{{Short description|1984 single by Billy Satellite}} {{other uses}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox song | name = I Wanna Go Back | cover = I Wanna Go Back (Billy Satellite single cover).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Billy Satellite | album = Billy Satellite | B-side = Rockin' Down the Highway | released = December 1984 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = AOR, pop rock | length = 3:52 | label = Capitol<br><small>Capitol 5409</small> | writer = * Danny Chauncey * Monty Byrom * Ira Walker | producer = Don Gehman | prev_title = Satisfy Me | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|kIiIUPjItxE|"I Wanna Go Back"}}}} {{Audio sample | type=single | file = BILLY SATELLITE -- I Wanna Go Back.ogg }} }} {{Infobox song | name = I Wanna Go Back | cover = WannaEddie.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Eddie Money | album = Can't Hold Back | B-side = Broken Down Chevy | released = December 1986 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = {{hlist|Pop rock<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtmj.com/news/singer-eddie-money-dead-after-battle-with-cancer/1120536487|title=Singer Eddie Money dead after battle with cancer|last=Sorgi|first=Jay|date=13 September 2019|publisher=WTMJ|access-date=20 November 2019|archive-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913212853/http://www.wtmj.com/news/singer-eddie-money-dead-after-battle-with-cancer/1120536487|url-status=dead}}</ref>|hard rock<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61|title=Reviews - Singles|magazine=Billboard|date=13 December 1986|volume=98|page=61}}</ref>}} | length = 3:59 | label = Columbia<br><small>Columbia 38-06569</small> | writer = * Danny Chauncey * Monty Byrom * Ira Walker | producer = * Richie Zito * Eddie Money | prev_title = Take Me Home Tonight | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Endless Nights | next_year = 1987 | misc = {{Audio sample | type=single | file = EDDIE MONEY -- I Wanna Go Back.ogg}} {{External music video|{{YouTube|o0JqC2UDpoE|"I Wanna Go Back"}}}} }}
"'''I Wanna Go Back'''" is a 1984 song by American rock band Billy Satellite, written by band members Monty Byrom, Danny Chauncey, and Ira Walker. The single peaked at no. 78. Gregg Rolie recorded a cover of the song in 1985. Another cover of "I Wanna Go Back" was recorded by Eddie Money in 1986. Money's cover of the song reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 33 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number three on the Album Rock Tracks chart. ''Billboard'' described Money's cover of "I Wanna Go Back" as a "hard rock ballad" that "capsulizes grown-up regret".
==Billy Satellite version== Released in 1984 as the band's debut single, it reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart on December 8, 1984. The song charted for three weeks, peaking at number 78<ref>{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=82}}</ref> and at number 72 on ''Cash Box''. Written by band members Monty Byrom, Danny Chauncey, and Ira Walker, the mid-tempo song is reliant on synthesizers but contains a short guitar solo in the bridge and some guitar in the outro. The music video begins with the members of Billy Satellite driving a jeep to Alameda, California to the site of a previous live show; the latter portion features the band playing in a bar there.{{cn|date=April 2026}}
==Gregg Rolie version== Gregg Rolie recorded a cover of "I Wanna Go Back" in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/journey-steve-perry-videos-ranked/|title=Top 35 Videos by Journey, Together and Apart|first=Nick|last=DeRiso|date=April 14, 2024|website=Ultimate Classic Rock}}</ref>
==Eddie Money version== American rock singer Eddie Money covered the song on his 1986 album ''Can't Hold Back'', and it was released as a follow-up single to the Top 10 hit "Take Me Home Tonight". "I Wanna Go Back" reached number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 33 on the Adult Contemporary chart,<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=173}}</ref> and number three on the Album Rock Tracks chart in early 1987.
===Music video=== The music video to his version features Money revisiting a high school interspersed with him and his band playing before a concert audience. Money briefly follows a mysterious figure through the crowd at the school dance; that figure represents the girl who got away.{{cn|date=April 2026}} The video was filmed on Blackwell Street and the then-Dover High School (now The Kubert School) in Dover, New Jersey.<ref name="DoverWaterHeatersEddieMoney2025">{{cite web |title=Dover Water Heaters |url=https://waterheatersnj.com/dover-water-heater/ |website=waterheatersnj.com |access-date=16 May 2025 |language=en-us}}</ref>{{better source|date=April 2026}}
===Critical reception=== Upon its release, ''Billboard'' described "I Wanna Go Back" as a "hard rock ballad" which "capsulizes grown-up regret".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Reviews: Singles |magazine=Billboard |date=December 13, 1986 |publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc. |volume=98 |issue=50 |page=61 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> ''Cash Box'' called it a "hook-laden mid-tempo rocker" which shows off Money's "grainy, expressive voice" and provides a "solid follow up" to "Take Me Home Tonight".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Single Releases |magazine=Cash Box |date=December 13, 1986 |volume=50 |issue=26 |page=8 |issn=0008-7289}}</ref> AllMusic's Mike DeGagne said that Money's version of the song had "sincere, semi-ballad charm".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cant-hold-back-mw0000194908|title=Can't Hold Back - Eddie Money {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=DeGagne|first=Mike|website=AllMusic|access-date=15 April 2010}}</ref>
===Charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (1986–87){{cn|date=April 2026}} !Peak<br/>position |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="center"|14 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks |align="center"|3 |- |U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary |align="center"|33 |- |Canadian ''RPM'' Top Singles |align="center"|42 |}
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Category:1984 songs Category:1984 singles Category:1986 singles Category:Eddie Money songs Category:Songs written by Monty Byrom Category:Capitol Records singles Category:Columbia Records singles