My House (Kids of 88 song)

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"My House"
Kidsof88 MyHouseCoverArt.jpg
Single by Kids of 88
Released20 April 2009
Genre
Length3:58
Label Dryden St
Songwriter(s) Joel Little, Sam McCarthy
Kids of 88 singles chronology
"My House"
(2009)
"Just a Little Bit"
(2010)

"My House" is the first single from electropop band Kids of 88. It was released on 20 April 2009. [1] The song was on the New Zealand Singles Chart for 17 weeks in 2009, peaking at #3.

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History

When the New Zealand music television channel C4 used "My House" on one of its advertising campaigns,[ when? ][ citation needed ] the song quickly became very popular in New Zealand, and peaked at #3 on the New Zealand Top 40 singles chart in June 2009. [2] Kids of 88 describe it as "a cross between a late 80s police drama intro theme and a sophisticated super hussy". [3] The song was certified Gold [4] after eight weeks on the chart,[ citation needed ] selling over 7,500 copies. [5]

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak positionSales
New Zealand Singles Chart [2] 315,000+ (platinum) [6]

Year-end charts

Chart (2009)Ranking
New Zealand Singles Chart 32 [7]

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