"Love House" is a pop

Pop music

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–dance

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 song performed by British

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 singer Samantha Fox

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Samantha Karen "Sam" Fox is an English dance-pop singer, actress, and former glamour model. In 1983, at the age of 16, she began her topless modeling career on Page Three of The Sun, and went on to become a popular pin-up girl...

 and written by Ferdi Bolland and Rob Bolland. It was produced

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 by Ferdi Bolland and Rob Bolland. It was released as the first European single

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 from Samantha’s third album, I Wanna Have Some Fun

I Wanna Have Some Fun

I Wanna Have Some Fun is the third album by Samantha Fox, released in November 1988 by Jive Records. The album is a funky mixture of dance pop, R&B and bubblegum, replete with drum machines and bass beats....

, in the third quarter of 1988

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. In The United States

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 it was released as the album's third and final single in 1989.

Song information

"Love House" was one of the first acid house

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 singles to appear on mainstream charts. In 2009, reflecting on the rave

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Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...

 era Fox stated, "Of course, I experienced the acid house scene. It actually happened in London at the end of the 80’s and acid house parties were held in disused warehouses that were taken over for one night only."

Among the samples

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 used is a vocable

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 from "Just That Type of Girl" by Madame X. The "Black Pyramid Mix" was produced by dance music

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 pioneer Kevin Saunderson

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.

Reception

The Orlando Sentinel praised the song saying, "Rob and Ferdi Bolland twiddle the knobs to grand effect on 'Love House' and also on 'One in a Million.'" Dallas Morning News, however, dismissed the track as "computerized schlock" and "pseudofunk."

The single peaked at number thirty-two in United Kingdom

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. However, in the United States

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, it charted on the Billboard Dance Club Chart at #14.

Music video

The single's music video

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 was avant-garde

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 in concept, with Fox shown in various outfits including a kimono

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 and a sari

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. Fox's exuberant performance is contrasted with eerie characters and effects, creating a sense of foreboding.

Formats and track listings

7" Single

1. "Love House" (7" Version) - 3:35
2. "Don't Cheat On Me" - 3:03

UK 12" Single

1. "Love House" (The Black Pyramid Mix) - 6:40
2. "Love House" (Sulphuric Mix) - 7:40
3. "Don't Cheat On Me" - 3:03

US 12" Single

1. "Love House" (The Black Pyramid Mix) - 6:40
2. "Love House" (DJ Pierre Club Mix) - 5:59
3. "Love House" (7" Version) - 3:35
4. "Love House" (Coldest Mix) - 6:15
5. "Love House" (7" Remix) - 4:00
6. "Love House" (The Chicago House Jam Mix) - 6:00
7. "Don't Cheat On Me" - 3:03

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	25
Netherlands Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	10
Swiss Singles Chart	19
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	32
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	14