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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = The House That Built Me
| name = The House That Built Me
| Cover = Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me single cover.jpg
| cover = The House That Built Me (Official Single Cover) by Miranda Lambert.png
| Artist = [[Miranda Lambert]]
| alt =
| type = single
| Album = [[Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)|Revolution]]
| Released = March 8, 2010
| artist = [[Miranda Lambert]]
| Format = [[Music download]]
| album = [[Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)|Revolution]]
| Recorded = 2009
| released = March 8, 2010
| recorded = 2009
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 3:56
| studio =
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia Nashville]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 3:56
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| Writer = [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]]<br>[[Allen Shamblin]]
| Producer = [[Frank Liddell (record producer)|Frank Liddell]]<br>Mike Wrucke
| label = [[Sony Music Nashville|Columbia Nashville]]
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| writer = * [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]]
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| Last single = "[[White Liar]]"<br/>(2009)
* [[Allen Shamblin]]
| This single = "'''The House That Built Me'''"<br/>(2010)
| producer = * [[Frank Liddell (record producer)|Frank Liddell]]
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| Next single = "[[Only Prettier]]"<br/>(2010)
* Mike Wrucke
| Certification = Platinum <small>([[RIAA]])</small>
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| prev_title = [[White Liar]]
| Misc = {{External music video|"[http://www.cmt.com/videos/miranda-lambert/500805/the-house-that-built-me.jhtml The House That Built Me]" at CMT.com}}
| prev_year = 2009
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| next_title = [[Only Prettier]]
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{external music video|{{YouTube|DQYNM6SjD_o|"The House That Built Me"}}}}
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"'''The House That Built Me'''" is a song written by [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]] and [[Allen Shamblin]], and recorded by American [[country music|country]] artist [[Miranda Lambert]]. [[Blake Shelton]] was originally set to record the song when Lambert heard it, she immediately wanted to record it for herself. It was released in March 2010 as the third single from her third studio album, ''[[Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)|Revolution]]''. It is the fastest-rising single of her career, reaching the Top 20 in its eighth week. For the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became Lambert's first Number One hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart, and held its place at the top for four consecutive weeks. Additionally, it was her second single to receive a platinum certification from the [[RIAA]] on January 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Miranda%20Lambert&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=25 |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>
"'''The House That Built Me'''" is a song written by [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]] and [[Allen Shamblin]], and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Miranda Lambert]]. [[Blake Shelton]] was originally set to record the song, but when Lambert heard it, she emotionally reacted to the lyrics, and immediately wanted to record it for herself. It was released in March 2010 as the third single from her third studio album, ''[[Revolution (Miranda Lambert album)|Revolution]]''. It is the fastest-rising single of her career, reaching the Top 20 in its eighth week. For the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became Lambert's first number one hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart, and held its place at the top for four consecutive weeks. It is also Lambert's first single of her career that she did not have a hand in writing. Additionally, it was her second single to receive a platinum certification from the [[RIAA]] on January 31, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Miranda%20Lambert&format=SINGLE&go=Search&perPage=25 |title=Recording Industry Association of America |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>


Lambert performed the song during the 2010 [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] on April 18, 2010, and received a standing ovation. At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, she won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "The House That Built Me."
Lambert performed the song during the 2010 [[Academy of Country Music Awards]] on April 18, 2010, and received a standing ovation. At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, she won the Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance|Best Female Country Vocal Performance.]]


==Content==
==Content==
"The House That Built Me" is a country ballad in the key of [[F major]] driven primarily by acoustic guitar with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator describes returning, as an adult, to the house that she grew up in, and asking the person who now lives in the house if she could step inside and take a look around. She refers to it as "the house that built [her]," because of all the memories that she had of growing up within its walls. It is also Miranda's first single of her career that she did not have a hand in writing.
"The House That Built Me" is a country ballad in the key of [[F major]] driven primarily by acoustic guitar with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator describes returning, as an adult, to the house that she grew up in, and asking the person who now lives in the house if she could step inside and take a look around. She refers to it as "the house that built [her]," because of all the memories that she had of growing up within its walls.


