@57rocki1 ima record it round march n post it and ima do it good too ..so that means no type sounds today music offers ima record it regular vocals n raw jus as this great original version is!!! so look out for it. round april may this year!!
I too, think this is Stevie Wonder's best song from "In Square Circle"! This was Stevie's last Top Ten hit single? Pop music began to die down in quality after 1986. I wonder if there will ever be a resurgence in quality of music like this ever again? Seriously, I doubt it.
This song is even just slightly better than That Girl, IMO. Stevie Wonder is a remarkable musician and legend. Even his 2005 hit "So What The Fuss" is pretty good too, and this comes from someone who is not into post-2002 era music that much.
@DaveWollenberg And sadly, his last top ten hit. He would hit the top 40 one last time in the fall of 1987 with "Skeletons" - oddly enough, it didn't enter the top 40 in time for Halloween. "Go Home" barely made the top 100 songs of 1986 - ranking #100 among Billboard's Top 100 songs of 1986. It was his best song from In Square Circle, IMO.
@DieHardGameShowFan2 I agree with you 100%. This was by far his best song off that album but was very underrated. The production of this song was flawless and will always be a classic.
Stevie has always been known for his meticulous keyboard setups. This song is a perfect example. And i love the way he backs the vocals near the end. He's a bad man alright!
This was an awsome video, like an action packed movie with actor Art Evans, Herbie hancock and others, wish there was a video on line for it. Have not seen it in a long time.
The original video was cool but a bit unusual for Stevie Wonder. It was filmed at an airport and featured a gun fight at the end. Very 80's Miami-vice looking.
@jvlivs2 I keep hearing this one at the same supermarket. Well, 2x actually in a three month time frame. Had to look it up last time I heard it. Forgot lyrics first time.
@jvlivs2, I was 10 too, and remember hearing this on the radio in the car a bunch. It was a catchy tune then and still makes me tap my foot to this day.
Wish I could find the video version of this song that featured Art Evans as the detective hired to track down the girl. Stevie sang and turned up several times throughout it. It was SLAMMING!!!!!
This Stevie Wonder 1985 Hit, "Go Home," Would Be Playing On Sirius XM's The 80's On 8, WRKS-FM's 98.7 Kiss-FM, WBLS-FM's 107.5, WCBS-FM's 101.1, WHUD-FM's 100.7, WFAS-FM's 103.9, WFAF-FM's 106.3, WLTW-FM's New York's 106.7 Lite-FM, WKJY-FM's KJOY 98.3, WDRC-FM's 102.9, WRCH-FM's Lite 100.5, WEZN-FM's Star 99.9, WEBE-FM's WEBE 108, WTIC-FM's 96.5, WALK-FM's WALK 97.5, WPLJ-FM's 95.5, WBWZ-FM's Star 93.3, WCTZ-FM's The New 96.7 The Coast, And Many More...
I wouldn't be too sure about New York-based WCBS. I remember that station from when I lived in my native New Jersey. That's an oldies station that probably does not play any post-1980 songs. I remember hearing a lot of pre-1964 songs from the days of doo-wop on that station.
Great song and I don't understand why this song wasn't nearly as popular compared to "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (which I thought got WAY overplayed)
Stevie I love you but Leaving the beautiful Dr Moog for that slag Kertzweil - man, ever think you left a girl who loved you for a fur coat and no knickers?
:)
FEEL ASHAMED! hehe take the pain and learn from it! :)
@mikeandrakeem That's so wierd that you ask that because I just listened to, and downloaded, "That Girl" before coming here. Why did you pick that one? I think that Stevie has made much better songs than "That Girl" and especially better than this.
The studio version of this is drab compared to his performance live on Saturday Night Live, damn the bass player on that gig was puttin down the chili sauce fo real. I'm still trying to find this performance somewhere.....help a brutha out yall.
Bro. I really feel you. I thought I was the only one who saw that Saturday Night Live and really got off on the bass player. He was ROCKIN' literally. I've tried to find that video too. I picked my bass back up after that, but alas... It still stays in my head when I think about learning to really play. I'm 62, but one of these days I'm gonna get it down. Lord willing, of course!
