11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡 | Playlist 🎧

11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡  features music courtesy of Beyoncé, Don Henley, Joesef, Kevin Abstract, and Trippie Redd. 

We did it once in 2020 with 11 Interesting Songs Loosely Associated with the House (2020), so, we’re about to do it again, nearly four years later. That’s right, the follow-up playlist, 11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡, has arrived! The criteria is simple: the song titles must reference something related to or appearing in a house. Does the song have to be about a house, or something related technically? Nope. 11 Songs Focused on Matters of the House 🏡, a musical compendium long part of the backlog, features music courtesy of Beyoncé, Don Henley, Joesef, Kevin Abstract, and Trippie Redd among others. So, without further ado, let’s jump right into this musical matters of the house 🏡!

1. Beyoncé, “MY HOUSE”  

🎵 “MY HOUSE” • 🏷 Parkwood Entertainment LLC / Columbia • 🗓 2023   

Question: “Who let the goons out that house?” Beyoncé kicked off December 2023 with a bang with her fierce single, “MY HOUSE”. Queen Bey brings the attitude, the heat, and EVERYTHING on this hip-hop infused pop cut.  She wrote and produced this slick joint alongside The-Dream. “MY HOUSE” has two distinct parts, both of which are fire. In the first, we get a refrain and a verse from Beyoncé. She raps, “Me and my thug bae gon’ slide tonight / Call the paparazzi, ain’t got clips to hide tonight.” Oh, snap! Part two is the catchiest, particularly the chorus, where the word house is repeated about 17 times! “When I grow up, I’m gon’ buy me a (House) / Make love in the (House), Stay up late in this (House) / Don’t give a fuck about my (House).” Beyond the chorus, there is a bridge, which continues referencing the house, many more times, but also finds Yoncé mentioning her critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning album, RENAISSANCE (“Lend your soul to intuitions (This is real) / RENAISSANCE, new revolution”). All told, “MY HOUSE” is another thrilling record from Beyoncé.  It’s superbly produced, marvelously performed, and ear-catching to the nth degree.

Appears in 🔻:  

• Awesome Songs: December 2023 
• 13 Possessive Songs Featuring the Adjective, MY (2024) 

2. Paul Wall & Termanology, “Leather Recliner” (Ft. Mia Jae) 

💿 Start, Finish, Repeat • 🏷 Perfect Time Music Group / ST. • 📅 2023

“Stackin’ paper worldwide / Oh, we gon’ get this money, mane.” Fo’ sho’!  In 2023, rappers Paul Wall and Termanology linked up for the album, Start, Finish, Repeat.  On the 11th track, “Leather Recliner,” they tap Mia Jae for the assist. She delivers relaxed vocals on the chorus, which plays out a little something like this: “There’s a duffel bag filled with cash / Sittin’ next to me / On my leather recliner.”  Temanology takes the first verse, impressing with an easy-going yet potent flow. At the end of his verse, he spits, “Now I’m in the Range with my fresh leather seats / I protect how I eat, so the TEC’s on the seat / Sex on the beach, that’s my type of drink / You be blowing money fast when it’s all tax-free.” Wall brings the heat as well in the second verse with those deep, masculine pipes (“Stop tripping over petty shit and get a bag / Would you rather be broke and mad or be rich and mad? Think about it”). In addition to respectable performances from all three artists, Statik Selektah masterfully stitches up the track with chill, lush production. “Leather Recliner” = chilled-out rap banger. 

Appears in 🔻:  

• 11 Engaging Songs About Leather (2024) 

3. Kevin Abstract, “Blanket”  

💿 Blanket • 🏷 RCA • 🗓 2023 

“Memory, memory / There’s no you’s and no me’s.” Um, okay… sure… “Blanket” (Blanket, 2023) marked the first song released by Kevin Abstract post- BROCKHAMPTON. Even though it clocks in at just under two minutes in duration, it is interesting, nonetheless. The track is produced by Romil Hemnani, Jonah Abraham, and Julian Ali.  It commences with rhythm guitar accompaniment – totally not the sound expected. Kevin is going for those alternative vibes.  He sings in an undertone, furthering the enigma that is “Blanket.” Following the initial surprise of the backdrop, and hushed vocals by Abstract, things get even more insane.  “Blanket” transforms into this wild, alternative rock joint, including howls, which are actually the repeated lyric, “Woah.” There are very few lyrics throughout “Blanket.” The chorus, the first section heard, maintains simplicity. “Blanket” features just one verse, which, like the chorus and post-chorus (the “Woah” sections 🤘), yields little text: “I thought these things about me / Were momentary.” Do we know what Kevin Abstract is getting at musically with “Blanket”? Not exactly, but it is an unexpected, ear-catching listen like WOAH!    

