House of Love (Amy Grant song)

Infobox Single
Name = House of Love


Artist = Amy Grant
from Album = House Of Love
Released = 1994
Format = Cassette single, Promotional single, CD single
[Recorded =]
Genre = CCM, Adult Contemporary, Pop, Soul
Length = 4:38
Label = A&M
Writer = Wally Wilson, Kenny Greenberg, Greg Barnhill
Producer = Keith Thomas
Last single = Grown-Up Christmas List
(1992)
This single = House of Love
(1994)
Next single = Lucky One
(1994)"House of Love" is a 1994 single by Christian music singer Amy Grant, recorded as a duet with country singer Vince Gill. It was released as the first single from her "House Of Love" album in the United States and the fourth and final single from the album in the United Kingdom.

Official versions

Audio versions

*Original album version (4:38), available on the "House Of Love" album
*The Classic Philly Soul mix
*The South Street Remix
*Kupper 12" mix
*UK radio mix

Video versions

*Original album version, available on the 2004 DVD "Greatest Videos 1986-2004"
*Alternate version, available as a bonus video on "Greatest Videos 1986-2004"

ingles

U.S. promotional CD single

#"House of Love" (LP version)
#"House of Love" (The Classic Philly Soul mix)
#"House of Love" (The South Street Remix)

U.S. retail CD single

#"House of Love" (The Classic Philly Soul mix)
#"House of Love" (The South Street Remix)
#"House of Love" (LP version)
#"House of Love" (Kupper 12" mix)

U.K. retail CD single

#"House of Love" (Radio mix) [by Al Clay]
#"Baby Baby" (No Getting Over You mix)
#"Good For Me"
#"House of Love"

U.K. retail CD single II

#"House of Love" (Radio mix)
#"Big Yellow Taxi" (Paradise mix)
#"That's What Love Is For"
#"Lead Me On"

Background

Following the massive success of her 1991 hit album "Heart In Motion", Amy Grant took some time off from recording and touring. She conceived her third child in early 1992, and Sarah Cannon Chapman was born on October 11. That same month, Grant's second Christmas album, "Home For Christmas" was released, spawning two major singles: "Breath Of Heaven" and "Grown Up Christmas List."

Grant spent much of 1993 writing songs for her next album, "House of Love", but also found time to record "Songs from the Loft", a praise and worship album for teenagers that won the 1994 GMA Music Award for "Praise & Worship Album of the Year." "House of Love" was soon completed thereafter, and the title track, a duet with country singer Vince Gill, was issued as its first single.

Chart success

As the first single from Amy Grant since "Heart In Motion", "House of Love" performed moderately well on the charts. Although it didn't reach the Christian radio charts, it was a huge success on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at #5. It also cracked the Top Forty of the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached #37, and became a minor hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at #46 in that country.

Notwithstanding its chart success, the remaining legacy of "House of Love" is that the recording sessions for the song are where Grant and Gill first spent meaningful time together, and they soon became fast friends. Throughout the 1990s they remained so. Later, Grant divorced from her husband Gary Chapman in 1999; Gill had divorced in 1998. Grant and Gill married a year later, and thus established the legacy of "House of Love" as the point where Amy Grant and Vince Gill first began their friendly relationship.

Music sample

Charts

US

UK