Now this is what I'm talkin about! This is when music was music, and great to dance to ,sing along, or drive to mmm mmm mmm LOVE THIS Man and have nearly everything he ever did! Just a good feeling song driving home on a friday night with your windows down....................Play on Stevie ♥
I still love this song. My mom bought this single on the small record when I was 8 yrs old. I never really paid attention the lyrics but used to think he was telling her to go home because she was wearing out her welcome lol
@kids3 , you know life is good when riding the bus can include a Stevie Wonder jam slice of joy ! ! ! ! ! It's nice that Stevie fans can be treating the public around them to Wonder bliss as we make our way thru the day /week/year . . . . (p.s. "all hail johnniewalker 23)
Great song. I would love to see the video again, which had a cameo with Herbie Hancock. Where is the DVD with Stevie videos, and one with his biography? There should be greater availability of material like this for someone as important as he is to music. BTW, does anyone know where to find the photo of him and Miles in the '70s and Stevie playing drums with Hendrix in the '60s?
I am re-listening to Stevie wonder beacuse I have just started to play bass guitar, and some of the stuff from this era move right alnong and are great for bass practice. I think people are now seeing just how good some of these tracks really are. I saw Stevie Wonder at Wembly on his hotter than July tour, on the last night when he brought Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye on stage. I went right down to the front when Stevie burst into, 'Go Home' He was playing organ or piano and was rocking.......
I remember thinking that the sound he had was totally new. In this live version I can tell you Stevie's voice and the arrangement was more like a Sam and Dave but more rocking and much more funky. It would be good if a CD of those Wembley night was out. The album track, like a lot of stuff from this era is over-produced. Some of these tracks though really stand out.
this song did get significant airplay during late '85/early '86...it reached #10 on the pop charts, which meant enough fans and many others got to hear this great track!
I think i'm weird because this song kinda reminds me of 9/11 and the towers burning I dunno how that would in my head process lol but this song popped up in my head on 9/11 maybe its the feeling of the melody/song dunno.
1984 to '87 were busy years for Stevie Wonder. In those years,he wrote and recorded music for the WOMAN IN RED movie soundtrack,participated in the all-star recording(USA for AFRICA)WE ARE THE WORLD,recorded his IN SQUARE CIRCLE album,recorded THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR with Dionne Warwick,Gladys Knight and Elton John,made a guest appearance as himself on a Cosby Show episode and recorded the CHARACTERS album.
Stevie 1980's (albums not as good as his lengendary period of the late 1960's/70's)was still outstanding and better than many of the male performers on the Pop/R&B charts at that time.
Too bad radio stations felt his fans were getting older and were being replaced by newer artists who were younger and looked better for music videos. Not my view but the thinking of stupid music lablel bosses and heads of radio stations..
KuttyJoe,I know what you mean it never got enough air play and I loved it so much,but it's the lyrics I think that captured our hearts,it's a deep message! Love & Happiness xxo
The 12" extended version dance mix to this song is KILLER ! Part-Time Lover and Do I Do were also extended into longer dance club versions during the 1980's and all hit #1 on Billboard's Dance/Disco chart.
Something about this song always moved me. I guess it takes me back to a certain place in time. It was not a very popular song, but I like the mood of the song.
This song was done on Saturday Night Live back early 85 when he hosted with Eddie Murphy. I think it was supposed to be the first cut from the In Square Circle Lp but when the album came out "Part-Time Lover" was the first cut. The 12 inch mix to this song is awesome!
I always felt that this album brought Stevie's career to a halt on the charts. He had two huge hits prior to this, "I just called to say I love you" & "Part-Time Lover" but by the time this album hit, it was obvious the only really great songs on it were Part-Time Lover and Go Home. Maybe that's why he waited so long to put it out because he knew in his heart this was not his best. Not his worst, but definitely not his best.
Did this song ever get alot of airplay on VH1 back in the 1980s? My father used to watch VH1 all the time back in the 1980s and I don't remember seeing that song on that channel, my father did NOT like MTV at all.
This video was made in 1985, and back then VH1 was new and at the time, it played mainly adult contemporary videos and cut back on popular videos. Stevie WOnder's videos never made it to MTV in the 1980's so the only place they played "Go Home" was BET, Friday Night Videos, New York Hot Tracks, and other local shows.
and Night Tracks. We did'nt have TBS then so no one in my house knew about Night Tracks. It was like New York Hot Tracks, except for the fact that it had more variety in music videos and it was 4 to 5 hours long according to those that had TBS in the 1980's.