Appears in 🔻: 

• Awesome Songs: October 2023  

4. Dua Lipa, “Good in Bed”  

💿 Future Nostalgia • 🏷 Warner • 🗓 2020 

“I dedicate this verse to (Verse to) / All that good pipe in the moonlight.” Woo! While love and sex dominate Future Nostalgia, the sophomore album by Grammy-winning pop artist Dua Lipa, penultimate cut “Good in Bed” manages to separate itself from the rest. “Good in Bed” features contrasting production work, courtesy of Lindgren and Take a Daytrip.  Compared to the rest of Future Nostalgia, this record has more of a soulful, old-school, hip-hop vibe. “Good in Bed” sounds like a record that the late, great Amy Winehouse might’ve recorded had she lived.  Vocally, Dua Lipa gives us some of her most cutting, throaty vocals of the album. Furthermore, she serves up a heaping dose of repetition on the infectious, tongue-n-cheek chorus: 

“I know it’s really bad, bad, bad, bad, bad 

Messing with my head, head, head, head, head 

We drive each other mad, mad, mad, mad, mad 

But baby, that’s what makes us good in bed…” 

The sex is lit AF, apparently: “Yeah, we don’t know how to talk / But damn, we know how to fuck.”  

Appears in 🔻: 

• 11 More Really GOOD Songs… It’s That Simple (2020) 
• BED 🛏: 5ive Songs No. 41 (2020) 
• 12 More Songs Associated with the Bed (2021) 
• 15 Stellar Good or Bad Songs (2021) 

5. Charlie Puth, “Light Switch”   

💿 CHARLIE • 🏷 Atlantic • 📅 2022    

“Why you callin’ at 11:30 / When you only wanna do me dirty?” Ooh wee, Charlie Puth! “But I hit right back / ‘Cause you got that-that, yeah.” “Light Switch” marked the first taste of Charlie that fans received in 2022.  Thematically, the Grammy-nominated musician dabbles in matters of the pants! While a true relationship with this seems unlikely, the sex is poppin’.  He hungers for her, evident in the pre-chorus (“All a sudden, I’m hypnotized / You’re the one I can’t deny”), and confirmed in the memorable, fun chorus: “You turn me on like a light switch / When you’re movin’ your body around and around / Now, I don’t wanna fight this (No) / You know how to just make me want.” Puth sings with an airy, light tone – there’s still a sense of boyish innocence. Nonetheless, I like the sweet falsetto he serves up in the chorus.  Besides a naughty but ‘not too naughty’ script, the bright, warm pop production (Puth) is a plus, featuring some colorful touches (including harmonized vocals) and an infectious pop groove.  Has a minor key joint ever sounded so exuberant? 

Appears in 🔻:   

• Awesome Songs: January 2022  
• 13 More Songs Propelled by Light 💡 (2023)  

6. Trippie Redd & Ski Mask the Slump God, “TOILET WATER”  

💿 MANSION MUSIK • 🏷 1400 Entertainment, Inc. / 10K Projects • 📅 2023 

“I’m from the jungle, a lion, lil bitch / I been stuntin’ since I was a kitty.” Um, meow, Trippie Redd.  The always colorful, idiosyncratic rapper brings the bathroom, specifically the toilet, into the fold on the banger, “TOILET WATER” (“Treat ‘em like turds, don’t say a word / These niggas is all shitty 💩”). “TOILET WATER” appears deep into his 2023 album, MANSION MUSIK as the 19th track.  He’s assisted by Ski Mask the Slump God on this unapologetic, Bosley/ Igor Mamet/ Bacon and Popcorn / HNRZHUNTER production. All those lyrical excerpts hail from the chorus, which features plenty of memorable lyrics.  Of course, the most fun part of the shit-fueled experience is when Trippie and Ski Mask spit, “Flush (bust), flush (bust).” The flushing also occurs in the pre-chorus too for good measure! Anyways, Trippie takes the first verse, which is violent with its references to MAC-11s and FN’s, and Redd’s assertion, “Bitch, you know I keep a cutter.” As for Ski Mask the Slump God, he comes through in the second verse with epic lines like “Break him like a Kit-Kat, Chris, how I be tuckin’” and the likes of “You be built like a nose, you be runny / Money flow like constipated tummy.” While “TOILET WATER” is literally pissy and shitty (sorry, couldn’t resist), this three-minute banger is irresistible.

