Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)

~ Recording by Eddie Money

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie Money feat. Ronnie SpectorCan't Hold BackEddie MoneyAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)AL 40096 1B
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyCan’t Hold BackEddie MoneyAlbum
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 40096
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyCan’t Hold BackEddie MoneyAlbum
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 57048
1.11Take Me Home Tonight3:34Eddie MoneySmash HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)CDCBS 4505002
2.3Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneySmash HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)4504901
1.14Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyThe Power of Love 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:33Eddie MoneyGreatest Hits: Sound of MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1989-11-14
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 45381
1.8Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:33Eddie MoneyGreatest Hits: Sound of MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1989-11-23
CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997)CSCS 5028
1.8Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:33Eddie MoneyGreatest Hits: Sound of MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 45381
1.3Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:28Eddie MoneyRock & Pop Diamonds 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sonocord46 045-1
1.6Take Me Home Tonight, Be My Baby3:29Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorThe Levi’s 501 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EastWest Records America (this label only briefly used between 1990–91, please read annotations before use)9548-30852-2 XV
1.3Take Me Home Tonight3:30Eddie MoneyMore Than a Feeling: 17 Exclusive Rock BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade Deutschland GmbH (DE branch of Dutch “Arcade” label; this is not an imprint!)8800086
1.3Take Me Home Tonight3:36Eddie MoneyBillboard Top Hits: 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-04-19
Rhino (reissue label)R2 71641
1.12Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyRoute 66, Volume IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)01 8500 6
1.5Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyThe Greatest Hits of the 80's, Volume 2 - The Decade Of FreedomVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-17897
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:30Eddie MoneyBig Hits of the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.4Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:32Ronnie Spector & Eddie MoneyDangerousRonnie SpectorAlbum + Compilation
Raven Records (Australian mainly reissue)RVCD-48
2.14Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby (feat. Ronnie Spector)3:30Eddie MoneyHits der 80er Jahre, Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)COL LSP 984793 2
1.6Take Me Home Tonight3:35Eddie Money feat. Ronnie SpectorSounds of the Eighties: 1985–1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
PolyGram Special Markets (US only), Time–Life MusicR988-12
1.6Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyGood as GoldEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 28125
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:30Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorThe Ultimate Collection of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: Superstars of the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MetacomA 26901
1.5Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:33Eddie MoneySuper HitsEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-08-26
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 65274
1.13Take Me Home Tonight3:28Eddie MoneyFetenhits: The Real Classics, the 3rdVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1997-12-04
Polystar (Germany)555 395-2
1.8Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:28Eddie MoneyMega POP StarsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1997
Sony Music MediaSMM 985127 2
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:29Eddie MoneyThe Power of Love: 1986–1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL629/4
1.7Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby (feat. Ronnie Spector)3:35Eddie MoneyChart Toppers: Rock Hits of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-05-26
Priority Records (US hip hop)
2.4Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:28Eddie MoneyMaximum RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1998-08-11
Sony Music MediaSMM 491764 2
1.3Take Me Home Tonight3:29Eddie Money80’s ComebackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media985828 2
2.9Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby3:31Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorRed HotVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mystic Music72438-19817-2-6
1.5Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyRock On 1986: Mad About YouVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RO-2-5186
1.5Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyRock On 1986: Mad About YouVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
A-33511
2.17Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:32Eddie MoneyMonster BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-06-29
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.17Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorBack to the US of AVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media494734 2
1.3Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:32Eddie Money1980s PopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 27981
1.5Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby (feat. Ronnie Spector)3:32Eddie Money1980s Radio Hits (1999 release)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA 30675
1.2Take Me Home Tonight3:35Eddie MoneyGuitar Rock: Power & PassionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life MusicA-30868, R968-26
1.7Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie Money feat. Ronnie SpectorEntertainment Weekly Greatest Hits of 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records)74465 99647 2
2.17Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:32Eddie MoneyMonster BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-02-20
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.13Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:31Eddie Money80's Pop HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-08-21
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)A3K 53495
2.4Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyHit Collection 1/2002: Best of SWR3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products9869169000, SSP 986916 9
1.3Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyThe Best of Eddie MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 85731
3.17Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorTypisch tachtigVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music MediaSMM 5049892
1.11Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyEightiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2002-11-22
Rajon Music GroupCDR0002
3.11Take Me Home Tonight (album version)3:29Eddie Money80er KultVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products986967 2
2.2Take Me Home Tonight3:28Eddie Money100% Rock, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 987962 2
2.12Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyElite Rock CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rajon Entertainment Pty Ltd.CDR0001
1.9Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyFeel So GoodVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.4Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyHit Collection 1/2002: Best of Hit Radio FFHVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 986916 6
2.14Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby (feat. Ronnie Spector)3:30Eddie MoneyHits der 80er Jahre, Vol. 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint)SMC 483942 2
2.6Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyParty Kult Hits Rock ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 987913 2
3.9Take Me Home Tonight3:29Eddie MoneyUltimate 80s: 1985 - 1989Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 988210 2
1.3Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyThe Best of Eddie MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2003-04-28
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyThe Essential Eddie MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-10
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 89213
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyThe Essential Eddie MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
6.5Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyBox of RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003-08-15
3.13Take Me Home Tonight3:29Eddie MoneySony Music präsentiert 20 Jahre Compact Disc Digital AudioVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsSSP 988297 2
1.5Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:32Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector1980s Radio Hits: The Pure Gold Collection (2004 release)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations), Sony Music Custom Marketing GroupA30675
2.7Take Me Home Tonight3:30Eddie MoneyBest of Rock HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special Products
2.3Take Me Home Tonight3:29Eddie MoneyClassic Drive: Back to the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL CDC/04
3.3Take Me Home Tonight3:30Eddie MoneyDie stärksten Rock Hits IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Saturn Markt (German electronics retailer)SSP 989473 2
1.1Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:32Eddie Money with Ronnie SpectorWe Are the ’80sEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-07-18
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)82876 85001 2
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyWe Are the ’80sEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2006-07-18
  • US2006-07-18
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.18Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:34Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorDe 100 grootste jaren 80 hitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2006-08-22
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)82876869882
1.4Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie Money80's Gold: The RockersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2006
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
1.1Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby?:??Eddie Money with Ronnie SpectorWe Are the ’80sEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), VH1 Classic Records82876 85001 2
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyWe Are the ’80sEddie MoneyAlbum + CompilationColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.5Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:31Eddie MoneyTake Me Home TonightEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-05-19
Sony BMG Music Entertainment Custom Marketing GroupA 708057
4.4Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyRock Classics Top 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)984 534-4
1.16Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyWhat I Like About You: 80s RadioVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations)
1.2Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:31Eddie Money with Ronnie SpectorNOW That’s What I Call the 80s Hits (deluxe edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-03-11
Now Joint Venture (US Now compilation series)
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyDie Hit‐Giganten: RockpartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-05-02
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697170642
5.17Take Me Home Tonight3:34Eddie MoneyVeronica’s Top 1000 allertijden: Editie 2008Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697379632
2.18Take Me Home Tonight (album version)3:32Eddie MoneyWir rocken den SommerVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.12Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:29Eddie MoneyPlaylist: The Very Best '80s Radio HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009-09-15
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.7Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyMacGruberVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2010-05-25
Relativity Music GroupRMG1012-1
1.2Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:31Eddie Money with Ronnie SpectorNOW That’s What I Call the 80s Hits (deluxe edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-04-26
Now Joint Venture (US Now compilation series)
1.11Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:31Eddie MoneyNOW That’s What I Call the 80s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2011-05-03
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)509990 95750 28
1.9Take Me Home Tonight3:30Eddie MoneyThe Rock: The Ultimate CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 82418 2
1.18Take Me Home Tonight3:29Eddie Money21 Totally 80s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-03-03
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.37Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie Money80 Totally 80s HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-03-03
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
2.4Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyThe Essential Eddie MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
3.2Take Me Home Tonight3:32Eddie MoneyFormel 80: 80 Perlen der 80erVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2015-03-20
88883738082
2.4Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:33Eddie MoneyThe Complete Hits and More!Eddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
  • -2016-10-07
Real Gone Music (US reissue label founded by Gordon Anderson and Gabby Castellana. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE UK/EUROPE OUT-OF-COPYRIGHT LABEL.)513
5.9Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:31Eddie MoneyClassic 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2017-10-13
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985448612
4.13Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:32Eddie Money with Ronnie Spector100 Hits: The Best Soft Rock AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-03-08
Demon Music GroupDMGN100220
1.10Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:31Eddie MoneyWhere’s the Party? / Can’t Hold Back / Nothing to Lose / Right HereEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records)BGOCD1379
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyCan’t Hold BackEddie MoneyAlbumColumbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.4Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyDelco Electronics Music System SamplerVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationMobile Fidelity Sound LabSPCD-8
3.14Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyElectric 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.8Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:30Eddie MoneyGreatest Hits: Sound of MoneyEddie MoneyAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)
1.11Take Me Home Tonight (Be My Baby)3:31Eddie Money feat. Ronnie SpectorMade in America IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + CompilationSony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88883718972
1.1Take Me Home Tonight3:33Eddie MoneyParliament Platinum CollectionVarious ArtistsOther
1.10Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyRock Classics: Rock the City, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
2.13Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyRock DreamsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicOPCD; R105-40
Promotion
1.9Take Me Home Tonight / Be My Baby3:32Eddie Money feat. Ronnie SpectorSnapshots From Sony Music’s Soundtrack for a Century, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.17Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie MoneyPure Rock 1986Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SR International
1.6Take Me Home Tonight3:31Eddie Money & Ronnie SpectorBig Hits of the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