Love this Song! Takes me back to 1985 when I was only 14 and I remember riding in the back seat of my parents Volvo in a bad snow storm and hearing this song. The airy, almost eery sounds of the song combined with the blowing snow made for a strange memory, but I loved it!
Well in 1985 i was 8 years old, i remember this track, but the way you described your memory of it made my hairs stand, I could totally see your image. It's amazing what music can do for a memory.
This is a great tune, why you never hear this one is beyond me, definitely an obscure tune and I never knew what the title of the song was until recently.
You are not weird! I remember being in the seventh grade and this guy named Craig was singing this song while we were in the middle of transitioning classes. I can clearly remember him saying "go home girl"! It was toooooo funny, he was a class clown and put his spin on this song.
I totally agree, I always thought this was Stevie Wonder's best song from the 1980s, another post-1970s Stevie Wonder song you hardly hear anymore is "That Girl"
Me too, I sometimes hear it on the Lite Hits station from Music Choice and while I'm not a big fan of the soft rock stations I like the Lite Hits station alot cause they play a good number of the obscure tunes you hardly hear elsewhere.
I do,and I certainly recall a scene where some deadbeat tried stealing himself a newspaper but was grabbed by Stevie.The last time I seen that video was on WTBS NIGHT TRACKS years ago.I wish VH-1 Classics would present this.
The album doesn't compare to Songs inthe key of life or fullfilingness first finale or invervisions. Those were classics. Nevertheless, it's still a good album.
@57rocki1 ima record it round march n post it and ima do it good too ..so that means no type sounds today music offers ima record it regular vocals n raw jus as this great original version is!!! so look out for it. round april may this year!!
KeemSong1 1 week ago
I too, think this is Stevie Wonder's best song from "In Square Circle"! This was Stevie's last Top Ten hit single? Pop music began to die down in quality after 1986. I wonder if there will ever be a resurgence in quality of music like this ever again? Seriously, I doubt it.
Bravo, Stevie Wonder!
ChihuahuaboyDH 1 week ago
HOW CUOLD ANYWONE HATE THIS???!!!!
MsDidi38 1 month ago 2
im gonna cover this...hot!!!!
KeemSong1 1 month ago
@KeemSong1
I would love to hear it! I hope you post it. Good luck.
57rocki1 2 weeks ago
oh i love this song go home yup number 1 fo life.. love u stevie wonder
Streaa17 1 month ago
Is it me or has his range increased during the 80's and 90's?
SingDriver101 2 months ago
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This song is even just slightly better than That Girl, IMO. Stevie Wonder is a remarkable musician and legend. Even his 2005 hit "So What The Fuss" is pretty good too, and this comes from someone who is not into post-2002 era music that much.
DieHardGameShowFan2 3 months ago
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DieHardGameShowFan2 3 months ago
wth he is amazing..and always will be !!
RitaAnne 3 months ago
Not better than That Girl, but pretty good.
torridd 4 months ago
every stevie lp has at least 3 songs that nobody knows because they're not issued to radios.
gailmckennag 4 months ago
Hands down best song from In Squared Circle
MrHandsallover 5 months ago
Stevie hit #10 in Billboard, 2-1-86. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great week!
DaveWollenberg 5 months ago
@DaveWollenberg And sadly, his last top ten hit. He would hit the top 40 one last time in the fall of 1987 with "Skeletons" - oddly enough, it didn't enter the top 40 in time for Halloween. "Go Home" barely made the top 100 songs of 1986 - ranking #100 among Billboard's Top 100 songs of 1986. It was his best song from In Square Circle, IMO.
DieHardGameShowFan2 3 months ago
@DieHardGameShowFan2 You're right. 'Overjoyed' was pretty, but, 'Go home' WAS better. Have a blessed week!
DaveWollenberg 3 months ago 2
@DieHardGameShowFan2 I agree with you 100%. This was by far his best song off that album but was very underrated. The production of this song was flawless and will always be a classic.
kbw1970 4 weeks ago
Stevie has always been known for his meticulous keyboard setups. This song is a perfect example. And i love the way he backs the vocals near the end. He's a bad man alright!
bigredbosshog 6 months ago
Too funky!! Go on Stevie, love ya.
kanesgirl623 6 months ago
love this song
kmarie0982 6 months ago
Somebody needs to bring this song back! I love it!
steveyraynelson 7 months ago
just think stevie wonder has never watched one of his videos.
bxtx65 7 months ago
It sounds kinda cheesy and dated... then Stevie starts singing, and you go, "ahhhhhh".
slowdevil 7 months ago
One of my favorites because of the fact it was a soundtrack song as well. His album and the soundtrack both went platinum Stevie is a bad bad man!!!
