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| Single byBilly Satellite | ||||
| from the album Billy Satellite | ||||
| B-side | "Rockin' Down the Highway" | |||
| Released | December 1984 | |||
| Genre | AOR,pop rock | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | Capitol Capitol 5409 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Don Gehman | |||
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| Single byEddie Money | ||||
| from the albumCan't Hold Back | ||||
| B-side | "Broken DownChevy" | |||
| Released | December 1986 | |||
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| Length | 3:59 | |||
| Label | Columbia Columbia 38-06569 | |||
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"I Wanna Go Back" is a 1984 song by Americanrock bandBilly Satellite, written by band membersMonty Byrom,Danny Chauncey, and Ira Walker, that achieved major popularity when recorded byEddie Money in 1986. Another version was recorded by formerSantana/Journey keyboardist/singerGregg Rolie for his self-titled 1985 debut solo album.
Released in 1984 as the band's debut single, it reached theBillboard Hot 100 chart on December 8, 1984, charting for three weeks and peaking at number 78,[3] and number 72Cash Box. The mid-tempo song is reliant on synthesizers but contains a short guitarsolo in thebridge and some guitar in theoutro. The music video begins with the members of Billy Satellite driving a jeep toAlameda,California to the site of a previous live show; the latter portion features the band playing in a bar there.
American rock singerEddie Money covered the song on his 1986 albumCan't Hold Back, and it was released as the follow-up single to the top-ten hit "Take Me Home Tonight". It reached number 14 on theBillboard Hot 100, #33 Adult Contemporary,[4] and number three on theAlbum Rock Tracks chart in early 1987. Money's version, whichAllMusic's Mike DeGagne says has "sincere, semi-ballad charm,"[5] still relies heavily on synthesizers but includes more guitar and adds saxophone in theintro, bridge, and outro, with backing vocals byMarilyn Martin.[citation needed] The music video to his version features Money revisiting a high school interspersed with him and his band playing before a concert audience. Martin can also be seen in the video as mysterious figure that Money briefly follows through the crowd at the school dance, representing the girl who got away.
Upon its release,Billboard described "I Wanna Go Back" as a "hard rock ballad" which "capsulizes grown-up regret".[6]Cash Box called it a "hook-laden mid-tempo rocker" which shows off Money's "grainy, expressive voice" and provides a "solid follow up" to "Take Me Home Tonight".[7]
| Chart (1986–87) | Peak position |
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| U.S.Billboard Hot 100 | 14 |
| U.S.BillboardAlbum Rock Tracks | 3 |
| U.S.BillboardAdult Contemporary | 33 |
| CanadianRPM Top Singles | 42 |
