Brick House (song)

"Brick House"
US 12-inch vinyl single
Single by the Commodores
from the album Commodores
B-side"Captain Quick Draw"
ReleasedAugust 26, 1977
Recorded1977
GenreFunk[1][2]
Length3:37
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, William King
Producer(s)James Anthony Carmichael and the Commodores
The Commodores singles chronology
"Easy"
(1977)
"Brick House"
(1977)
"Too Hot ta Trot"
(1978)

"Brick House" is a song from the Commodores' 1977 self-titled album (released as Zoom in the UK). The single peaked at number 5 in the U.S. and number 32 in the UK Singles Chart.[3]

  1. ^ Big Gigantic (September 20, 2016). "The 30 Best Funk Songs Ever". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (July 17, 2000). "The Clinton Administration: Funk". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 116/7. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.