Appears in 🔻:  

• Trippie Redd & Ski Mask the Slump God, TOILET WATER: Rap BNGRZ 🔥 No. 28 (2023) 
• 11 Songs Loosely Associated with the Bathroom (2023) 

7. HOLYCHILD, “Bathroom Bitch” 

🎵 “Bathroom Bitch” • 🏷 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC • 🗓 2018

“I wanna fuck you in the bathroom / I wanna fuck you on the roof of my car / I wanna drink your juice so badly / I want it dripping from my ass to the floor.” Wow – holy fuck! Liz Nistico doesn’t hold back anything on “Bathroom Bitch”, which is clearly a sexual record.  The first verse is X-rated, and the second and third don’t tame things down either.  “Can I go down on you in public,” Nistico asks in the second verse, adding in the third, “C’mon and fuck me like you doubt me / I wanna be the only one you won’t forget.” Woo! Nistico (songwriting and vocals), alongside producer/instrumentalist Louie Diller were previously part of the alternative/indie pop duo, HOLYCHILD.  They have since moved on from HOLYCHILD, but “Bathroom Bitch” is unforgettable, to say the least.

“Baby, I’m an animal but you can have a taste  

God, I feel so powerful when grinding on your face…”

My, my, my! Beyond the pre-chorus with its animalistic tendencies, the chorus encourages the sweet pleasures of sex.  Interestingly, it does so without f-bombs explicitly expressing what’s going down.  No worries, because the bridge gets down and dirty once more: “In the bathroom, in the library / I feel your love inside of me.” Inside, huh? #SPEECHLESS! The sex is lit on “Bathroom Bitch” – that might be an understatement.  This is a dirty but fun and utterly infectious indie pop joint.  Liz Nistico is bold AF, and she’s unafraid to express her sexual desires.   

Appears in 🔻:  

• HOLYCHILD, Bathroom Bitch: After Dark 🕛 🌃 No. 77 (2022) 
• Bathroom: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 64 (2023) 
• 11 Songs Loosely Associated with the Bathroom (2023) 

8.Don Henley, “Dirty Laundry” 

💿 I Can’t Stand Still • 🏷 Don Henley and Past Masters Holdings, LLC • 🗓 1982

“People love it when you lose / They love dirty laundry.” Grammy winning rock musician Don Henley has a legitimate point. “It’s interesting when people die / Give us dirty laundry.” Woo!  On “Dirty Laundry”, Henley drops a song for the ages about, well, people honestly.  A standout from his 1982 debut album, I Can’t Stand Still, “Dirty Laundry” peaked at no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100.  Furthermore, it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Male at the 25th Annual Grammy Awards.  So, who and what song did “Dirty Laundry” lose the Grammy to? Oh, one John Mellencamp – “Hurts So Good”.

“Can we film the operation? Is the head dead yet?  

You know, the boys in the newsroom got a running bet 

Get the window on the set! 

We need dirty laundry.”

The theme and lyrics are just one of the things that make “Dirty Laundry” awesome.  The production and sound are 1980s to the core, which is incredibly sweet, to be honest. Not only do you get some great guitar riffs, but you also get the boxy drums and rich keys/synths.  Throw in the gang vocals on the chorus, and “Dirty Laundry” is a whole vibe: “Kick ‘em when they’re up / Kick ’em when they’re down / Kick ‘em when they’re up / Kick ‘em when they’re down.” The laundry may be filth but dis song right here – a surefire bop! Can anybody sing “Dirty Laundry” other than Don Henley?

Appears in 🔻:  

• Don Henley, Dirty Laundry: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 15 (2023) 
• Don Henley vs. Lisa Marie Presley: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 4 (2023) 

9. Joesef, “Shower”  

💿 Permanent Damage • 🏷 Bold Cut / AWAL • 📅 2023 

“Both of us got in the shower / You said that that was our thing,” queer Scottish pop-soul singer Joesef sings in the first verse of “Shower”. Picture it: a scene between two lovers participating in quite a sexy, erotic experience 😈. “Sitting down, soaked for an hour / I’m underneath holding your weight,” he adds, before dropping the bomb on this highlight from his debut album, Permanent Damage: “Now I’m standing here alone.”  Despite the great memory Joesef experiences of his ex- showering, the relationship is over.  Furthermore, he is struggling with moving past it on this stunning ballad.  In the chorus, he sings: 

“I hope sometimes 

When I close my eyes 

And I open them that 

You will be there 

God knows I’ve tried 

To leave you behind, but 

I’m wondering 

Did you ever really care?” 

