"This House" is vocalist Alison Moyet's third single of 1991 from the album Hoodoo.

The single was the most successful single in the UK from the album, peaking at #40 for a total of five weeks. Moyet's previous single "Wishing You Were Here

Wishing You Were Here (song)

"Wishing You Were Here" is vocalist Alison Moyet's second single of 1991. The song was the lead single from the album Hoodoo.Like the previous single "It Won't Be Long", this single failed to enter the UK top 40, peaking at #72 for only one week...

" only peaked at #72 whilst the lead single "It Won't Be Long

It Won't Be Long (song)

"It Won't Be Long" is vocalist Alison Moyet's first single of 1991 and first single from Moyet since 1987, four years earlier. The song was the lead single from the album Hoodoo....

" peaked at #50.

A promotional video was created for the single. Moyet also performed the song in 2009 on The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4...

 to help promote her compilation "The Best of: 25 Years Revisited".

The b-side for the single "Come Back Home" was exclusive to the single, written by Moyet and Dave Dix.

The two bonus b-sides for the 12" vinyl and CD singles were "Love Letters

Love Letters (song)

"Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for 1945....

" and "That Ole Devil Called Love". Both were released as singles previously. "Love Letters" was released in 1987, peaking at #4 in the UK whilst "That Ole Devil Called Love" was released in 1985, peaking at #2 in the UK.

Background

"This House" was originally recorded in 1987 by Moyet however was not included on the Raindancing

Raindancing

Raindancing is the title of the second solo music recording/album of singer/songwriter Alison Moyet. The album includes four single releases; "Is This Love?" , "Weak in the Presence of Beauty", "Ordinary Girl" and "Sleep Like Breathing", a duet with David Freeman of the band The Lover Speaks...

 album.

It was also recorded as a duet with Vince Clarke/Erasure - this version however never surfaced since Sony Music, for reasons unknown, wouldn't allow it to be released.

Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

complained that the single as well as the album wasn't commercial enough.

Formats

7" Single

1. "This House" - 3:53
2. "Come Back Home" - 3:20

7" Single (Spanish promo)

1. "This House" - 3:53
2. "This House" - 3:53

12" Single

1. "This House" - 3:53
2. "Come Back Home" - 3:20
3. "Love Letters" - 2:50
4. "That Ole Devil Called Love" - 3:02

CD Single

1. "This House" - 3:53
2. "Come Back Home" - 3:20
3. "Love Letters" - 2:50
4. "That Ole Devil Called Love" - 3:02

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Dutch Singles Chart	32
UK Singles Chart	40

Personnel

• Mixer on "This House" – Dave Dix, Pete Glenister
• Producer on "This House" – Dave Dix
• Mixer on "Come Back Home" – Steve Lillywhite
• Producer on "Come Back Home" – Pete Glenister
• Engineer on "Come Back Home" – Neil Brockbank
• Producer on "Love Letters" - Alison Moyet, Steve Brown
• Producer on "That Ole Devil Called Love" - Pete Wingfield
• Writer of "This House" - Alison Moyet
• Writers of "Come Back Home" - Alison Moyet, Dave Dix
• Writers of "Love Letters" - Edward Heyman, Victor Young
• Writers of "That Ole Devil Called Love" - Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher