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"Love House"
"Love House"
Single by Samantha Fox
from the album I Wanna Have Some Fun
B-side	"Don't Cheat on Me"
Released	October 1988
Genre	Acid house; freestyle;
Length	4:34
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Rob Bolland; Ferdi Bolland;
Producer(s)	Rob Bolland; Ferdi Bolland;
Samantha Fox singles chronology
Music video
	"Love House" on YouTube

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"Love House" is a song by English singer Samantha Fox from her third studio album, I Wanna Have Some Fun (1988). Rob Bolland and Ferdi Bolland wrote and produced the song. It was released as the first European single from the album in the third quarter of 1988. In the United States, it was released as the album's third and final single in 1989.

Song information

"Love House" was one of the first acid house singles to appear on mainstream charts.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, reflecting on the rave 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."^[2]

Among the samples used is a vocable from "Just That Type of Girl" by Madame X and "Yamsaharny" by singer Umm Kulthum. The "Black Pyramid Mix" was produced by electronic music producer Kevin Saunderson.

Reception

Upon the single release Jerry Smith of British magazine Music Week found that "Acid House has well and truly gone overground" here and single already "picked up by aficionados for its bandwagon jumping Acid Mixes, where her vocal is at a minimum."^[3] 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'."^[4] The Dallas Morning News, however, dismissed the track as "computerized schlock" and "pseudofunk."^[5]

The single peaked at number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100. However, it reached number 14 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Music video

The single's music video was avant-garde in concept, with Fox shown in various outfits including a kimono and a sari. Fox's exuberant performance is contrasted with eerie characters and effects, creating a sense of foreboding.

Track listings

7-inch single

A. "Love House" – 3:35

B. "Don't Cheat on Me" – 3:03

UK 12-inch single

A. "Love House" (The Black Pyramid mix) – 6:40

B1. "Love House" (Sulphuric mix) – 7:40

B2. "Don't Cheat on Me" – 3:03

US 12-inch single

A1. "Love House" (The Black Pyramid mix) – 6:40

A2. "Love House" (DJ Pierre Club mix) – 5:59

A3. "Love House" (7″ edit) – 3:35

B1. "Love House" (Coldest mix) – 6:15

B2. "Love House" (7″ remix) – 4:00

B3. "Love House" (The Chicago House Jam mix) – 6:00

B4. "Don't Cheat on Me" – 3:03

Charts

Chart performance for *Love House*
Chart (1988–1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[6]	86
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[7]	11
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)^[8]	35
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[9]	6
Italy (Musica e dischi)^[10]	17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[11]	10
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[12]	10
Spain (AFYVE)^[13]	10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[14]	19
UK Singles (OCC)^[15]	32
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)^[16]	13
US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)^[17]	23
West Germany (GfK)^[18]	25

References

^ "Love House single".
^ Kane, Kirsty. "How Samantha Fox and Marc Mysterio want to help dance music" Archived 3 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine 25 September 2009.
^ Jerry Smith (12 November 1988). "Samantha Fox: "Love House" (Jive/Zomba FOXY(T) 10)" (PDF). Singles Reviews. Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. p. 21. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via World Radio History.
^ Fields, Curt (15 January 1989). "Samantha Fox". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
^ Samuels, Lennox (1 January 1989). "DIAMOND SHOWS HIS MANY FACETS IN 'BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES'". The Dallas Morning News.
^ Scott, Gavin (22 April 2014). "This Week In 1989: April 23, 1989". Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Samantha Fox – Love House" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 52/1. 1 January 1989. p. 36. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
^ "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 4 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Samantha Fox".
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Samantha Fox" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Samantha Fox – Love House" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
^ "Samantha Fox – Love House". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Samantha Fox: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Samantha Fox Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Samantha Fox Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Samantha Fox – Love House" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[1] "Love House single".

[2] Kane, Kirsty. "How Samantha Fox and Marc Mysterio want to help dance music" Archived 3 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine 25 September 2009.