[[Allen Shamblin]] based the song of his experience of going back to the house in [[Huffman, Texas]] that he grew up in at least once a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cmt.com/2010-03-10/miranda-lamberts-house-takes-me-back-home/ |title=CMT Blog: Miranda Lambert's "House" Takes Me Back Home |publisher=Blog.cmt.com |date=March 10, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>
[[Allen Shamblin]] based the song on his experiences going back to the house in [[Huffman, Texas]] that he grew up in at least once a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.cmt.com/2010-03-10/miranda-lamberts-house-takes-me-back-home/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315150521/http://blog.cmt.com/2010-03-10/miranda-lamberts-house-takes-me-back-home/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 15, 2010 |title=CMT Blog: Miranda Lambert's "House" Takes Me Back Home |publisher=[[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]] |date=March 10, 2010 |access-date=June 5, 2012}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Reception==
The song received critical acclaim. Matt Bjorke described the song favorably in his review of ''Revolution'', referring it as "one of the absolute best songs on the record." He notes that while it could've been "a bombastic, overdone song," Lambert and her producers kept it "earthy and just downright beautiful."<ref>{{cite web|author=NAME: |url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/miranda-lambert-revolution |title=Roughstock Blog: Miranda Lambert – Revolution |publisher=Roughstock.com |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> Bjorke later reviewed the single itself, describing it as a "song that plays on the country cliché of nostalgia without ever feeling cliché" and concluded that it stands a good chance of nomination in the 2010 [[CMA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|author=NAME: |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me- |title=Roughstock Blog: Miranda Lambert – "The House That Built Me" |publisher=Roughstock.com |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> Blake Boldt of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs up, favoring Lambert's preference in "organic storytelling instead of contrived commercial jingles." He described the song itself as "a gorgeous piece of melancholy country without getting squishy or sentimental" and called it an "early favorite for single of the year."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the9513.com/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me/ |title=Miranda Lambert – “The House That Built Me” |publisher=The 9513 |date=February 23, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song an A rating, describing it favorably as "the best on the album" and a standout for radio, because of "its grace and intelligence, not because it happens to be more disposably catchy than the others surrounding it."<ref>{{cite web|last=Milliken |first=Dan |url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/04/01/single-review-miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me/ |title=Single Review/Shameless Rant: Miranda Lambert, “The House That Built Me” |publisher=Country Universe |date=April 1, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>
The song received critical acclaim. Matt Bjorke described the song favorably in his review of ''Revolution'', referring it as "one of the absolute best songs on the record." He notes that while it could've been "a bombastic, overdone song," Lambert and her producers kept it "earthy and just downright beautiful."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/miranda-lambert-revolution |title=Roughstock Blog: Miranda Lambert – Revolution |publisher=Roughstock.com |accessdate=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235642/http://www.roughstock.com/reviews/miranda-lambert-revolution |archivedate=September 20, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Bjorke later reviewed the single itself, describing it as a "song that plays on the country cliché of nostalgia without ever feeling cliché" and concluded that it stands a good chance of nomination in the 2010 [[CMA Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roughstock.com/blog/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me- |title=Roughstock Blog: Miranda Lambert – "The House That Built Me" |publisher=Roughstock.com |accessdate=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920235655/http://www.roughstock.com/blog/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me- |archivedate=September 20, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs up, favoring Lambert's preference in "organic storytelling instead of contrived commercial jingles." He described the song itself as "a gorgeous piece of melancholy country without getting squishy or sentimental" and called it an "early favorite for single of the year."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me/ |title=Miranda Lambert – "The House That Built Me" |publisher=Engine 145 |date=February 23, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070745/http://www.engine145.com/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me/ |archivedate=December 18, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song an A rating, describing it favorably as "the best on the album" and a standout for radio, because of "its grace and intelligence, not because it happens to be more disposably catchy than the others surrounding it."<ref>{{cite web|last=Milliken |first=Dan |url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2010/04/01/single-review-miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me/ |title=Single Review/Shameless Rant: Miranda Lambert, "The House That Built Me" |publisher=Country Universe |date=April 1, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>


