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Home is the last song from The Wiz, also featured in the movie and the TV special. The song is a reprise of "Soon As I Get Home", which Dorothy Gale sings in order for the Silver Shoes to take her home.

This replaces the sayings "Take me home to Aunt Em !", from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and "There's no place like home", from MGM's The Wizard of Oz. It was originally sung by Stephanie Mills, and later by Diana Ross in the film, and Shanice Williams in the 2015 television version.

Like "Over the Rainbow", several famous singers have also covered "Home" for albums and singles that otherwise have nothing to do with Oz, including Gladys Knight, Whitney Houston and Jasmine Sullivan.

"Home" Lyrics[]

  • When I think of home
  • I think of a place where there's love overflowing
  • I wish I was home
  • I wish I was back there with the things I been knowing
  • Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning
  • Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning
  • Sprinklin' the scene, makes it all clean
  • Maybe there's a chance for me to go back there
  • Now that I have some direction
  • It would sure be nice to be back home
  • Where there's love and affection
  • And just maybe I can convince time to slow up
  • Giving me enough time in my life to grow up
  • Time be my friend, let me start again
  • Suddenly my world has changed it's face
  • But I still know where I'm going
  • I have had my mind spun around in space
  • And yet I've watched it growing
  • If you're list'ning God
  • Please don't make it hard to know
  • If we should believe in the things that we see
  • Tell us, should we run away
  • Should we try and stay
  • Or would it be better just to let things be?
  • Living here, in this brand new world
  • Might be a fantasy
  • But it taught me to love
  • So it's real, real to me
  • And I've learned
  • That we must look inside our hearts
  • To find a world full of love
  • Like yours
  • Like me
  • Like home...

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Trivia[]

  • Stephanie Mills recorded an R&B version in 1989, for the album Home.
  • In the movie, Dorothy sings "Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning/Suddenly the snowflakes that fall have a meaning", referencing the facts that she lives in urban Harlem instead of rural Kansas, and was sent to Oz in a blizzard cyclone instead of a tornado.
  • Diana Ross later recorded a pop version that combined the play and the movie lyrics: "Wind that makes the tall trees bend into leaning/Suddenly the raindrops that fall have a meaning".
  • In 1978, Broadway star Andrea McArdle makes a cover of that song in the Christmas special Christmas at Walt Disney World.

Videos[]

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Home (Finale) The Wiz-Original Cast Recording-0

Broadway Version

Home

Movie Version

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Shanice Williams, Original Television Cast of the Wiz LIVE! - Home (Pseudo Video)

Live Version

Stephanie Mills - Home (Official Video)

Music Video

Cover Versions[]

  • In 1978, Andrea McArdle sang the song in Christmas at Walt Disney World.
  • Whitney Houston made her world debut on The Merv Griffin Show on April 29, 1983 performing this song. She had covered the song several times in concert during her US Tour 1985, Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa 1994 HBO TV special, and her My Love Is Your Love Tour in 1999. Her 1983 performance on The Merv Griffin Show was included in the CD/DVD release Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances and as a bonus on the DVD Whitney: The Greatest Hits and the 25th anniversary deluxe edition of her debut album.
  • In 2007, Melinda Doolittle performed the song on American Idol (season 6) and subsequently released a studio version.
  • In 2012, a version by Barbra Streisand recorded in 1985 for The Broadway Album but not initially released was finally included on Release Me.
  • In 2023, a version by Brandi Carlile played over the credits in season 3, episode 11 of Ted Lasso.
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