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Carry Me Home (Gloworm song)

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"Carry Me Home"
Single by Gloworm
B-side"Remix"
Released1994
Genre
Length3:45
LabelGo! Discs
Songwriter(s)
  • Sedric Johnson
  • Will Mount
Producer(s)Will Mount
Gloworm singles chronology
"I Lift My Cup (To The Spirit Divine)"
(1992)
"Carry Me Home"
(1994)
"Young Hearts"
(1995)
Music video
"Carry Me Home" on YouTube

"Carry Me Home" is a song recorded by Gospel house/progressive house group Gloworm, fronted by American singer Sedric Johnson. It also features vocals by Pauline Taylor. The song was released in 1994, and reached number 8 in Ireland, and number 9 in Norway and the United Kingdom. On the Eurochart Hot 100, the single peaked at number 36. A music video was made to accompany the song. It was directed by British director Lindy Heymann.

British electronic dance music act Chicane released a rework of "Carry Me Home" as the lead single from their 2016 album, Twenty.

Critical reception

Liverpool Echo described the song as a "mixture of house and gospel", that "matches rhythmic piano with big, passionate vocals."[1]

Track listing

12" single, UK
No.TitleLength
1."Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' Mix)6:43
2."Carry Me Home" (Will's Procastinatin' Mix)6:23
3."Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' Dub)4:57
4."Home"6:46
CD single, UK & Europe
No.TitleLength
1."Carry Me Home" (Radio Mix)3:45
2."Carry Me Home" (Will's Procrastinatin' Mix)6:23
3."Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' Mix)6:43
4."Home"7:52
Cassette single, UK & Europe
No.TitleLength
1."Carry Me Home"" (Radio Mix) 
2."Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' Dub) 
3."Carry Me Home" (Radio Mix) 
4."Carry Me Home" (Rollo's Rushin' Dub) 

Charts

References

  1. ^ "New singles". Liverpool Echo. 22 April 1994. p. 35. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Gloworm – Carry Me Home" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Gloworm - Carry Me Home" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Gloworm – Carry Me Home" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Gloworm – Carry Me Home". VG-lista. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 24 April 1994 - 28 May 1994". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Árslistinn 1994". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 2 January 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 14 July 2020.