Home Sweet Home (Mötley Crüe song)

Infobox Single
Name = Home Sweet Home


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Artist = Mötley Crüe
from Album = Theatre of Pain
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Released = September 30, 1985
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Genre = Glam Metal
Length = 3:59
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Writer = Lyrics:
Nikki Sixx
Music:
Nikki Sixx,
Vince Neil,
Tommy Lee
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Certification =
Chart position =

• #89 (US Billboard Hot 100) (1985)
• #37 (US Billboard Hot 100) (1992)

Last single = "Smokin' In the Boys Room"
(1985)
This single = "Home Sweet Home"
(1985)
Next single = "Girls, Girls, Girls"
(1987)
Misc =

"Home Sweet Home" is a song by the American glam metal band Mötley Crüe and is one of the first examples of a power ballad.Originally released on the band's 1985 album, "Theatre of Pain", the song was accompanied by a music video which documented the band's undertakings over the course of a concert, or several concerts. "Home Sweet Home" was later remixed and re-released as a single in 1991, as "Home Sweet Home '91." This version featured on the band's "Decade of Decadence" compilation album. The song is often referred to as a power ballad, and its success was a prelude to similar marketing formula for other hair bands in the late 1980s. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5kq2g4httv3z, Theatre of Pain article on All Music Guide] ] The song ranks #12 on VH1's chart of the greatest power ballads of all time.

The original release of "Home Sweet Home" charted at #89 on the Billboard Hot 100, and "Home Sweet Home '91" peaked at #37 on the same chart in 1992. [Whitburn, Joel. "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6] To date, "Home Sweet Home '91" is the last Mötley Crüe song to chart in the American Billboard Top 40. Infobox Single
Name = Home Sweet Home '91


Caption =
Artist = Mötley Crüe
from Album = Decade of Decadence
A-side =
B-side =
Released = 1992
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Glam Metal
Length =
Label =
Writer = Lyrics:
Nikki Sixx
Music:
Nikki Sixx,
Vince Neil,
Tommy Lee
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Primal Scream"
(1991)
This single = "Home Sweet Home '91"
(1991)
Next single = "Hooligan's Holiday"
(1994)
Misc =

Remake

The song was remade with Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington on vocals along with Vince Neil, the rest of Mötley Crüe filling their respective places in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The music video for the song shows video of Katrina rescues, along with performance from the band.

It was also remade by Limp Bizkit on their "Greatest Hitz" album, although it is joined by a remake of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve.

Track listing

#HomeSweet Home
#Red Hot

Personnel

* Vince Neil - vocals
* Mick Mars - guitar
* Nikki Sixx - bass
* Tommy Lee - drums, piano

References