"Susan's House" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released as the third single from their 1996 debut album, Beautiful Freak.
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| Single by Eels | ||||
| from the album Beautiful Freak | ||||
| Released | 5 May 1997 (UK) | |||
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| Length | 3:56 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
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Content
editIn his autobiography, Mark Oliver Everett states that Susan "wasn't a crazy girl, a rare exception at the time". Her house was in Pasadena, not a walkable distance from where Everett lived at the time. The song focuses on the problems in the area he walks through as he goes over to visit her. By the time of recording the song, he and Susan had already been apart a few years. Susan is also the subject of the song "Beautiful Freak" from the same album.[1]
The song samples the piano introduction from the 1974 Gladys Knight & the Pips track "Love Finds Its Own Way", written by Jim Weatherly, who, along with Jim Jacobsen, is credited as co-writing "Susan's House" on both the original single and album.
Release
edit"Susan's House" reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, the group's highest-charting single in the country to date.[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Susan's House" |
| 3:56 |
| 2. | "Stepmother" | ||
| 3. | "Manchester Girl" (BBC Radio 1 version) | E | 3:21 |
Charts
edit| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles (OCC)[3] | 9 |
References
edit- ^ Everett, Mark (2008). Things The GrandChildren Should Know. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-02787-8.
- ^ "Eels | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ "Eels: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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