"Go Home" is a song by

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, released as the second single from his twentieth studio album, '' In Square Circle'' (1985). The song showcased the narrator's plea to a young woman to go home, though the girl tries to get the narrator to stay with her. In the US, the song peaked at #2 on the ''

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and #10 on the ''Billboard''

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and, to date, is Wonder's last song to reach the US top ten on the Hot 100. "Go Home" also topped both the ''Billboard'' dance chart and the ''Billboard''

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chart. Stevie performed this song as early as the May 7, 1983, episode of ''

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'' and nearly two years later at the 1985

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, in a

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jam with other contemporaries Howard Jones,

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," the song was released with a special 12-inch version, which demonstrated Wonder's ability to reverse-sample. ''

'' called it a "darker follow up" to "

" that is "more subtle and affecting."

Personnel

* Stevie Wonder – lead vocal, background vocal, synthesizers, drums,

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* Bob Malach – saxophone * Larry Gittens - trumpet

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

Instrumental group Groovopolis, led by guitarist Chris Cortez, covered the song for their self-titled first and only album in 2002. Steve Khan: Backlog 2017

References