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{{Infobox song
| name = Something in My House
| cover = Dead-Or-Alive-Something-In-My-House.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]]
| album = [[Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Dead or Alive album)|Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know]]
| B-side = D.J. Hit That Button
| released = {{Start date|1986|12|29|df=y}}
| recorded = 1986
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
* [[Hi-NRG]]
* [[synth-pop]]
| length =
* 7:21 (album version)
* 3:48 (single version)
* 6:59 (Mortevicar mix)
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| writer =
* Pete Burns
* Tim Lever
* Mike Percy
* Steve Coy
| producer = [[Stock Aitken Waterman]]
| prev_title = [[Brand New Lover]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = Hooked on Love
| next_year = 1987
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|0ZKNzs35GP8|"Something in My House”}}
}}
}}
"'''Something in My House'''" is a song by the English [[pop music|pop]] band [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]], produced by [[Stock Aitken Waterman]]. It was released in the UK in December 1986 as the second single from the band's third studio album, ''[[Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Dead or Alive album)|Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know]]''. The single peaked at No. 12 on the [[UK Singles Chart|UK singles chart]].<ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28630/dead-or-alive/|title=Official Charts > Dead or Alive|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>

==Production==
Originally conceived by singer [[Pete Burns]] as a [[Halloween]] release, the Gothic-themed "Something in My House" was delayed until late December in the UK, amid wrangling between the band and their record company, with the latter feeling the track was "too brutal" to be a single.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 17: Ain't Nothing But a House Party to Something in My House on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-17-aint-nothing-but-a-house-party-to-something-in-my-house/id1565879477?i=1000543268813|access-date=6 December 2021|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-AU}}</ref> Clashes between the band and the label continued over the song's [[music video]], with [[Epic Records]] reportedly objecting to a "mildly suggestive" sequence involving Burns and a banana.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pop education: Pete Burns' band Dead or Alive were NOT a one hit wonder|url=https://www.newidea.com.au/was-pete-burns-dead-or-alive-a-one-hit-wonder-with-you-spin-me-round|access-date=6 December 2021|website=New Idea|language=en-us}}</ref>

"By the time we got to 'Something in My House', I felt I wanted to express myself on film, as well as record, amuse myself, show my sense of humour," Burns wrote on the liner notes to his ''Evolution: The Videos'' compilation DVD. "Well apparently the manner in which I 'peeled a banana' seemed to work against me/us! And, it was downhill all the way after that."<ref>{{Citation|title=Dead Or Alive – Evolution: The Videos (2003, DVD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/352644-Dead-Or-Alive-Evolution-The-Videos|language=en|access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Burns|first=Pete|title=Evolution: The Hits DVD|url=https://ibb.co/S75hXZD|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205233858/https://ibb.co/S75hXZD|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>

Recording of the song was also fraught, with Burns alleging that producer [[Mike Stock (musician)|Mike Stock]] erased his original vocal take after objecting to the singer's use of the phrase "wicked queen"; a lyrical [[double entendre]] implying reference to a [[gay]] relationship.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Arena|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMYtDwAAQBAJ&q=Europe's+stars+of+80s+dance+pop|title=Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers|date=7 July 2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-7142-0|pages=29|language=en}}</ref> "We would butt heads so fucking badly; it was unbelievable," Burns told journalist James Arena in his book ''Europe's Stars of 80s Dance Pop''. "That's why we eventually walked away from them. For instance, there was a lyric from 'Something in My House' where I make reference to a wicked queen. "The actual producer, Mike Stock stopped me and said I couldn't use that term because it would mean the record is about gay people. I was like, 'Fuck this, it's going on!' They actually wiped the original vocal, but then [[Pete Waterman]] came back and said, 'Let him do it the way he wants to.'"<ref name=":1" />

Despite the reservations of the label and producers, the track proved to be Dead or Alive's biggest hit in the UK since "[[Lover Come Back to Me (Dead or Alive song)|Lover Come Back to Me]]" and was the only single from their third album to earn a UK Top 20 placement.<ref name="uk" /> Jerry Smith of the ''[[Music Week]]'' magazine described "Something in My House" a "furiously juddering and sluttering high energy dance tune with a very catchy feel", and praised [[Phil Harding (producer)|Phil Harding]]'s "vibrant mix".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1987/Music-Week-1987-01-17.pdf |title=Singles |first=Jerry |last=Smith |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=17 January 1987 |page=13 |via=World Radio History |accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref> The song also proved to be the act's final Top 40 hit with an original release in the UK, and their last Top 20 hit in Australia.<ref name="uk" /><ref name="aus" />

The album version of the track is in the style of a stripped down, extended remix, running to over 7 minutes. The 7" single version is the song in unedited form, but is titled as a "Remix" due to it ultimately being released a month after the album version.

Extended and remixes 12” single versions include the "Flamenco", "Mortevicar" and “US Wipe-Out” mixes. A further 12" [[White label record|white label]] mix, known as "Naughty XXX", was released to club DJs, featuring a series of dialogue clips from horror film ''[[The Exorcist]]'' (1973) - with the track described as "unique" in its capacity as the only example of a "filthy, obscene [and] sexually explicit" Stock Aitken Waterman record.<ref name=":0" />

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = UK 7", 1986
| title1 = Something in My House (Remix)
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = D.J. Hit That Button
| length2 = 3:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = UK 12" single, 1986
| title1 = Something In My House (Mortevicar Mix)
| length1 = 6:57
| title2 = Something In My House (Flamenco Version)
| length2 = 4:20
| title3 = D.J. Hit That Button
| length3 = 3:23
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = UK 12" single, 1986
| title1 = Something in My House (U.S. Wipe-Out Mix Part 2)
| length1 = 7:18
| title2 = Something In My House (House Instrumental)
| length2 = 5:16
| title3 = D.J. Hit That Button
| length3 = 3:21
}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1987)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=Illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|page=85|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
|align="center"|19
|-
{{singlechart|Ireland2|8|song=Something in My House|accessdate=5 December 2021}}
|-
{{singlechart|Dutch100|79|artist=Dead or Alive|song=Something in My House|accessdate=5 December 2021}}
|-
|Luxembourg ([[Radio Luxembourg]])<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.umdmusic.com/default.asp?Lang=English&Chart=F&ChDay=&ChMonth=&ChYear=&ChBand=Dead+or+Alive&ChSong= |title=Radio Luxembourg Singles |publisher=umdmusic.com|access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|31|artist=Dead or Alive|song=Something in My House|accessdate=5 December 2021}}
|-
|align="left"|United Kingdom ([[UK Singles Chart|CIN]])<ref name=uk/>
|align="center"|12
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|85|artist=Dead or Alive|access-date=5 December 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|3|artist=Dead or Alive|access-date=6 December 2021}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{discogs master|76410|type=single}}

{{Dead or Alive}}

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[[Category:1986 singles]]
[[Category:1986 songs]]
[[Category:Dead or Alive (band) songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman]]
[[Category:Songs written by Pete Burns]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tim Lever]]
[[Category:Songs written by Mike Percy (musician)]]
[[Category:Epic Records singles]]
[[Category:Hi-NRG songs]]

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Something in My House - Revision history

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