House of Jealous Lovers

"House of Jealous Lovers"
Single by the Rapture
from the album Echoes
B-side"Silent Morning"
ReleasedMarch 2002 (2002-03)
Recorded2000–2001
StudioPlantain Recording House (New York City)
GenreDance-punk
Length5:58
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Luke Jenner
  • Vito Roccoforte
  • Matt Safer
Producer(s)
The Rapture singles chronology
"The Chair That Squeaks"
(1998)
"House of Jealous Lovers"
(2002)
"House of Jealous Lovers (re-recording)"
(2003)
"House of Jealous Lovers"
Single by the Rapture
from the album Echoes
B-side
  • "Alabama Sunshine"
  • remixes
ReleasedAugust 2003 (2003-08)
Recorded2003
StudioPlantain Recording House (New York City)
GenreDance-punk
Length5:04
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Luke Jenner
  • Vito Roccoforte
  • Matt Safer
Producer(s)
The Rapture singles chronology
"House of Jealous Lovers (original)"
(2002)
"House of Jealous Lovers"
(2003)
"Killing" / "Give Me Every Little Thing"
(2003)

"House of Jealous Lovers" is a song by American indie rock band the Rapture. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Echoes, in March 2002, through DFA Records in the US and Output Recordings in the UK. It was eventually re-released in 2003.

Produced by James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy of the DFA, the song was designed to market the band through dance music distributors. The accompanying music video for the song is influenced by punk imagery. Upon release, it became DFA's best-selling single and helped re-establish dance-punk. The song received acclaim from music critics and was rated 16th and 6th respectively on Pitchfork[1] and NME's[2] tracks of the decade lists. The song would go on to peak at number 27 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was used in the soundtrack for the video game NBA 2K15, which was curated by famed music producer Pharrell Williams.[3]

  1. ^ Cohen, Ian (August 21, 2009). "The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s: 20-1". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "NME's top 100 Tracks of the Decade". NME. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Williams, Katie (August 13, 2014). "Pharrell Williams' NBA 2K15 Soundtrack Revealed". IGN. Retrieved April 27, 2015.