"The House That Built Me" was ranked No. 1 on The 9513's ''Best Country Songs of 2009''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the9513.com/the-best-country-songs-of-2009/ |title=The Best Country Songs of 2009 |publisher=The 9513 |date=December 21, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> and won the award for Song of the Year in their second annual country music awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the9513.com/miranda-lambert-wins-artist-song-of-the-year-in-the-9513s-2nd-annual-country-music-awards/ |title=Miranda Lambert Wins Artist, Song of the Year in The 9513’s 2nd Annual Country Music Awards |publisher=The 9513 |date=February 4, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> The song received nominations in three categories (Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year) at the 2010 CMA Awards.
"The House That Built Me" was ranked No. 1 on Engine 145's ''Best Country Songs of 2009''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/the-best-country-songs-of-2009/ |title=The Best Country Songs of 2009 |publisher=Engine 145 |date=December 21, 2009 |accessdate=June 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064707/http://www.engine145.com/the-best-country-songs-of-2009/ |archivedate=July 15, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The song received nominations in three categories (Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year) at the 2010 CMA Awards. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' and ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' both ranked it number one on their lists of the 10 greatest Miranda Lambert songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/country/miranda-lambert-songs-best-hits-list-7849283/|title=Miranda Lambert's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|first=Chuck|last=Dauphin|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 30, 2017|accessdate=May 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best/miranda-lambert-songs/|title=The 10 Best Miranda Lambert Songs|first=Ellen|last=Johnson|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=August 17, 2020|accessdate=May 1, 2022}}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it #441 on its "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time" list,<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2021-09-15 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |access-date=2022-07-03 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> and at #77 on its "200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time" list.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-country-songs-1234986540/miranda-lambert-the-house-that-built-me-2-1235013644/|title =The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time|magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]|date =May 24, 2014}}</ref>

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==Commercial performance==
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"The House That Built Me" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart for the week of March 6, 2010. It also debuted at number 98 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]] chart for the week of April 10, 2010, and at number 91 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart for the week of May 1, 2010; overall, it has become her most successful single on both of these charts. It is Lambert's fastest-rising single to date,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engine145.com/miranda-lambert-debuts-the-house-that-built-me-video-new-releases-jake-owens-tribute-to-scooby/ |title=Miranda Lambert Debuts "The House That Built Me" Video; Jake Owen Channels Brooks & Dunn In Tribute to Scooby Doo |publisher=Engine 145 |date=April 6, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218070229/http://www.engine145.com/miranda-lambert-debuts-the-house-that-built-me-video-new-releases-jake-owens-tribute-to-scooby/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and for the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became her first number-one hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. It reached its 2 million sales mark in the US by April 2014.<ref name="USSales">{{cite web|first= Paul |last= Grein |date= April 16, 2014 |title= Chart Watch: "Happy" tops 4M |work= [[Yahoo! Music]] |url= https://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/chart-watch-happy-tops-4m-214123406.html |publisher= [[Yahoo!]] }}</ref> As of May 2016, the song has sold 2.267 million copies in the US.<ref name="sales">{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2016/04/40097-top-30-digital-singles-april-4-2016 |title=The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: April 4, 2016|first= Matt |last=Bjorke |date=April 4, 2016 |work=Roughstock }}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The music video, which was directed by [[Trey Fanjoy]], premiered on [[Country Music Television|CMT]] on April 8, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted 4/8/10 |url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/miranda-lambert/500805/the-house-that-built-me.jhtml?id=1635509 |title=CMT Videos : Music Binge – 4.8.10 : The House That Built Me |publisher=Cmt.com |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> In the video, Lambert's tour bus pulls up to her childhood home, and she walks up to the front door to ask if she could come in. Inside the house, she wanders through the various rooms, while documentary flashbacks of her family and herself as a child in a house that looks nearly identical to the one in the video, are mixed in. Throughout the video, Lambert is shown performing with her acoustic guitar, seated on the floor in one of the bedrooms. Some of the footage used for the flashbacks consists of Lambert's own home videos. The video was filmed at a house just outside of Nashville.<ref>[http://www.mirandalambert.com/blog/entry.php?entry=76 Miranda Lambert Blog: ACM Good Luck Charm? Meet "Cher"]{{dead link|date=June 2012}}</ref>
The music video, which was directed by [[Trey Fanjoy]], premiered on [[Country Music Television|CMT]] on April 8, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/miranda-lambert/500805/the-house-that-built-me.jhtml?id=1635509 |title=CMT Videos : Music Binge – 4.8.10 : The House That Built Me |publisher=CMT |accessdate=June 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224020440/http://www.cmt.com/videos/miranda-lambert/500805/the-house-that-built-me.jhtml?id=1635509 |archive-date=February 24, 2012}}</ref> In the video, Lambert's tour bus pulls up to her childhood home, and she walks up to the front door to ask if she could come in. Inside the house, she wanders through the various rooms, while documentary flashbacks of her family and herself as a child in a house that looks nearly identical to the one in the video, are mixed in. Throughout the video, Lambert is shown performing with her acoustic guitar, seated on the floor in one of the bedrooms. Some of the footage used for the flashbacks consists of Lambert's own home videos. The video was filmed at a house just outside Nashville.<ref>[http://www.mirandalambert.com/blog/entry.php?entry=76 Miranda Lambert Blog: ACM Good Luck Charm? Meet "Cher"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100622044334/http://www.mirandalambert.com/blog/entry.php?entry=76 |date=June 22, 2010 }}</ref>


