The Original?

[RetroRuss]

I am going through the vaults tonight and came upon a UK 1979 release of a 12" by Cher. Side 1 is "Wasn't It Good", not the most memorable track I have heard but for Cher, not bad. It was side 2 that intrigued me - the track "Take Me Home" by Aller and Esty, that was covered not too long ago by Sophie Ellis Baxter - I'm sure I have heard other artistes cover this track, but is the Cher track the original?

[Art Figueroa]

As far as I know, yes. She was the first to record this.

Art

[EricHG23]

Ya it was written for her by Bob esty and Eller. Utterly classic track--and one of Cher's bigger radio hits too. Cher's Casablanca output was a mixed bag--as often happened with Casablanca they did a fucking brilliant lead single, and then a lot of the rest is filler (though some of the ballads are surprisingly great)--though her second album (released the same year, 1979) Prisoner has even more filler.

E