1ralphskizzer 7 months ago in playlist LOW KEY
I totally forgot about this joint!! LOL Thank you for posting this one! :o)
KarmalBeauty 8 months ago
I've liked this cong since I was a kid and heard it on the radio back in 85.
texasvanity 8 months ago
One of the top songs of 1986.
mkl62 8 months ago
I think you all will agree with me Stevie is a legendary status for decades including today, he never made a song that didn't move people.
mixedmic1 8 months ago 3
This was an awsome video, like an action packed movie with actor Art Evans, Herbie hancock and others, wish there was a video on line for it. Have not seen it in a long time.
juliettehagerman1 9 months ago
The original video was cool but a bit unusual for Stevie Wonder. It was filmed at an airport and featured a gun fight at the end. Very 80's Miami-vice looking.
champdog1 10 months ago
@champdog1 he was a newspaper vendor. i remember it.
tranurse 9 months ago
Man, I ain't heard this song since it came out. One of my rare favourites from Stevie! I was ten when it came out.
jvlivs2 10 months ago
@jvlivs2 I keep hearing this one at the same supermarket. Well, 2x actually in a three month time frame. Had to look it up last time I heard it. Forgot lyrics first time.
ShelterDogs 9 months ago
@jvlivs2, I was 10 too, and remember hearing this on the radio in the car a bunch. It was a catchy tune then and still makes me tap my foot to this day.
texasvanity 8 months ago
it sounds like Ron Isley singing at the end
erinnc 10 months ago
beautiful track
andymacceltic 11 months ago
This song definitely needs MORE cow bell.
fortchester42 11 months ago
@fortchester42
Yeah, but...doesn't every song need more cow bell?
mpompe01 11 months ago 2
Stevie Wonder Did Sang This 1985 Hit, "Go Home," When He Was 35 Years Old, At The Time.
radiodj1520 11 months ago
Three people don't know great music when they hear it.
acjhns21 1 year ago
Wish I could find the video version of this song that featured Art Evans as the detective hired to track down the girl. Stevie sang and turned up several times throughout it. It was SLAMMING!!!!!
ramester 1 year ago 2
This Stevie Wonder 1985 Hit, "Go Home," Would Be Playing On Sirius XM's The 80's On 8, WRKS-FM's 98.7 Kiss-FM, WBLS-FM's 107.5, WCBS-FM's 101.1, WHUD-FM's 100.7, WFAS-FM's 103.9, WFAF-FM's 106.3, WLTW-FM's New York's 106.7 Lite-FM, WKJY-FM's KJOY 98.3, WDRC-FM's 102.9, WRCH-FM's Lite 100.5, WEZN-FM's Star 99.9, WEBE-FM's WEBE 108, WTIC-FM's 96.5, WALK-FM's WALK 97.5, WPLJ-FM's 95.5, WBWZ-FM's Star 93.3, WCTZ-FM's The New 96.7 The Coast, And Many More...
radiodj1520 1 year ago
I wouldn't be too sure about New York-based WCBS. I remember that station from when I lived in my native New Jersey. That's an oldies station that probably does not play any post-1980 songs. I remember hearing a lot of pre-1964 songs from the days of doo-wop on that station.
arhuxtable 2 months ago
3 People Ought To Go Home
grooveskin 1 year ago
I heard this today at KROGER and had to come home and find it and listen again. OVER and OVER and OVER
huntingtonparkway 1 year ago
I Love This Stevie Wonder 1985 Hit, "Go Home," Which Became The #1 Adult Contemporary Hit In America, And A Top 5 R&B Hit In America.
radiodj1520 1 year ago
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radiodj1520 1 year ago
STEVIE FOREVER...................!!!
TheSugar13 1 year ago
My favorite Stevie Wonder song
BigKev96 1 year ago
Billboard's #100 song of '86. Stevie hit #1 AC, #2 soul, #10 pop, in Billboard. God bless y'all, and, Merry Christmas!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
This the joint!
MYTMIC 1 year ago
The story is as good as the melody...wish he did this when he toured :(
Kaistar6 1 year ago
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radiodj1520 1 year ago
makes me think of some really good times...with someone very dear to me that is now gone...
rip eddie
kimjindy63 1 year ago
25 years ago december 85-january '86
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
Been searching for years for the SNL performance of this song? Anyone have it? One of my fave performances from that show of all time.