Those matters of the heart – they are incredibly pesky.  Joesef is clearly in a bad spot, something he sheds more light about in the second verse, as well as the bridge. “I’ll try not to need you anymore,” he sings in the bridge, continuing, “But when you’re not here, the water’s cold.” Indeed.  “Shower” is authentically and radiantly performed and written, backed by fitting musical accompaniment, produced by Joesef and Barney Lister. 

Appears in 🔻:  

• 13 Songs Straight From The Shower (2023) 

10. Luke Combs, “Refrigerator Door”  

💿 What You See Ain’t Always What You Get • 🏷 Sony Music Entertainment • 📅 2020  

Luke Combs’ ascent in country music has been incredibly quick.  Where some country musicians are struggling, Combs has been tearing up the charts.  What DOOR song does Mr. Combs bring to the table? Well, that would be the “Refrigerator Door,” which appears as the second track on his 2019 album, 💿 What You See is What You Get, as well as the 2020 expanded version, What You See Ain’t Always What You Get. “Refrigerator Door” was written by Combs along with Jordan Brooker, while Scott Moffatt handles the production. So, does “Refrigerator Door” have anything to do with the contents inside the refrigerator? That would be a no, JAMES! “Refrigerator Door” is a prime example of singer/songwriter country song, reminiscing on the memories posted on the refrigerator door – ah, those magnets come in handy. “My first day of kindergarten when I was five years old,” Luke sings on the second verse, listing the contents posted on the Kenmore, continuing “A postcard that my cousin sent from Cancun, Mexico…” The chorus, sung marvelously by Combs, best sums up the significance of that door:

“‘Cause they’re just pictures hanging side by side 

Forgotten memories from another time 

Just the places that I’ve been before 

Couple magnets, recipes, and Polaroids 

Yeah, but that’s my life on the ‘frigerator door.”   

Appears in 🔻:  

• 11 Captivating Songs Associated with Doors (2021) 

11. Ice Nine Kills, “The Shower Scene”   

💿 The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood • 🏷 Fearless • 📅 2021  

“Don’t mind mother, she is not well / The doctors say she’s not all there.” Ice Nine Kills totally kick ass and take names when it comes to creating songs surrounding cinematic horror.  Spencer Charnas is the sugar honey iced tea – WOO! On their 2021 album, The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood, Charnas and company drop a song, “The Shower Scene”, based on the infamous shower murder scene from the 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film, Psycho. This song specifically channels the fictional character Norman Bates, who has dissociative identity disorder. In the excerpted lyric, sung by Charnas from Bates’ perspective, he appears to characterize his mother as mentally unstable.  Of course, ‘Mother’ ends up being one of Bates’ multiple personalities, and an abusive, murderous one at that (“She’s crazy, I must confess / I’m so sick of cleaning up her mess”)!  

What makes “The Shower Scene” such a brilliant song is how the record navigates Norman Bates’ main personality and his dissociative ‘Mother’ personality.  Charnas goes between both extremes, weaving in quotes from the film too.  It is fitting when Charnas asserts, “You got caught up Inn between,” as the murderous shower scene in the book (Robert Bloch) and film takes place at an inn.  Also, it is fitting as Charnas asserts, “You can’t escape the shower scene!” It is two-fold because (1) it is one of the most famous cinematic scenes in history and (2) Bates murders Marion Crane, so, she’s not coming out alive.  You can’t unsee this one, folks.  The chorus has a dark, fierce vibe too as Charnas sings, “I hope saying goodnight / Doesn’t mean saying goodbye! / Now under pressure, we’re drowning together / Going down the drain tonight.” The drain is a key part of the shower scene in the film too. Besides a great narrative within the songwriting, and awesome lead vocals by Charnas, the music is lit too – dark, dramatic, dynamic, unsettling. 

Appears in 🔻:   

• Ice Nine Kills, The Shower Scene: FIERCE Pop + Rock 🔥🤘 No. 3 (2023)  
• 13 Songs Straight From The Shower (2023) 

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