Brick House (song)

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"Brick House"
Brick House by Commodores US 12-inch vinyl.png
US 12-inch vinyl single
Single by Commodores
from the album Commodores
B-side "Captain Quick Draw"
ReleasedAugust 26, 1977
Recorded1977
Genre Funk [1] [2]
Length3:37 (single/album version)
6:12 (12" mix)
Label Motown
Songwriters Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, William King
Producers James Anthony Carmichael and the Commodores
Commodores singles chronology
"Easy"
(1977)		"Brick House"
(1977)		"Too Hot ta Trot"
(1978)

"Brick House" is a song from Commodores' 1977 self-titled album (released as Zoom in the UK). The single peaked at number 5 in the U.S. and number 32 in the UK Singles Chart. [3]

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Background

Lionel Richie stated that the song's title is a play on the expression "built like a brick shithouse", referring to a strongly built woman. [4]

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 32
US Billboard Hot 100 [9] 5
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard ) [10] 4

References

  1. ↑ Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. ↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Clinton Administration: Funk". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 131. ISBN   978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 116/7. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  4. ↑ Maria Granditsky (November 28, 1996). "Miss Funkyflyy's Lionel Richie Interview". Hem.bredband.net. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5435a." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
  6. ↑ "Commodores – Brick House" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  7. ↑ "Commodores – Brick House". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  9. ↑ "Commodores Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Commodores Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
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