"Home Run" is the debut single by British singer Misha B, was officially released 15 July 2012. It was written and produced by Uzoechi Osisioma Emenike (MNEK) and Misha Bryan. The music video was released on 15 June 2012.

Home Run first appears briefly on Misha B's debut mixtape Why Hello World which was released for free download on 27 April. which became BBC Radio 1Xtra's mixtape of the week, the following week. The mixtape features a collection of original material including samples of original songs – "Big Dreaming", "Last Forever" and "Home Run" (plus covers of "Rolling in the Deep", "Mirror", "Unpretty", "Run the World", "Crew Love" and "Climax"). The mixtape received positive reviews and gained over 16,000 downloads and 25,000 streams.

On 2 May 2012, she announced that her debut official single would be "Home Run", a full version of the song was made available to stream via Soundcloud on 1 June 2012. The music video for the single which was directed by Rohan Blair-Mangat, premiered on 15 June. On 19 June she revealed the artwork for the single. The single was added to both BBC Radio One and BBC Radio 1Xtra playlists, as well as the video being on the MTV playlist.

The song was officially released on 15 July 2012 by Relentless Records and charted at No. 11, on the Official UK singles chart.

"Home Run" was co-written and produced by British songwriter MNEK and Misha Bryan. According to Bryan, Home Run "is based on a ballad I wrote about my ex and I just changed it up to give it a fresh, fun vibe."

"Home Run is about that special someone who gets you so excited, so hyped that you lose control! When I perform it, I feel that same energy on stage – it makes you wanna dance," Misha explained.

4 Music described "It has a catchy hook combined with reggae-infused, drum and bass influenced beats, and this combined with Misha's powerful and soulful vocals has got us moving" . "The song starts off with a typical power ballad style, before quickly transitioning into a glitch drum and bass beat, perfectly complementing Misha B’s brazen, soulful vocal delivery" "Home Run" has been described as a fusion of multiple genres – "R&B, hip-hop, grime, dance, pop and soul", "chucking soul, R&B, grime and pop into the kitchen sink", "dancehall/soul-tinged" "funky dancehall".

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