"Love Is a House"
Single by Force MDs
from the album Touch and Go
B-sideLove Is a House (instrumental)
ReleasedMay 1987
Recorded1986
Genre
Length5:06 (album version)
4:18 (radio single version)[1]
Label
Songwriter(s)Geoff Gurd, Gina Foster
Martin Lascelles
Producer(s)Geoff Gurd, Martin Lascelles
Force MDs singles chronology
"One Plus One"
(1986)
"Love Is a House"
(1987)
"Touch and Go"
(1987)

"Love Is a House" is a 1987 song by American R&B group Force M.D.'s. Released on the band's Touch and Go album, the single was the group's third top ten hit on the Billboards Black Singles chart, and their most successful on that chart peaking at number one for two weeks, in the summer of 1987. "Love Is a House" was also the group's second and final Hot 100 release, peaking at number seventy-eight.[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 78
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 1

Gina Foster version

"Love is a House"
Single by Gina Foster
A-side"Love is a House"
B-side"Take Me Away"
WrittenG. Foster, M. Lascelles, G. Gurd
ReleasedJune, 1989
LabelDeconstruction PB 42747
Producer(s)Leon Sylvers III
Gina Foster singles chronology
"Love is a House"
(1989)
"Cry In Vain"
(1990)

Gina Foster's version was released in 1989. Backed with "Take Me Away", was a hit for her in the UK, peaking at no. 92, and staying there for a week.[3][4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.K. 92

Appears on

The song appears on the Luxury Soul compilation that was released in 2019.[5]

References

  1. Force M.D.'s - "Love Is A House" 7" Single at Discogs
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 209.
  3. Hitparade.ch - Gina Foster – Love Is A House
  4. Official Charts - LOVE IS A HOUSE
  5. Soul Tracks - First Listen: Gina Foster leads hot new "Luxury" compilation by Justin Kantor
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