[mw_rev-3] Jerry Smith (12 November 1988). "Samantha Fox: "Love House" (Jive/Zomba FOXY(T) 10)" (PDF). Singles Reviews. Music Week. Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. p. 21. ISSN 0265-1548. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 August 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023 – via World Radio History.

[4] Fields, Curt (15 January 1989). "Samantha Fox". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.

[5] Samuels, Lennox (1 January 1989). "DIAMOND SHOWS HIS MANY FACETS IN 'BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES'". The Dallas Morning News.

[6] Scott, Gavin (22 April 2014). "This Week In 1989: April 23, 1989". Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[sc_Flanders_Samantha_Fox-7] "Samantha Fox – Love House" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[8] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 6, no. 52/1. 1 January 1989. p. 36. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.

[9] Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.

[10] "Classifiche". Musica e Dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 4 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Samantha Fox".

[sc_Dutch40_Samantha_Fox-11] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Samantha Fox" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[sc_Dutch100_Samantha_Fox-12] "Samantha Fox – Love House" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[13] Salaverrie, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

[sc_Switzerland_Samantha_Fox-14] "Samantha Fox – Love House". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[sc_UKsinglesbyname_Samantha_Fox-15] "Samantha Fox: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[sc_Billboarddanceclubplay_Samantha_Fox-16] "Samantha Fox Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[sc_Billboarddancesales_Samantha_Fox-17] "Samantha Fox Chart History (Dance Singles Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[sc_West_Germany_Samantha_Fox-18] "Offiziellecharts.de – Samantha Fox – Love House" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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 "'''Love House'''" is a song by English singer [[Samantha Fox]] from her third studio album, ''[[I Wanna Have Some Fun]]'' (1988). [[Rob Bolland]] and [[Ferdi Bolland]] wrote and produced the song. It was released as the first European single from the album in the third quarter of 1988. In the United States, it was released as the album's third and final single in 1989.
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 "Love House" was one of the first [[acid house]] singles to appear on mainstream charts.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} In 2009, reflecting on the [[rave]] 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."<ref>Kane, Kirsty. [http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/how-samantha-fox-and-marc-mysterio-want-to-help-dance-music/ "How Samantha Fox and Marc Mysterio want to help dance music"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203115305/http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/how-samantha-fox-and-marc-mysterio-want-to-help-dance-music/ |date=3 December 2009 }} 25 September 2009.</ref>
-Among the [[sampling (music)|samples]] used is a [[Non-lexical vocables in music|vocable]] from "Just That Type of Girl" by [[Bernadette Cooper|Madame X]] and "Yamsaharny" by legendary singer [[Umm Kulthum]]. The "Black Pyramid Mix" was produced by electronic music producer [[Kevin Saunderson]].
+Among the [[sampling (music)|samples]] used is a [[Non-lexical vocables in music|vocable]] from "Just That Type of Girl" by [[Bernadette Cooper|Madame X]] and "Yamsaharny" by singer [[Umm Kulthum]]. The "Black Pyramid Mix" was produced by electronic music producer [[Kevin Saunderson]].
 ==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'."<ref>{{cite news |last=Fields |first=Curt |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/89584601.html?dids=89584601:89584601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+15%2C+1989&author=Curt+Fields+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=SAMANTHA+FOX&pqatl=google |title=Samantha Fox |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=15 January 1989}}</ref> ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', however, dismissed the track as "computerized schlock" and "pseudofunk."<ref>{{cite news |last=Samuels |first=Lennox |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00377,0ED3D04CC13738A5.html |title=DIAMOND SHOWS HIS MANY FACETS IN 'BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES' |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |date=1 January 1989}}</ref>
+Upon the single release Jerry Smith of British magazine ''[[Music Week]]'' found that "Acid House has well and truly gone overground" here and single already "picked up by aficionados for its bandwagon jumping Acid Mixes, where her vocal is at a minimum."<ref name="mw rev">{{cite magazine|author=Jerry Smith|date=12 November 1988|title=Samantha Fox: "Love House" (Jive/Zomba FOXY(T) 10)|magazine=[[Music Week]]|department=Singles Reviews|page=21|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-11-12.pdf#page=37|via=World Radio History|issn=0265-1548|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828231846/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-11-12.pdf|archive-date=28 August 2023|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref> 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'."<ref>{{cite news |last=Fields |first=Curt |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/89584601.html?dids=89584601:89584601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+15%2C+1989&author=Curt+Fields+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=SAMANTHA+FOX&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714034446/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/89584601.html?dids=89584601:89584601&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+15,+1989&author=Curt+Fields+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=SAMANTHA+FOX&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Samantha Fox |newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |date=15 January 1989}}</ref> ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'', however, dismissed the track as "computerized schlock" and "pseudofunk."<ref>{{cite news |last=Samuels |first=Lennox |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/DM/lib00377,0ED3D04CC13738A5.html |title=DIAMOND SHOWS HIS MANY FACETS IN 'BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES' |newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |date=1 January 1989}}</ref>
