House of Love

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Part of the series on Amy Grant

Albums Amy Grant (1977) My Father's Eyes (1979) Never Alone (1980) Age to Age (1982) A Christmas Album (1983) Straight Ahead (1984) Unguarded (1985) Lead Me On (1988) Heart in Motion (1991) Home for Christmas (1992) House of Love (1994) Behind the Eyes (1997) A Christmas to Remember (1999) Legacy...Hymns and Faith (2002) Simple Things (2003) Rock of Ages...Hymns and Faith (2005) Live, Compilation, and EP Albums Amy Grant in Concert (1981) · In Concert Vol. 2 (1981) Ageless Medley (1983) The Collection (1986) Her Greatest Inspirational Songs (2002) Greatest Hits 1986-2004 (2004) Time Again...Amy Grant Live (2006)

House of Love is the thirteenth album by singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 1994.

House of Love was Amy's follow-up to her quintuple-platinum 1991 release Heart in Motion. Although House of Love sold less than half of what its predecessor sold, it is a nice, mellow album that comfortably combines pop music with Christian values. "Lucky One" was the album's biggest hit at #18 Pop and #2 Adult Contemporary in the U.S.A., followed by the title song and a remake of Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi." "Say You'll Be Mine" also was a UK Top 50 hit. Some of the album's other tracks garnered more notice later on when done by other artists. "The Power" (written by Tommy Sims and Judson Spence) is featured on Cher's 1998 album Believe, and Vanessa L. Williams had an AC hit in 1997 with her cover of "Oh How The Years Go By."

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 Miscellanea

[edit] Track listing

1. "Lucky One" (Grant, Thomas) – 4:11
2. "Say You'll Be Mine" (Grant, Kirkpatrick, Thomas) – 4:04
3. "Whatever It Takes" (Chapman, Grant, Thomas) – 4:10
4. "House of Love" (duet with Vince Gill) (Barnhill, Greenberg, Wilson) – 4:38
5. "The Power" (Tommy Sims, Judson Spence) – 3:54
6. "Oh How The Years Go By" (Climie, Jennings) – 5:12
7. "Big Yellow Taxi" (Mitchell) – 3:01
8. "Helping Hand" (Darnall, Grant, Sims) – 4:39
9. "Politics Of Kissing" (Magness, Grant, Kirkpatrick) – 4:17
10. "Love Has A Hold On Me" (Grant, Thomas) – 3:55
11. "Our Love" (Grant, Hemby) – 5:08
12. "Children Of The World" (Grant, Kirkpatrick, Sims) – 5:16
13. "Say You'll Be Mine (Radio Mix)" (Grant, Kirkpatrick, Thomas) – 3:57

• Tracks 9 & 13 only available on UK version of the album (A&M 540 288-2)

[edit] Personnel

For a complete list of personnel, click here.

[edit] Production

• Producers: Keith Thomas, Michael Omartian
• Engineer: Terry Christian
• Arranger: Keith Thomas
• Design: Norman Moore

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	The Billboard 200	13
1994	Top Contemporary Christian	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"House of Love"	Adult Contemporary	5
1994	"House of Love"	The Billboard Hot 100	37
1994	"Lucky One"	Adult Contemporary	2
1994	"Lucky One"	The Billboard Hot 100	18
1994	"Lucky One"	Top 40 Mainstream	16
1994	"Helping Hand"	Christian Singles	1
1995	"Big Yellow Taxi"	Adult Contemporary	18
1995	"Big Yellow Taxi"	The Billboard Hot 100	67
1995	"Children Of The World"	Christian Singles	1
1995	"House of Love"	Top 40 Adult Recurrents	10

Singles - U.K. Singles Chart

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Lucky One"	UK Singles Chart	60
1994	"Say You'll Be Mine"	UK Singles Chart	41
1995	"Big Yellow Taxi"	UK Singles Chart	20
1995	"House of Love"	UK Singles Chart	46

[edit] Miscellanea

• Copies of this album sold in Europe feature the additional track "Politics of Kissing."
• When it was released in 1994, House of Love was the biggest initial release in Christian music history, shifting almost a half million copies on its first day alone.