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{{Infobox song
{{Single infobox
| Name name = Love's the Only House
| Covercover = Martina McBride - =Loves the Only House.JPG
| Artist alt = [[Martina McBride]]
| Format type = [[CD single]]▼
| from Album = [[Emotion (Martina McBride album)|Emotion]]▼
| B-sideartist = [[Martina = McBride]]
▲| fromalbum Album = [[Emotion (Martina McBride album)|Emotion]]
| Released = December 1999
| released = November 15, 1999
▲| Format = [[CD single]]
| Recorded recorded =
| studio =
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length venue = 5:13
| Label genre = [[RCACountry Nashville Recordsmusic|RCA NashvilleCountry]]
| length = 5:13
| Writer = [[Buzz Cason]], Tom Douglas▼
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]
| Producer = Martina McBride<br/>[[Paul Worley]]▼
▲| Writer writer = [[Buzz Cason]],<br>[[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]]
| Last single = "[[I Love You (Martina McBride song)|I Love You]]"<br/>(1999)▼
▲| Producer producer = Martina McBride<br/>[[Paul Worley]]
| This single = '''"Love's the Only House"'''<br/>(1999)
| Next single prev_title = "[[ThereI Love You Are (Martina McBride song)|ThereI Love You Are]]"<br/>(2000)
| Miscprev_year = =1999
▲| Last single next_title = "[[I LoveThere You Are (Martina McBride song)|IThere LoveYou YouAre]]"<br/>(1999)
| next_year = 2000
}}
'''"Love's the Only House"''' is the title of a song written by [[Buzz Cason]] and [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]], and recorded by [[United States|American]] [[country music|country]] artist [[Martina McBride]]. It was released in November 1999 as the second single from her fifth studio album, ''[[Emotion (Martina McBride album)|Emotion]].''
 
==Content==
==Song information==
"Love's the Only House" is aThis up -tempo song that describes how a woman sees various people (such as woman in grocery store and a previous lover) and notices the problems that they have developed. The woman describes to the people she sees in each situation that love is the only place where they can release their pain and emotions. TheMcBride said of the song's chorustopic, is"I love what it says and I love the fact that it urges us to take responsibility for our fellow human beings. Sometimes we all get so jaded (myself included) that we forget what compassion feels like."<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Greatest Hits |others=Martina McBride |year=2001 |type=CD repeatedbooklet four|publisher=RCA times:Records |id=67012}}</ref>
 
McBride said that she came to record the song after discussing [[Collin Raye]]'s single "[[Little Rock (Collin Raye song)|Little Rock]]" with producer [[Paul Worley]], who also produced that song. Worley called the publisher of "Love's the Only House", co-written by "Little Rock" writer [[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]], and Worley requested that the publisher bring over the song despite the publisher saying that it was "more of a guy's song". McBride then got together with Douglas and changed some of the lines to fit a female perspective better.<ref name="liner"/>
:''Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world
 
:''Love's the only house big enough for all the pain
==Critical reception==
Deborah Evans Price of ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' gave the song a positive review, saying that it was "set against a spiky harmonica, snappy percussion, and a nice medley of guitars" and "another grade-A success story from country's brightest female presence."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Price|first=Deborah Evans|date=January 8, 2000|title=Singles|magazine=Billboard|page=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kw0EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22love%27s+the+only+house%22+%22harmonica%22&pg=PA20}}</ref>
 
==Chart performance==
"Love's the Only House" debuted at number 62 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 20, 1999. "Love's the Only House" was the second track released from McBride's album, ''Emotion.'' Like the album's previous single, "I Love You, " the song was a major hit, reaching #number 3 on the [[Hot Country Songs]] chart, as well as #number 42 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p{{Allmusic|class=amg&searchlinkartist|id=MARTINAp30168|MCBRIDE&sqlpure_url=11:azfyxq95ldhe~T1yes}}|title=Martina McBride > Biography|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=[[allmusic]]|accessdate=2009-06-16}}</ref> In addition, it also peaked at #number 2 on the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Tracks chart that same year.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (19991999–2000)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|2|chartid=9765|publishdate=March 20, 2000|accessdate=July 8, 2013}}
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks
|align="center"|3▼
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|42|artist=Martina McBride}}
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"|42
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|3|artist=Martina McBride}}
|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|}
|align="center"|2
 
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (2000)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| US [[Hot Country Songs|Country Songs]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2000/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 2000: Country Songs | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |year=2000 | accessdate=August 15, 2012}}</ref>
▲| align="center" |3 16
|-
|}
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{{reflist}}
 
{{Martina McBride singles}}
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[[Category:1999 singles]]
[[Category:1999 songs]]
[[Category:Martina McBride songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Buzz Cason]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tom Douglas (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Worley]]
[[Category:RCA Records singles]]
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