BTFishing 1 year ago
Can't go wrong with Stevie Wonder. Just found 4 of his albums today that I needed and best believe I grabbed every one of them!
itsHeebz 1 year ago
This was seriously one of his best albums EVER!!! I like every song and that never happens.
vstarr89 1 year ago
Great song and I don't understand why this song wasn't nearly as popular compared to "I Just Called to Say I Love You" (which I thought got WAY overplayed)
Doobie1975 1 year ago
Wow,wow,wow,wow,wooooooow! just added this my channel favorites with the other trance songs. Love the bass with the synths in this.
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
The best song by him since after Sunshine Of My Life in 1973.
BBQFanNo1 1 year ago
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There BOTH great!
Teardehawkee 1 year ago
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Teardehawkee 1 year ago
what an awesome intro...the beat to this is hypnotic
jnrdryden1 1 year ago
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radiodj1520 1 year ago
@radiodj1520 actually this song peaked at #10 on the Billboard Top 100 and #1 on the AC charts
Doobie1975 1 year ago
Stevie I love you but Leaving the beautiful Dr Moog for that slag Kertzweil - man, ever think you left a girl who loved you for a fur coat and no knickers?
:)
FEEL ASHAMED! hehe take the pain and learn from it! :)
I love Stevie
craigfromnewcastle 1 year ago
Love this SO much thanks for posting!!! More love!
molinmusic 1 year ago
O.K everybody. Is this song better than That girl
mikeandrakeem 1 year ago 13
@mikeandrakeem It's good, but it's not better than That Girl.
johnniewalker23 1 year ago 15
@johnniewalker23 sorry man, have to disagree...wayyyy more singable/danceable :D
mixedbreed19 1 year ago
@johnniewalker23
Guys!
There BOTH great!
Teardehawkee 1 year ago
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Teardehawkee 1 year ago
@johnniewalker23
I think _ the same level.
levanabrzeni 11 months ago
@johnniewalker23 About as good.
BBQFanNo1 10 months ago
@johnniewalker23 I agree..this song has some great musical structure..but that girl was just crucially and instrumentally smooth
keemyfoke 9 months ago
@mikeandrakeem I like this song because it's about someone trying show the one they
loved that they will be there no matter what happens, but it's not like That Girl which has
a deeper meaning to it. To answer your question, No.
yumikumi 1 year ago
@mikeandrakeem good question. love them both.
wsj0301 1 year ago
@mikeandrakeem That's so wierd that you ask that because I just listened to, and downloaded, "That Girl" before coming here. Why did you pick that one? I think that Stevie has made much better songs than "That Girl" and especially better than this.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
@mikeandrakeem I like it better I think but because it wasn't as popular it kinda makes me hesitant to say that.but i totally like the lyrics
huntingtonparkway 10 months ago
@mikeandrakeem This one is really good but That Girl is better...that's just my opinion.
PumaDown 9 months ago 2
@mikeandrakeem You can't compare any of Stevie's works against each other.
telj1 8 months ago
@mikeandrakeem dosen't really matter..both rock!!!
MrJmazing1 8 months ago
Stevie can do no wrong. He's amazing!
Cielodrive 1 year ago 2
The studio version of this is drab compared to his performance live on Saturday Night Live, damn the bass player on that gig was puttin down the chili sauce fo real. I'm still trying to find this performance somewhere.....help a brutha out yall.
mhbass 1 year ago 2
@mhbass
Bro. I really feel you. I thought I was the only one who saw that Saturday Night Live and really got off on the bass player. He was ROCKIN' literally. I've tried to find that video too. I picked my bass back up after that, but alas... It still stays in my head when I think about learning to really play. I'm 62, but one of these days I'm gonna get it down. Lord willing, of course!
TheDrmbldr 1 year ago
Now this is what I'm talkin about! This is when music was music, and great to dance to ,sing along, or drive to mmm mmm mmm LOVE THIS Man and have nearly everything he ever did! Just a good feeling song driving home on a friday night with your windows down....................Play on Stevie ♥
msstevie1951 1 year ago
Hit #1 AC, #2 soul, #10 pop in Billboard. God bless!
