# Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292 "2010-05-21T19:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/1 "2010-05-21T19:41:23Z")
This old warhorse of a rock ballad includes the line, “Just like Ronnie sang, Be my little baby.” Who’s Ronnie? ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/2 "2010-05-21T19:44:01Z")
I think it’s Ronnie Spector of “Be My Baby” fame. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TD0166KpAhs/hqdefault.jpg "Ronnie Spector & the Ronettes - Be My Baby on Sha Na Na Show") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0166KpAhs) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/3 "2010-05-21T19:45:56Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I think it’s Ronnie Spector of “Be My Baby” fame. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0166KpAhs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0166KpAhs) Who also sings the “be my little baby” line in Eddie’s mix. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/4 "2010-05-21T19:47:25Z")
> [@Valgard](#): > > I think it’s Ronnie Spector of “Be My Baby” fame. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0166KpAhs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0166KpAhs) Oh yes, it is - and that’s Ronnie singing “Be my little baby” throughout the song, including the “oh oh oh oh oh” - a signature bit of hers from the original Be My Baby. [Be My Baby](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0upHlWfQ4)by the Ronnettes is a quintessential example of Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound production style. [Brian Wilson has referred to it as the best song ever](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_My_Baby) (wiki link which includes Wilson quote)… ETA: simul-post! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/5 "2010-05-21T20:25:49Z")
Hey, thanks - good to know. I hadn’t realized her and Phil’s marriage was so fraught. Yikes!: [Ronnie Spector - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Spector) ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/6 "2010-05-21T21:32:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Hey, thanks - good to know. > > I hadn’t realized her and Phil’s marriage was so fraught. Yikes!: [Ronnie Spector - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Spector) You cannot be surprised at this. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/7 "2010-05-21T21:40:25Z")
There were stories that Specter held the Ramones at gunpoint when they were working together on an album. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/8 "2010-05-21T21:42:42Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > There were stories that Specter held the Ramones at gunpoint when they were working together on an album. The best part of the stories is that the Ramones took it in stride, as this was something perfectly normal in Phil’s world. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/9 "2010-05-21T21:49:42Z")
I’m sure when Phil Spectre was sent off the prison, the most common reaction among his family and friends must have been, “Wow, how did he manage to avoid this for so long?” ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/10 "2010-05-22T02:20:11Z")
I knew the answer to the OP’s question, but I beg to differ with Brian Wilson. The best song ever, and also Phil Spector produced, is “River Deep, Mountain High”. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ULw1RHHPv5g/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCKeKnXmb2XpYgJl1edtF5uDWP70w "Tina Turner .... river deep, mountain high") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULw1RHHPv5g) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/11 "2010-05-22T11:30:31Z")
You know, after all these years, I did not know that Eddie was saying “Just like Ronnie …” I could never quite make out the words. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/12 "2010-05-22T14:55:43Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Oh yes, it is - and that’s Ronnie singing “Be my little baby” throughout the song, including the “oh oh oh oh oh” - a signature bit of hers from the original Be My Baby. That’s also her shimmying quite irresistably in the music video. One of my favorite brainworms. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eddie-moneys-take-me-home-tonight/540292/13 "2010-05-23T04:11:11Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > You cannot be surprised at this. Actually, I was. Before now, I knew very little about either of them.