
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 157.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 354.
  5. ^ a b "American single certifications – Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – I Wonder If I Take You Home". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam With Full Force full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Lisa Lisa * Cult Jam with Full Force - I Wonder If I Take You Home". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "The 1985 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. New York. February 18, 1986. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  9. ^ Christgau, Robert (February 18, 1986). "Pazz & Jop 1985: Dean's List". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  10. ^ John Leland (August 1985). "Singles". Spin. No. 4. p. 36.
  11. YouTube
  12. ^ Islanddefjam.com
  13. ^ "Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force – I Wonder If I Take You Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  15. ^ "US Charts > Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam". AllMusic. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

External links

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