Brick House (song)

"Brick House"
"Brick House"
	US 12-inch vinyl single
Single by the Commodores
from the album Commodores
B-side	"Captain Quick Draw"
Released	August 26, 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Funk
Length	3:37
Label	Motown
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

"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]

Background

Lionel Richie stated that the song's title is a play on the expression "built like a brick shithouse," referring to a strongly built woman.^[4]

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