Lambert told The Boot that the concept of the video was clear: "This was one of those videos that needed to be really obvious ... [The director] found a house that looked a lot like the house I grew up in. There's no drama in the video. It just is what it is. It represents the song in such a great way."<ref>{{cite web|author=Posted Apr 21, 2010 10:30&nbsp;am by Donna Hughes Comments |url=http://www.theboot.com/2010/04/21/miranda-lambert-house-that-built-me-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheBootCountryMusic+%28The+Boot+Country+Music+Blog%29 |title=Miranda Lambert Makes Obvious Choice for New Video |publisher=The Boot |date=April 21, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>
Lambert told The Boot that the concept of the video was clear: "This was one of those videos that needed to be really obvious ... [The director] found a house that looked a lot like the house I grew up in. There's no drama in the video. It just is what it is. It represents the song in such a great way."<ref>{{cite web|first=Donna |last=Hughes |url=http://www.theboot.com/2010/04/21/miranda-lambert-house-that-built-me-video/ |title=Miranda Lambert Makes Obvious Choice for New Video |publisher=The Boot |date=April 21, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref>


==In popular culture==
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==Chart performance==
===Parodies===
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"The House That Built Me" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart for the week of March 6, 2010. It also debuted at number 98 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot 100]] chart for the week of April 10, 2010 and at number 91 on the [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart for the week of May 1, 2010; overall, it has become her most successful single on both of these charts. It is Lambert's fastest-rising single to date,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the9513.com/miranda-lambert-debuts-the-house-that-built-me-video-new-releases-jake-owens-tribute-to-scooby/ |title=Miranda Lambert Debuts “The House That Built Me” Video; Jake Owen Channels Brooks & Dunn In Tribute to Scooby Doo |publisher=The 9513 |date=April 6, 2010 |accessdate=June 5, 2012}}</ref> and for the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became her first number-one hit on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs chart. It has sold 1,813,000 copies in the US as of May 2013.<ref name="yahoo_may2013">{{cite news |url= http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-may-19-2013-songs-idol-diminishing-220955548.html |title= Week Ending May 19, 2013. Songs: Idol’s Diminishing Returns |author =Paul Grein |work= Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo |date=May 22, 2013 }}</ref>
* American parody artist [[Cledus T. Judd]] released a parody of the song under the title "The House That Broke Me" on his 2012 album, ''[[Parodyziac!!]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/parodyziac!!-mw0002420143|title=''Parodyziac!!'' review|last=Jeffries|first=David|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=16 November 2012}}</ref>
===Covers===
* American [[YouTuber]] [[Chester See]] released a cover of "The House That Built Me" on his YouTube channel in 2015.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211206/YQDC25KlElU Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150415085550/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQDC25KlElU&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQDC25KlElU| title = House That Built Me (Side Effects Movie on E! April 17th 3pm EST) | website=[[YouTube]]| date = April 14, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* American country artist [[Tanya Tucker]] recorded a cover of "The House That Built Me" for her album, ''[[While I'm Livin']]'', which was released on August 23, 2019. While Lambert's version is from the perspective of a child who grew up in the titular house, Tucker's version is sung from the perspective of a mother who watched her children grow up in the house.<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Côté |first1=Thierry |title=Tanya Tucker While I'm Livin' |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/tanya_tucker-while_im_livin |website=exclaim.ca |accessdate=August 28, 2019}}</ref>