engineer:Michael Frondelli
Phil Kaffel
Dave Leonard
producer:Eddie Money
Richie Zito
mixer:Scott Litt (producer and engineer)
Eddie Money
Richie Zito
additional guest vocals:Ronnie Spector
lead vocals:Eddie Money
performer:Ronnie Spector
arranger:Eddie Money
Richie Zito
recorded at:Fantasy Studios (Berkeley) in Berkeley, California, United States (from 1985-11 until 1986-05)
Oasis Studios in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1985-11 until 1986-05)
R.O. Studios in Concord, California, United States (from 1985-11 until 1986-05)
recording of:Be My Baby (from 1985-11 until 1986-05: medley)
Take Me Home Tonight (from 1985-11 until 1986-05: medley)

Be My Baby

writer:Jeff Barry
Ellie Greenwich
Phil Spector
publisher:ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
Carlin Music Corporation
Mother Bertha Music, Inc.
Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
Trio Music Co., Inc. (in 1963)
sub-publisher:ABKCO Japan Publishing
Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, work publisher – do NOT use as a release label)
Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31)
EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division (until 2021-06-30)
Warner Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corporation, publisher; do NOT use as release label) (in 1963)
Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
later translated versions:Be My Baby (Sé mi nena)
Reviens vite et oublie
Se mi gran cariño
ビー・マイ・ベィビー
later versions:Comme aujourd’hui (Be My Baby)
is the basis for:Un arc et des flèches

Take Me Home Tonight

writer:Jeff Barry
Ellie Greenwich
Phil Spector