"Home" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...

. The song was originally recorded by him on his 1989 debut album Here in the Real World

Here in the Real World

-Track listing:# "Ace of Hearts" – 3:06# "Here in the Real World" – 3:38# "Blue Blooded Woman" – 2:14# "Wanted" – 2:59...

. The original 1989 recording served as the B-side to three of Jackson's singles: his debut single "Blue Blooded Woman", as well as his first two Number One hits "I'd Love You All Over Again

I'd Love You All Over Again

"I'd Love You All Over Again is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Alan Jackson. It was released in January 1991 as the last single from his first album, Here in the Real World, the song was Jackson's first number 1 single on the Billboard Hot...

" and "Don't Rock the Jukebox

Don't Rock the Jukebox (song)

"Don't Rock the Jukebox" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released in April 1991 as the lead single from the album of the same name, Don't Rock the Jukebox. It was his second consecutive Number One single on the U.S...

."

Jackson included "Home" in 1995 for his first Greatest Hits package, The Greatest Hits Collection

The Greatest Hits Collection (Alan Jackson album)

The Greatest Hits Collection is the first greatest hits album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Released on October 24, 1995, it includes the greatest hits from his first four studio albums, as well as an album cut from his 1989 debut Here in the Real World and two new tracks — "Tall,...

. The song served as the B-side to that album's first two singles, "Tall, Tall Trees

Tall, Tall Trees

"Tall, Tall Trees" is the title of a song co-written by American singers George Jones and Roger Miller. Both singers recorded their own versions: Jones on his 1958 album Long Live King George, and Miller on his 1970 cover album A Trip in the Country....

" and "I'll Try

I'll Try

"I'll Try" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was one of two newly-recorded tracks on his 1995 compilation album The Greatest Hits Collection, and like "Tall, Tall Trees" , it was a number-one hit for him on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...

" before it was issued in 1996 as the album's third single. In mid-1996, "Home" reached a peak of number 3 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

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) charts.

Content

A moderate up-tempo in which Jackson recalls his and his parents' upbringing as a child in the state of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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. Jackson said it was written the first month he moved to Nashville because he was homesick.

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "loving tribute to Jackson's parents and the home they provided." She goes on to say that "in the hands of a lesser, artist this type of song could easily disintegrate into sticky sentimentality, but that is definitely not the case here. Honest and heartfelt emotion makes for powerful communication, and the straightforward sincerity in Jackson's voice makes this tune a homespun masterpiece."

Chart positions

"Home" debuted at number 67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 20, 1996.

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5