<P> By the mid-1980s , Eddie Money had reached a low - point in his recording career after several years of drug abuse . Columbia Records still wanted to keep Money on its roster , but restricted his creative control regarding his output . Record producer Richie Zito brought Money the song `` Take Me Home Tonight '' , and Money would recall : `` I did n't care for the demo ( but ) it did have a good catch line . When I heard ( a snippet of ) ' Be My Baby ' in it I said : ' Why ca n't we get Ronnie Spector to sing it ? ' ( and was told ) ' That 's impossible . ' '' Money invited his friend Martha Davis , lead vocalist of the Motels , to sing the lines from `` Be My Baby '' on `` Take Me Home Tonight '' : Davis encouraged him to try to recruit Spector herself and Money was eventually able to speak on the phone to Spector at her home in northern California : Money - `` I could hear clinking and clanking in the background ... She said : ' I 'm doing the dishes , and I got ta change the kids ' bedding . I 'm not really in the business anymore , Eddie . Phil Spector and all that , it was a nightmare ' ... I said ' Ronnie , I got this song that 's truly amazing and it 's a tribute to you . It would be so great if you ... did it with me . ' '' The success of `` Take Me Home Tonight '' encouraged Spector to resume her singing career . In 1987 Money would say of `` Take Me Home Tonight '' : `` I did n't like the song , but ... it helped Ronnie out and it helped me get some of my other material on the album across , so now I 'm happy I did it . '' </P>
who is the girl that sings with eddie money in take me home tonight
Martha Davis