"I Wanna Go Back" is a 1984 song by American rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band Billy Satellite

Billy Satellite

Billy Satellite was an American rock band based in Oakland, California. Formed in 1983, the band consisted of Monty Byrom , Danny Chauncey , Ira Walker , and Tom "Fee" Falletti...

, written by band members Monty Byrom

Monty Byrom

Monty Curtis Byrom is an American rock, blues and country guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. He fronted bands Billy Satellite, New Frontier, and the Academy of Country Music nominated Big House. Earlier in his career Byrom co-produced and co-wrote hit songs for Eddie Money while a...

, Danny Chauncey

Danny Chauncey

Danny Chauncey is an American rock guitarist. He is best known for being a member of the Southern rock band 38 Special since 1987...

, and Ira Walker, that achieved major popularity when recorded by Eddie Money

Eddie Money

Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...

 in 1986. Another version was recorded by former Santana

Santana (band)

Santana is a rock band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song "Soul Sacrifice" at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill...

/Journey

Journey (band)

Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...

 keyboardist/singer Gregg Rolie

Gregg Rolie

Gregg Alan Rolie is an American keyboardist, organist, and singer, who is one of the founding members of the bands Santana, The Storm, Abraxas Pool and Journey, for whom he was the original lead singer. He currently performs with his Gregg Rolie Band...

 for his self-titled 1985 debut solo album.

Billy Satellite version

Released in 1984 as the band's debut single, it reached the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 chart on 8 December 1984, charting for three weeks and peaking at number 78. The mid-tempo song is reliant on synthesizers but contains a short guitar solo

Solo (music)

In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...

 in the bridge

Bridge (music)

In music, especially western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section...

 and some guitar in the outro. The music video begins with the members of Billy Satellite driving a jeep to Alameda

Alameda, California

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, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 to the site of a previous live show; the latter portion features the band playing in a bar there.

Eddie Money version

American rock singer, Eddie Money

Eddie Money

Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...

, covered the song on his 1986 album Can't Hold Back

Can't Hold Back (Eddie Money album)

Can't Hold Back is Eddie Money's sixth album, released in 1986. It contains the hit single "Take Me Home Tonight".-Track listing:# "Take Me Home Tonight " - 3:32...

, and it was released as the follow-up single to the top-ten hit "Take Me Home Tonight

Take Me Home Tonight

"Take Me Home Tonight" is a song by American rock singer Eddie Money, from his album Can't Hold Back, released in 1986. It was released as a single and reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks...

". It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Album Rock Tracks chart in early 1987. Money's version, which Allmusics Mike DeGagne says has "sincere, semi-ballad charm," still relies heavily on synthesizers but includes more guitar and adds saxophone in the intro

Introduction (music)

In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. In popular music this is often abbreviated as intro...

, bridge, and outro. The music video to his version features Money revisiting a high school interspersed with him and his band playing before a concert audience.