 The single peaked at number 32 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. In the United States, it failed to reach the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. However, it reached number 14 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Hot Dance Club Play]] chart.
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-! scope="col"| Chart (1988–89)
+! scope="col"| Chart (1988–1989)
 ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
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-! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|first=Gavin|last=Scott|url=https://www.chartbeats.com.au/post/23april1989|title=This Week In 1989: April 23, 1989|publisher=Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop.|accessdate=23 October 2020}}</ref>
+! scope="row"| Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|first=Gavin|last=Scott|url=https://www.chartbeats.com.au/post/23april1989|title=This Week In 1989: April 23, 1989|website=Chart Beats: A Journey Through Pop|date=22 April 2014|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923201014/https://www.chartbeats.com.au/post/23april1989|archive-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
 | 86
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-{{single chart|Flanders|11|artist=Samantha Fox|song=Love House|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 March 2020}}
+{{single chart|Flanders|11|artist=Samantha Fox|song=Love House|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
 |-
-! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-01.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=6 |issue=52/1 |date=1 January 1989 |page=36<!-- 15 in PDF file --> |oclc=29800226|via=American Radio History}}</ref>
+! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100 Singles]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/89/M&M-1989-01-01-OCR-Page-0015.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=6 |issue=52/1 |date=1 January 1989 |page=36 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
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-! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=Finnish |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref>
+! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref>
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+! scope="row"| Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e Dischi]]|language=it|access-date=4 June 2022}} Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Samantha Fox".</ref>
-{{single chart|Dutch40|10|artist=Samantha Fox|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 March 2020}}
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-{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Samantha Fox|song=Love House|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 March 2020}}
+{{single chart|Dutch40|10|artist=Samantha Fox|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
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+{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Samantha Fox|song=Love House|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
-! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=Spanish |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
+|-
+! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
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+{{single chart|Switzerland|19|artist=Samantha Fox|song=Love House|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
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-{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|32|artist=Samantha Fox|artistid=23153|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 March 2020}}
+{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|32|artist=Samantha Fox|artistid=23153|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
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-{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|13|artist=Samantha Fox|rowheader=true|accessdate=17 March 2020}}
+{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|13|artist=Samantha Fox|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
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+{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|23|artist=Samantha Fox|rowheader=true|access-date=17 March 2020}}
-! scope="row"| US [[Hot Dance Singles Sales]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/samantha-fox/chart-history/DSA |title=Samantha Fox Chart History (Dance Singles Sales) |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=17 March 2020}}</ref>
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v t e Samantha Fox
Discography
Studio albums	Touch Me Samantha Fox I Wanna Have Some Fun Just One Night 21st Century Fox Angel with an Attitude
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits (1992) Greatest Hits (2009)
Singles	"Touch Me (I Want Your Body)" "Do Ya Do Ya (Wanna Please Me)" "Hold On Tight" "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" "I Surrender (To the Spirit of the Night)" "I Promise You (Get Ready)" "True Devotion" "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)" "Love House" "I Only Wanna Be with You" "I Wanna Have Some Fun" "(Hurt Me! Hurt Me!) But the Pants Stay On" "Santa Maria" "Perhaps" "Tomorrow (Is Another Day)" "Call Me"
Video games	Samantha Fox Strip Poker