Take Me Bak 'Ome was a popular single by Slade

Slade

Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...

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Written by Jim Lea

Jim Lea

Jim Lea , is an English musician, most notable for playing bass guitar, keyboards, violin, guitar, and singing backing vocals in Slade.-Career:...

 and Noddy Holder

Noddy Holder

Neville John "Noddy" Holder MBE is an English musician and actor. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist with the rock band Slade....

 and produced by Chas Chandler

Chas Chandler

Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts....

, Take Me Bak 'Ome was the second of Slade's six UK number one singles spending a single week at the top in July 1972. The single took 5 weeks to reach the top and was last seen on the charts at #49 on 26/08/1972. It stayed in the top 100 for a total of 13 weeks.

A total of five different artworks were created for the single.

The single peaked at #271 for 1972 on rateyourmusic.

By October 1972, the band had received two UK Silver Discs for the single.

Background

Around this time the band appeared at the Great Western festival near Lincoln. Slade triumphed before a large crowd despite a line-up of more serious acts. Hill, incidentally wore an all silver leather outfit for the first time on stage at Lincoln; his satorial touch would influence British fashion for the next few years. Take Me Bak 'Ome was currently at #13 in the British charts during the festival. The following week it reached #1 and Slade gained credibility as live performers.

During the recording of the track, Holder ad-libbed over the riff in the middle of the song. Lea asked him to changee the ad-lib because it had given him the idea for their next single Mama Weer All Crazee Now

Mama Weer All Crazee Now

"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" is a popular song originally recorded by the British Glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's third number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single entered the charts on its first...

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No promotional video was created for the song, despite the previous single "Look Wot You Dun

Look Wot You Dun

"Look Wot You Dun" is a single from glam rock band Slade which appeared on the album Sladest. It was written by lead singer Noddy Holder, bassist Jim Lea and drummer Don Powell. The single was released on 05/02/1972, just when Slade's previous single Coz I Luv You had its last week in the top 100...

" having two videos.

Dave Thompson, from allmusic described the song "was what vocalist Noddy Holder later described as "classic Slade - really rowdy and boisterous." Neither of its predecessors, "Coz I Luv You" or "Look Wot You Dun," had attempted to capture the feel of Slade in full flight, the live barrage which had established them as a major live draw long before their records started selling; Holder and Jim Lea's "Take Me Bak 'Ome" was custom-built to relieve that deficiency".

Critical reception

Record Mirror magazine reviewed the single upon release, "Still mangling the English language title-wise, but also still winging on a sure commercial course. Slade are here forced along by Noddy Holder's strident, straight-through-a-brick-wall voice. It's a riff-based number, with good bass figures rolling along, and gets right to the heart of what makes this crowd pulling team click. Powerful and rocking - and their best yet for me. Chart certain."

NME magazine wrote "Slade hit back with a strong rocker written by Jimmy Lea and Noddy Holder. This is a bright change after their last two which lacked the power and punch the band proudly sports. Noddy's vocals are remarkably good in the traditional shouting approach which sounds like he's using his whole body to sing."

One music magazine wrote "This is closer in spirit to "Get Down and Get With It

Get Down and Get With It

"Get Down and Get With It" is a single from rock band Slade which appeared on the album Sladest. It was written by Bobby Marchan. The single was released in 1971 and peaked at #16 in the UK, spending 14 weeks on the chart. This was Slade's first chart entry in their career...

", than the records in between. It's a rolling, driving, medium-boogie opening with cries, tambourine, deep sonorous guitar and throbbing bass. There can be no doubt that it'll be another very successful record and it's good to see that Slade are reaching new audience all the time as folk weary of cleverness in music and move back to a bit of rough stuff. The b-side is oddly Beatles-y - their 'Rubber Soul' period - and will probably never be heard. Another goodie."

Chart performance

Chart (1972)	Peak position	Total weeks
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	9	13
Belgian Singles Chart	12	10
Dutch Singles Chart	5	6
French Singles Chart	45	9
German Singles Chart	10	16
Irish Singles Chart	4	5
South African Singles Chart	8	10
UK Singles Chart	1	13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	97	2

Cover versions

• In 1973, Vandyke Brown, Unicorn Express and Indigo Blue recorded the song along with Slade tracks Cum On Feel the Noize
  Cum on Feel the Noize
  "Cum On Feel the Noize" is a rock song originally released by Slade in 1973.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, "Cum On Feel the Noize" was Slade's fourth number-one single in the UK and their first to enter straight at number one...
  
   and Coz I Luv You
  Coz I Luv You
  "Coz I Luv You" is a song by Slade, written by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea and produced by Chas Chandler. It was the band's second hit single in the UK and the first of six number one singles. It was released on 30/10/1971 and was last seen on the charts on 05/02/1972 at #44...
  
  for the album Million Copy Hit Songs Made Famous by Slade, T. Rex, Sweet.

Personnel

• Noddy Holder: Lead vocals and guitar
• Jim Lea: Bass guitar and backing vocals
• Dave Hill: Lead guitar and backing vocals
• Don Powell: Drums