"Taking You Home" is a song by Don Henley from 2000 album ''

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''. The track was written by Henley along with Stuart Brawley and

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and was Henley's only number one on the

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chart as a solo artist. "Taking You Home" stayed at number one for four weeks and went to number 58 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

In popular culture

The song was used in the closing scenes of the 21st episode of the sixth season of '' ER'', entitled " Such Sweet Sorrow", when the characters of

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(

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) and

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( George Clooney) reunite after over a year apart. In 2017, the song was also used in the closing scenes of the season three finale of

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's original series '' Good Witch'', when lead characters Cassie Nightingale ( Catherine Bell) and Dr. Sam Radford (

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) become engaged to be married.

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References

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In popular culture

Charts

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