{{Infobox song | name = Home Alone Tonight | cover = HomeAloneTonight.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Luke Bryan featuring Karen Fairchild | album = Kill the Lights | released = {{Start date|2015|11|23}} | recorded = 2015 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Country pop|country rock}} | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=10}} | label = Capitol Nashville | writer = {{hlist|Jody Stevens|Cole Taylor|Jaida Dreyer|Tommy Cecil}} | producer = {{hlist|Jeff Stevens|Jody Stevens}} | chronology = Luke Bryan | prev_title = Strip It Down | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day | next_year = 2016 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Karen Fairchild | type = single | prev_title = A Ride Back Home | prev_year = 2009 | title = Home Alone Tonight | year = 2015 | next_title = | next_year = }} }} "'''Home Alone Tonight'''" is a song recorded by American country music artist Luke Bryan as a duet with Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town. It was recorded for his fifth studio album, ''Kill the Lights'' (2015). Upon the release of the album, the song entered the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart at number 33 on the strength of digital downloads. It was serviced to American country radio on November 23, 2015 as the album's third official single.<ref>{{cite web|title=R&R :: Going For Adds :: Country|url=http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/PublishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=11/23/2015&Format=4|publisher=Radio & Records|access-date=15 November 2015|format=Week Of: November 23, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030903/http://gfa.radioandrecords.com/PublishGFA/GFANextPage.asp?sDate=11%2F23%2F2015&Format=4|archive-date=17 November 2015}}</ref> The song was written by Jody Stevens, Cole Taylor, Jaida Dreyer and Tommy Cecil.
==Live performances== Bryan and Fairchild performed the song live at the 2015 American Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/luke-bryan-karen-fairchild-duet-american-music-awards/|title=Luke Bryan, Karen Fairchild to Duet at American Music Awards|date=9 November 2015|work=Taste of Country|access-date=11 November 2015}}</ref>
==Content== The song is a mid-tempo ballad in which a man and woman meet in a bar and plot revenge on their former lovers together.<ref name="toc">{{cite web|url=http://tasteofcountry.com/luke-bryan-karen-fairchild-home-alone-tonight/|title=Luke Bryan (Feat. Karen Fairchild), 'Home Alone Tonight' [Listen]|date=November 16, 2015|work=Taste of Country|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>
==Critical reception== An uncredited review from ''Taste of Country'' was favorable, stating that it "features more progressive production than 'Strip It Down,' but isn’t quite as edgy as 'Kick the Dust Up.' One would hardly call the arrangement organic, but that fits the mood. The two spontaneous lovers promise they won’t regret what’s to come, even though both know it’s not true. It’s an inevitability that many will relate to."<ref name="toc"/>
==Commercial performance== The song debuted at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart dated of August 29, 2015, the week the album was released, selling 13,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/08/37085-top-30-digital-country-singles-chart-for-august-18-2015 |title=Top 30 Digital Country Singles chart for August 18, 2015|first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date= August 18, 2015|work=Roughstock }} Sales figure given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iCttUVD8yszJ_ZggOX2ZvtzIidl-K8gT41kjXRT0I5I/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=0 here]</ref> It debuted at number 55 on the Country Airplay chart dated of November 14, 2015 in anticipation of its official release. After Bryan and Fairchild performed the song on the 2015 American Music Awards, it debuted at number 97 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart dated of December 12, 2015, selling 16,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/11/39397-top-30-digital-singles-chart-november-30-2015 |title=Top 30 Digital Singles Chart: November 30, 2015 |first= Matt |last= Bjorke |date= November 30, 2015|work=Roughstock }}</ref> It became Bryan's thirteenth consecutive (and fifteenth overall) number one country music single on the Country Airplay chart dated of February 13, 2016. The song has sold 441,000 copies in the US as of April 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/04/40094-top-30-digital-country-singles-chart |title=Top 30 Digital Country Singles Chart: April 4, 2016|first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date=April 3, 2016 |work=Roughstock }}</ref>
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Chart (2015–2016) ! Peak <br> position |- {{singlechart|Canada|55|artist=Luke Bryan}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcanadacountry|1|artist=Luke Bryan}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|38|artist=Luke Bryan}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountryairplay|1|artist=Luke Bryan}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Luke Bryan}} |- |} {{col-2}}
===Year end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"| Chart (2016) !scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Country Airplay (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Country Airplay: Year End 2016|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/country-airplay-songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 13, 2016}}</ref> | 27 |- ! scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Country Songs: Year End 2016|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/hot-country-songs|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=December 13, 2016}}</ref> | 21 |- |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|digital=true|artist=Luke Bryan|title=Home Alone Tonight|award=Gold|certyear=2016|certmonth=6|access-date=September 10, 2016}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Luke Bryan|title=Home Alone Tonight|award=Platinum|relyear=2015|certyear=2023|refname="RIAA cert"|accessdate=March 2, 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom | noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Luke Bryan}} {{Little Big Town}}
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Category:2015 songs Category:2015 singles Category:Capitol Records Nashville singles Category:Luke Bryan songs Category:Male–female vocal duets Category:Country ballads