Taking You Home

"Taking You Home"
Single by Don Henley
from the album Inside Job
ReleasedMay 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)
Length
  • 5:31 (album version)
  • 4:10 (radio edit)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriters
Producers
  • Don Henley
  • Stan Lynch
Don Henley singles chronology
"Workin' It"
(2000)		 "Taking You Home"
(2000)		 "Everything Is Different Now"
(2000)

"Taking You Home" is a song by American musician Don Henley from his fourth solo studio album, Inside Job (2000). The track was written by Henley along with Stuart Brawley and Stan Lynch and was serviced to US radio on May 1, 2000, as the album's second single. Worldwide, it served as the album's lead single, as "Workin' It" was a radio-only single in the US. "Taking You Home" was Henley's first and only number one on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart as a solo artist, staying at number one for four weeks. It also peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number 93 in the Netherlands.

Music video

The official music video was directed by Tom Krueger and Mary Kay Place.[citation needed]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)93
US Billboard Hot 10058
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)1
US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)12

Year-end charts

Chart (2000) Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 10
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard) 33
Chart (2001) Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Taking You Home". Radio & Records. No. 1348. April 28, 2000. p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Don Henley – Taking You Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Don Henley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Don Henley Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Don Henley Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Year in Music 2000: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 53. December 30, 2000. p. YE-98. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Most Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2000". Airplay Monitor. Vol. 8, no. 51. December 22, 2000. p. 48.
  8. ↑ "The Year in Music 2001: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 52. December 29, 2001. p. YE-81. Retrieved April 20, 2026.