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago
I still love this song. My mom bought this single on the small record when I was 8 yrs old. I never really paid attention the lyrics but used to think he was telling her to go home because she was wearing out her welcome lol
shauntee77 1 year ago
reminds me of riding that east 6 mile bus to school. the bus driver used to play this.
kids3 1 year ago
@kids3 , you know life is good when riding the bus can include a Stevie Wonder jam slice of joy ! ! ! ! ! It's nice that Stevie fans can be treating the public around them to Wonder bliss as we make our way thru the day /week/year . . . . (p.s. "all hail johnniewalker 23)
godhelpme2009 1 year ago 3
@godhelpme2009 Far too kind...all credit to Stevie!
johnniewalker23 1 year ago
i heard this on the radio and was almost hypnotized.
DatDamKeyid 1 year ago 4
love the bridge! nice
RaceIsOpen 1 year ago 3
Stevie is tha MAN
MJHaterKiller 1 year ago 11
Hit #10 pop in Billboard, and actually, #1 adult contemporary.
DaveWollenberg 1 year ago 2
This song sounds like a lost track from the great 70's albums. Sheer genius !!!
marr21 2 years ago
who ever is playing the saxophone at end is killing it
MrEDE115 2 years ago
Great song. I would love to see the video again, which had a cameo with Herbie Hancock. Where is the DVD with Stevie videos, and one with his biography? There should be greater availability of material like this for someone as important as he is to music. BTW, does anyone know where to find the photo of him and Miles in the '70s and Stevie playing drums with Hendrix in the '60s?
Streamline09 2 years ago 3
Love this joint. First time hearing this. . . .Didn't know Luther V. sang background on the Square Circle album.
Rucks90 2 years ago 2
@Rucks90
I didn't know that either!! Luther sang back up on "Part time Lover' also.
gayle2020 1 year ago
This was the best song on the entire album!
BigBlueBeast 2 years ago 4
ive said this to a many young lady right before something happend and she ended up staying the nite........(LOL)
1ralphskizzer 2 years ago
An all-time favorite of mine by the UNBELIEVABLE Stevie Wonder....ohhhh the 80's.
jstory71 2 years ago 5
I am re-listening to Stevie wonder beacuse I have just started to play bass guitar, and some of the stuff from this era move right alnong and are great for bass practice. I think people are now seeing just how good some of these tracks really are. I saw Stevie Wonder at Wembly on his hotter than July tour, on the last night when he brought Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye on stage. I went right down to the front when Stevie burst into, 'Go Home' He was playing organ or piano and was rocking.......
SteveArpo 2 years ago
I remember thinking that the sound he had was totally new. In this live version I can tell you Stevie's voice and the arrangement was more like a Sam and Dave but more rocking and much more funky. It would be good if a CD of those Wembley night was out. The album track, like a lot of stuff from this era is over-produced. Some of these tracks though really stand out.
SteveArpo 2 years ago
One of his best. Pure genius!
snootzie78 2 years ago 20
by far the best.
mybedwantsu 2 years ago 2
"Unreal"...LOVE IT!!!!!!!
221074john 2 years ago 2
Love this man from the first day I saw him at 11 years old doing 'Finger Tips" all through the years he's gotten better and better, Pure Genius! xxx
msstevie1951 2 years ago
another favorite! there are so many. Stevie is a genious of rythum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ididntbitem 2 years ago 2
Awesome. Awe-freakin'-some. And then some.
jonsmanov 2 years ago 2
"the 12 inch was amazing"
that's what she said.
gandalf802 2 years ago 5
lmao...I had thought the same thing when I saw it...bravo!
johnniewalker23 2 years ago 2
hahaha!!! ; D
gracie5061 2 years ago
this song did get significant airplay during late '85/early '86...it reached #10 on the pop charts, which meant enough fans and many others got to hear this great track!
hevyonez97 2 years ago
I think i'm weird because this song kinda reminds me of 9/11 and the towers burning I dunno how that would in my head process lol but this song popped up in my head on 9/11 maybe its the feeling of the melody/song dunno.
gmoore914 2 years ago
yeah you are weird
SoJustCool 2 years ago 2
Well I thought I was weird becuase his song One Of a Kind off of Characters made me think of 9/11 but I love the song.
ristobenjie 2 years ago
First saw this on Night Tracks, and then on SNL where he did a great live version. Too bad that version isn't around...