==Charts==
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{{single chart|Canada|52|artist=Miranda Lambert|accessdate=May 5, 2018|rowheader=true}}
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{{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Miranda Lambert|accessdate=May 5, 2018|rowheader=true}}
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===End-of-year charts===
===Year-end charts===
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! scope="row"| US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-100-songs|title = Hot 100 Songs - Year-End 2010|access-date = May 5, 2018|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| 91
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! scope="row"| US [[Hot Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-country-songs|title = Country Songs - Year-End 2010|access-date = May 5, 2018|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| 11
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|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-100-songs|accessdate=February 7, 2011|title=2010 Year-End Hot 100 Songs |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc}}</ref>
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs<ref>http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-country-songs?begin=11&order=position</ref>
! scope="row"| US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/decade-end/hot-country-songs|title=Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 3, 2020}}</ref>
| 38
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Miranda Lambert|title=The House That Built Me|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|certyear=2022|accessdate=May 1, 2022|salesamount=2,267,000|salesref=<ref name="sales" />}}
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==Awards and nominations==
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"The House That Built Me"
Single by Miranda Lambert
from the album Revolution
ReleasedMarch 8, 2010
Recorded2009
GenreCountry
Length3:56
LabelColumbia Nashville
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Miranda Lambert singles chronology
"White Liar"
(2009) 		"The House That Built Me"
(2010) 		"Only Prettier"
(2010)
Music video
"The House That Built Me" on YouTube

"The House That Built Me" is a song written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. Blake Shelton was originally set to record the song, but when Lambert heard it, she emotionally reacted to the lyrics, and immediately wanted to record it for herself. It was released in March 2010 as the third single from her third studio album, Revolution. It is the fastest-rising single of her career, reaching the Top 20 in its eighth week. For the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became Lambert's first number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and held its place at the top for four consecutive weeks. It is also Lambert's first single of her career that she did not have a hand in writing. Additionally, it was her second single to receive a platinum certification from the RIAA on January 31, 2011.[1]

Lambert performed the song during the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards on April 18, 2010, and received a standing ovation. At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, she won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.

Content

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"The House That Built Me" is a country ballad in the key of F major driven primarily by acoustic guitar with steel guitar fills. The song's female narrator describes returning, as an adult, to the house that she grew up in, and asking the person who now lives in the house if she could step inside and take a look around. She refers to it as "the house that built [her]," because of all the memories that she had of growing up within its walls.

Allen Shamblin based the song on his experiences going back to the house in Huffman, Texas that he grew up in at least once a year.[2]

Critical reception

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The song received critical acclaim. Matt Bjorke described the song favorably in his review of Revolution, referring it as "one of the absolute best songs on the record." He notes that while it could've been "a bombastic, overdone song," Lambert and her producers kept it "earthy and just downright beautiful."[3] Bjorke later reviewed the single itself, describing it as a "song that plays on the country cliché of nostalgia without ever feeling cliché" and concluded that it stands a good chance of nomination in the 2010 CMA Awards.[4] Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs up, favoring Lambert's preference in "organic storytelling instead of contrived commercial jingles." He described the song itself as "a gorgeous piece of melancholy country without getting squishy or sentimental" and called it an "early favorite for single of the year."[5] Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song an A rating, describing it favorably as "the best on the album" and a standout for radio, because of "its grace and intelligence, not because it happens to be more disposably catchy than the others surrounding it."[6]

"The House That Built Me" was ranked No. 1 on Engine 145's Best Country Songs of 2009.[7] The song received nominations in three categories (Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year) at the 2010 CMA Awards. Billboard and Paste both ranked it number one on their lists of the 10 greatest Miranda Lambert songs.[8][9] Rolling Stone ranked it #441 on its "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time" list,[10] and at #77 on its "200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time" list.[11]

Commercial performance

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"The House That Built Me" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 6, 2010. It also debuted at number 98 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of April 10, 2010, and at number 91 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of May 1, 2010; overall, it has become her most successful single on both of these charts. It is Lambert's fastest-rising single to date,[12] and for the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became her first number-one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It reached its 2 million sales mark in the US by April 2014.[13] As of May 2016, the song has sold 2.267 million copies in the US.[14]

