Single:
Take Me Bak ‘Ome entered the Australian singles chart* on 31 July 1972 and peaked at #11. It was #58 on the Top 100 of 1972.
Album:
Take Me Bak ‘Ome wasn’t originally released on an album, but was included on their Sladest compilation LP, which entered the Australian albums chart* on 5 November 1973 and peaked at #28.
Songwriters:
Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
Producer:
Chas Chandler
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
In a 1972 interview with Sounds, guitarist Dave Hill described the song as a “live, earth-dirt song”. He said: “I felt much more out of that than I did from all the rest, it projected more, and it wasn’t just a hit record. I didn’t know if that kind of song could make it, and it was great having a thick, dirty song up at number one.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Me_Bak_’Ome
Lyrics:
Oha, Came up to you one night
Noticed the look in your eye
I saw you was on your own
And it was alright
Yeh it was alright
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