LWOPP 2 years ago
I just read Rolling Stone and Michael Jackson said the vocal adlibs during The Way You Make Me Feel was inspired by this,interesting.
Ahoyknight 2 years ago
that would be "go on,girl". i searched for this song coz i read it in rollingstone too :)
graciana83 2 years ago
1984 to '87 were busy years for Stevie Wonder. In those years,he wrote and recorded music for the WOMAN IN RED movie soundtrack,participated in the all-star recording(USA for AFRICA)WE ARE THE WORLD,recorded his IN SQUARE CIRCLE album,recorded THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR with Dionne Warwick,Gladys Knight and Elton John,made a guest appearance as himself on a Cosby Show episode and recorded the CHARACTERS album.
arhuxtable 2 years ago 2
Stevie 1980's (albums not as good as his lengendary period of the late 1960's/70's)was still outstanding and better than many of the male performers on the Pop/R&B charts at that time.
Too bad radio stations felt his fans were getting older and were being replaced by newer artists who were younger and looked better for music videos. Not my view but the thinking of stupid music lablel bosses and heads of radio stations..
USAGiant 2 years ago
KuttyJoe,I know what you mean it never got enough air play and I loved it so much,but it's the lyrics I think that captured our hearts,it's a deep message! Love & Happiness xxo
msstevie1951 2 years ago
Somebody please post the 12 inch dance version to this. I guarantee you, you won't be sorry!
ethurst2 2 years ago 2
The 12" extended version dance mix to this song is KILLER ! Part-Time Lover and Do I Do were also extended into longer dance club versions during the 1980's and all hit #1 on Billboard's Dance/Disco chart.
DISCOVEGASGUY 2 years ago
Something about this song always moved me. I guess it takes me back to a certain place in time. It was not a very popular song, but I like the mood of the song.
KuttyJoe 2 years ago 3
on the contrary, it was a very popular song.. made top 10 following up part time lover....
uhsfan99 2 years ago
i love this song
123daniel4 2 years ago 2
@123daniel4 I love it too!
mratfauver 1 year ago
One of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs of all time...most of his music is before my time...hehe
lishagirl3388 2 years ago
This song was done on Saturday Night Live back early 85 when he hosted with Eddie Murphy. I think it was supposed to be the first cut from the In Square Circle Lp but when the album came out "Part-Time Lover" was the first cut. The 12 inch mix to this song is awesome!
ethurst2 2 years ago
I always felt that this album brought Stevie's career to a halt on the charts. He had two huge hits prior to this, "I just called to say I love you" & "Part-Time Lover" but by the time this album hit, it was obvious the only really great songs on it were Part-Time Lover and Go Home. Maybe that's why he waited so long to put it out because he knew in his heart this was not his best. Not his worst, but definitely not his best.
leonbrain68 2 years ago
I respectfully disagree with you...I liked this album alot...I can't speak to the album sales though don't know how they were
plugged1 2 years ago
I really like this song. I wish that I can see the video here.
blujay01 2 years ago
The video could be seen a lot of BET and VH1.
hilltopboots 2 years ago
Did this song ever get alot of airplay on VH1 back in the 1980s? My father used to watch VH1 all the time back in the 1980s and I don't remember seeing that song on that channel, my father did NOT like MTV at all.
Doobie1975 2 years ago
I saw it a few times but I don't recall this song being very popular.
plugged1 2 years ago
That was the problem, it was very underrated and it got radio play for only a short period of time.
kbw1970 2 years ago
This video was made in 1985, and back then VH1 was new and at the time, it played mainly adult contemporary videos and cut back on popular videos. Stevie WOnder's videos never made it to MTV in the 1980's so the only place they played "Go Home" was BET, Friday Night Videos, New York Hot Tracks, and other local shows.
soulchildsacomin 2 years ago 2
What about Night Tracks?
Doobie1975 2 years ago
and Night Tracks. We did'nt have TBS then so no one in my house knew about Night Tracks. It was like New York Hot Tracks, except for the fact that it had more variety in music videos and it was 4 to 5 hours long according to those that had TBS in the 1980's.
soulchildsacomin 2 years ago
after all these years I never knew stevie song this song until recently.
johnied8509 2 years ago
Brilliant song.
miriieee 2 years ago 3
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laetitia0123 2 years ago
This song makes me think of a night in San Francisco ! And yes...where's the video !!!
