Take Me Home (Terror Squad song)

"Take Me Home"
Single by Terror Squad
from the album True Story
B-side	"Let Them Things Go"
Released	September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)
Studio	The Record Room (Miami, FL)
Genre	Hip-hop
Label	Terror Squad SRC Universal
Songwriter(s)	Joseph Cartagena Reminisce Smith John Eaddy Andre Lyon Nicholas Warwar Marcello Valenzano Brenda Russell
Producer(s)	StreetRunner Cool & Dre
Terror Squad singles chronology
"Lean Back" (2004) "Take Me Home" (2004)
Music video
"Take Me Home" on YouTube

"Take Me Home" is a hip-hop song performed by Terror Squad members Fat Joe, Remy Ma and Armageddon featuring vocals from Dre. It was released on September 28, 2004 through Street Records Corporation and Universal Records as the second and final single from the group's second studio album True Story. Recording sessions took place at the Record Room in Miami. Production was handled by StreetRunner and Cool & Dre, who utilized excerpts from Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson cover version of Brenda Russell's "If Only for One Night". The single peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 22 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 19 on the Hot Rap Songs charts in the United States.

Music video

Jessy Terrero and Raul Conde directed the music video for "Take Me Home" over the course of two days. Portions of the video were filmed at a $15 million mansion in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, and other scenes were filmed on Crenshaw Boulevard.^[1]

Track listings

Promo CD single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Me Home" (clean)	Reminisce Smith John Eaddy Andre Lyon Joseph Cartagena Nicholas Warwar Marcello Valenzano Brenda Russell	Streetrunner Cool & Dre
2.	"Take Me Home" (explicit)	Smith Eaddy Lyon Cartagena Warwar Valenzano Russell	Streetrunner Cool & Dre

12" single

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Me Home" (clean)	Cool & Dre Streetrunner
2.	"Take Me Home" (main)	Cool & Dre Streetrunner
3.	"Take Me Home" (instrumental)	Cool & Dre Streetrunner
4.	"Take Me Home" (clean acappella)	Cool & Dre Streetrunner
5.	"Let Them Things Go" (clean)	Cool & Dre
6.	"Let Them Things Go" (main)	Cool & Dre
7.	"Let Them Things Go" (instrumental)	Cool & Dre

Sample credits

• Track 1 contains excerpts from the composition "If Only for One Night" written by Brenda Russell as performed by Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson.

Personnel

• Joseph "Fat Joe" Cartagena – vocals
• Reminisce "Remy Ma" Smith – vocals
• John "Armageddon" Eaddy – vocals
• Andre "Dre" Lyon – vocals, keyboards, producer
• Marcello "Cool" Valenzano – keyboards, producer
• Nicholas "STREETRUNNER" Warwar – producer, programming
• Dave Cabrera – guitar, bass
• Christian "Sound Boy" Delatour – recording
• Robert "Big Briz" Brisbane – recording
• Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[2]	62
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3]	22
US Hot Rap Songs (Billboard)[4]	19

References

1. Moss, Corey (September 24, 2004). "Remy Martin Provides Steamy Action On Terror Squad Video Set". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
2. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 2004. p. 54. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
3. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 2004. p. 19. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 16, 2025.
4. "Hot Rap Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 49. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 4, 2004. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 16, 2025.

External links

• Terror Squad – Take Me Home at Discogs (list of releases)