Take Me Home for Christmas
"Take Me Home for Christmas" is a Christmas song by American duo Dan + Shay. It was released on November 6, 2020, and later included on their sixth studio album and first Christmas project, It's Officially Christmas: The Double Album. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, the duo's eighth top 5 hit on that chart. It also reached numbers 37 and 48 on both the Country Airplay and Hot 100 charts respectively. "Take Me Home for Christmas" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, denoting sales of over 500,000 units in the country.
Background and content
Dan + Shay announced the release of the song on Instagram on November 5, 2020.Dan Smyers said about the song: "This is our first original Christmas song, our fans have asked for Christmas music every year, so I hope you all have as much fun listening to it as we did making it."
Commercial performance
On the week of December 12, 2020, "Take Me Home for Christmas" debuted at number 34 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The following week, it debuted at number 88 on the Hot 100. It also debuted at number 48 on the Country Airplay chart the week of December 26, and peaked at number 37 the next week before leaving the chart. The song peaked at numbers two and 48 on the Hot Country Songs and Hot 100 charts the week of January 2, 2021, staying for five and four weeks respectively. The song was certified gold by the RIAA on February 3, 2022.In Canada, the track debuted and peaked at numbers 45 and 91 on the Canada Country and Canadian Hot 100 charts respectively for the week of January 2, 2021.