"Honey, I'm Home" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Shania Twain. It was released in August 1998 as the sixth single from her album Come On Over, and the fifth to country radio. The song was written by Twain and her then-husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange who produced the track. The song was originally released in the summer of 1998 following the mass success of "You're Still the One". The song went on to become Twain's seventh and to date, final number one single on the Billboard Country singles chart. "Honey, I'm Home" was included in both her Come on Over Tour and Up! Tour, as well as her Miami, Dallas and Chicago video specials. No commercial single was made available for this release.
| "Honey, I'm Home" | ||||
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| Single by Shania Twain | ||||
| from the album Come On Over | ||||
| B-side | "From This Moment On" | |||
| Released | August 19, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | Mercury Nashville | |||
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| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
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Music video
The music video for "Honey, I'm Home" was taken from Twain's Louisville, Kentucky concert on July 8, 1998, it was released on August 19, 1998 on CMT. The video was directed by Larry Jordan. This was the first of three live videos taken from Come on Over. Unlike the other two, "Come on Over" and "Rock This Country!", "Honey, I'm Home" documents the entire show, while the other two are just of the performance of the respective song. Two versions of the video were made, one dubbing the 'Original Album Version' audio over the live footage, and the other dubbing the 'International Single Mix' over the live soundtrack. The 'Original Album Version' is available on Twain's compilations Come On Over: Video Collection (1999) and The Platinum Collection (2001), while the 'International Mix' can be seen on YouTube.
Chart performance
"Honey, I'm Home" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart the week of August 8, 1998 at number 70. The single spent 26 weeks on the chart and climbed to a peak position of number one on October 31, 1998, where it remained for one week. The single became Twain's seventh and to-date last number one at country radio. It also became her ninth top ten (fifth consecutive), and her 11th top 20 single on the country charts. "Honey, I'm Home" also topped the Hot Country Recurrents chart for one week. Since Twain's label, Mercury, did not release a commercial single for "Honey, I'm Home," it was unable to chart on the Hot 100, making it her first to miss since "Home Ain't Where His Heart Is (Anymore)". This would also be the last country #1 hit that didn't chart on the Hot 100.
Official versions
- Original Album Version (3:39)
- International Version (3:33)
- Live from Dallas (Live/Direct TV Mix) (3:46)
- Live from Still the One: Live from Vegas (3:42)
Covers and parodies
- Country music parodist Cledus T. Judd parodied the song as "Shania, I'm Broke" on his 1999 album Juddmental.
Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[6] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- ^ Considine, J.D. (November 14, 1997). "Honky-Tonk Women: Shania Twain and Wynonna Judd". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7068." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 19, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "Shania Twain Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
- ^ "The Year in Music" (PDF). Billboard. December 26, 1998. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ^ "American single certifications – Shania Twain – Honey, I'm Home". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