Jetwashed 3 years ago
The video to this is tight. I hope someone knows where I can find it.
hilltopboots 3 years ago
This song makes me think of a night in Manhattan!!!!
ECWaxman 3 years ago
My all-time favorite Stevie Wonder song. I envy the guy so much. He may be blind, but he is a musical genius.
snootzie78 3 years ago 3
I only wanted him close to me
To give him the love I knew someday he'd need
beautifulprincessM 3 years ago
But he kept sayin girl you're wrong
Go Home
beautifulprincessM 3 years ago
okay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PopCulture20 3 years ago
Love this Song! Takes me back to 1985 when I was only 14 and I remember riding in the back seat of my parents Volvo in a bad snow storm and hearing this song. The airy, almost eery sounds of the song combined with the blowing snow made for a strange memory, but I loved it!
harewer 3 years ago
Well in 1985 i was 8 years old, i remember this track, but the way you described your memory of it made my hairs stand, I could totally see your image. It's amazing what music can do for a memory.
Blaque623 3 years ago
This is a great tune, why you never hear this one is beyond me, definitely an obscure tune and I never knew what the title of the song was until recently.
Doobie1975 3 years ago
Great song excellent vocals . The whole song has a nice breezy feel.
Stevie has an amazing vocal range and he makes hard songs sound so easy.
dave
dave
CoventGardenSinger 3 years ago 2
Thanx 4 postin this !!! :D
MissAshPYT 3 years ago
I loved this song when I was a kid, but for some odd reason this song reminds me of the Cosby Show.....I know, I know...I'm weird.
Starrlite77 3 years ago 2
I agree with you though. It sounds like they could have used it for one of their intros.
tyger51ne 3 years ago 2
You are not weird! I remember being in the seventh grade and this guy named Craig was singing this song while we were in the middle of transitioning classes. I can clearly remember him saying "go home girl"! It was toooooo funny, he was a class clown and put his spin on this song.
sembach96 3 years ago
This song does somewhat reminds me of The Cosby Show as well but I take that as a good thing.
Doobie1975 2 years ago
Taken from Theodore Aloysius "Theo" Huxtable: "Jammin' on the one!"
arhuxtable 9 months ago
This song was off da chain! I miss 80's jams like this one because they just don't make music like this today.
kbw1970 3 years ago 2
this song never gets air play these days! wish it would great tune!
pumkinbreath 3 years ago
I totally agree, I always thought this was Stevie Wonder's best song from the 1980s, another post-1970s Stevie Wonder song you hardly hear anymore is "That Girl"
Doobie1975 2 years ago
Me too, I sometimes hear it on the Lite Hits station from Music Choice and while I'm not a big fan of the soft rock stations I like the Lite Hits station alot cause they play a good number of the obscure tunes you hardly hear elsewhere.
Doobie1975 2 years ago
buenaza GO HOME el segundo tema del square circle mejor que part time lover
jaimen10 3 years ago 2
stevie has so much soul and feeling in his voice and music ..always gives me the chills ..i cant believe this doesnt have more views ..
rgjmg070607 3 years ago 5
does anyone remember the video. a blonde was looking for her missing man. and stevie was in it as a paper vendor.
tranurse 3 years ago 4
I do,and I certainly recall a scene where some deadbeat tried stealing himself a newspaper but was grabbed by Stevie.The last time I seen that video was on WTBS NIGHT TRACKS years ago.I wish VH-1 Classics would present this.
kokujin1014 3 years ago 4
i'm so glad i am not the only one who remembered it
tranurse 3 years ago 5
I remember the show Night Tracks, that was a great show that not many people do remember, God I miss that show.
Doobie1975 2 years ago 3
Yeah,you and me both,it made me appreciate Friday and Saturday evenings between Night Tracks and USA Network's NIGHT FLIGHT.
kokujin1014 2 years ago 2
What was more popular between WTBS's Night Tracks or USA's Night Flight? I don't remember Night Flight
Doobie1975 2 years ago
i love this album. this is my favorite song off of this album. this is probably my second favorite Stevie album. Characters is my first.
SJkeepinitoldskool87 3 years ago 4
No disrespect, but these are probably his two worst. Listen to Songs in the Key of Life or any of the previous three.
TheIcemanComethLtd 3 years ago
The album doesn't compare to Songs inthe key of life or fullfilingness first finale or invervisions. Those were classics. Nevertheless, it's still a good album.
hilltopboots 3 years ago