Music video

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The music video, which was directed by Trey Fanjoy, premiered on CMT on April 8, 2010.[15] In the video, Lambert's tour bus pulls up to her childhood home, and she walks up to the front door to ask if she could come in. Inside the house, she wanders through the various rooms, while documentary flashbacks of her family and herself as a child in a house that looks nearly identical to the one in the video, are mixed in. Throughout the video, Lambert is shown performing with her acoustic guitar, seated on the floor in one of the bedrooms. Some of the footage used for the flashbacks consists of Lambert's own home videos. The video was filmed at a house just outside Nashville.[16]

Lambert told The Boot that the concept of the video was clear: "This was one of those videos that needed to be really obvious ... [The director] found a house that looked a lot like the house I grew up in. There's no drama in the video. It just is what it is. It represents the song in such a great way."[17]

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Parodies

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Covers

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  • American YouTuber Chester See released a cover of "The House That Built Me" on his YouTube channel in 2015.[19]
  • American country artist Tanya Tucker recorded a cover of "The House That Built Me" for her album, While I'm Livin', which was released on August 23, 2019. While Lambert's version is from the perspective of a child who grew up in the titular house, Tucker's version is sung from the perspective of a mother who watched her children grow up in the house.[20]

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[28] 4× Platinum 2,267,000[14]

Awards and nominations

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"The House That Built Me" received three nominations at the 53rd Grammy Awards. It won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, giving Lambert her first Grammy win.[29]

Award Category Result
44th CMA Awards Song of the Year Won
Single of the Year Nominated
Music Video of the Year Won
53rd Grammy Awards Song of the Year Nominated
Best Country Song Nominated
Best Female Country Vocal Performance Won
46th ACM Awards Song of the Year Won
Single Record of the Year Won
Video of the Year Won

References

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  1. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  2. ^ "CMT Blog: Miranda Lambert's "House" Takes Me Back Home". CMT. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Roughstock Blog: Miranda Lambert – Revolution". Roughstock.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Roughstock Blog: Miranda Lambert – "The House That Built Me"". Roughstock.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  5. ^ "Miranda Lambert – "The House That Built Me"". Engine 145. February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  6. ^ Milliken, Dan (April 1, 2010). "Single Review/Shameless Rant: Miranda Lambert, "The House That Built Me"". Country Universe. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  7. ^ "The Best Country Songs of 2009". Engine 145. December 21, 2009. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  8. ^ Dauphin, Chuck (June 30, 2017). "Miranda Lambert's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  9. ^ Johnson, Ellen (August 17, 2020). "The 10 Best Miranda Lambert Songs". Paste. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  10. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  11. ^ "The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. May 24, 2014.
  12. ^ "Miranda Lambert Debuts "The House That Built Me" Video; Jake Owen Channels Brooks & Dunn In Tribute to Scooby Doo". Engine 145. April 6, 2010. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  13. ^ Grein, Paul (April 16, 2014). "Chart Watch: "Happy" tops 4M". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!.
  14. ^ a b Bjorke, Matt (April 4, 2016). "The Top 30 Digital Country Singles: April 4, 2016". Roughstock.
  15. ^ "CMT Videos : Music Binge – 4.8.10 : The House That Built Me". CMT. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  16. ^ Miranda Lambert Blog: ACM Good Luck Charm? Meet "Cher" Archived June 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Hughes, Donna (April 21, 2010). "Miranda Lambert Makes Obvious Choice for New Video". The Boot. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  18. ^ Jeffries, David. "Parodyziac!! review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
  19. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "House That Built Me (Side Effects Movie on E! April 17th 3pm EST)". YouTube. April 14, 2015.
  20. ^ Côté, Thierry. "Tanya Tucker While I'm Livin'". exclaim.ca. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  21. ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  22. ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  23. ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  24. ^ "Miranda Lambert Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  25. ^ "Hot 100 Songs - Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  26. ^ "Country Songs - Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  27. ^ "Decade-End Charts: Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  28. ^ "American single certifications – Miranda Lambert – The House That Built Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  29. ^ Tucker, Ken (February 13, 2011). "Lady Antebellum Tops Grammys". Country Weekly. Retrieved February 14, 2011.
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