Gotta Get You Home Tonight (original) (raw)
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1984 single by Eugene Wilde
| "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Eugene Wilde | |
| from the album Eugene Wilde | |
| Released | 1984 (1984) |
| Genre | Funk, soul |
| Length | 3:58 |
| Label | Philly World / Atlantic (US) 4th & Broadway (UK) |
| Songwriter(s) | Eugene Wilde McKinley Horton |
| Producer(s) | Donald Robinson Michael Forte |
| Eugene Wilde singles chronology | |
| "Let Het Feel It" (1984) "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" (1984) "Rainbow" (1984) |
"Gotta Get You Home Tonight" is a 1984 single written by McKinley Horton & Eugene Wilde (credited under his legal name Ronald Broomfield) and performed by Eugene Wilde. The single was produced by Donald Robinson and Michael Forte.[1]
The song hit number 1 on the U.S. R&B chart for a week in early 1985 and also peaked at number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] Outside the US, "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" went to number 18 in the UK.[3]
- Foxy Brown also sampled this track for her song "Get Me Home", on her 1996 album Ill Na Na.
Charlotte Greige (folk singer) recorded a cover of this song on her 2001 album At Llangennith.
- ^ "Gotta Get You Home Tonight" at Discogs
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 623.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 602. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.