Format Digital download Genre Pop rap | Recorded 2014 Length 3:12 | |
Released October 13, 2015 (2015-10-13) Label International Music Group
Poe Boy
Atlantic | ||
"My House" is a song by American recording artist Flo Rida from his 2015 EP of the same name. The song was released as the album's third official single on October 13, 2015 in the United States. The song contains samples from "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers.
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Commercial performance
"My House" debuted at number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated November 28, 2015, before falling to 99 on the following week. The song then slowly gained momentum until a sharp increase in attention following Flo Rida's January 14 performance at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , a halftime performance at an NFL playoff game two days afterward and becoming Wrestlemania's 32 theme song, jumping places from 23–12 and becoming the track to gain the most digital sales in a week on the chart. Steep rises in performance continued as the song once again leaped to number five the following week with the issue dated February 9, 2016, becoming Flo Rida's seventh top 5 single in his native United States. The song has been certified quadruple Platinum in the US. The song sold 2,217,000 copies in the United States in 2016, making it the second best-selling song of the year, behind Justin Timberlake's "Can't Stop the Feeling!". As of December 2016, it has sold 2,732,000 download in total downloads in the country.
Music video
The music video was directed by Alex Acosta and features Flo Rida in a party full of women.
Other media
"My House" was chosen as the theme song for WWE's WrestleMania 32 with Hello Friday, also by Flo Rida. The song was also used in ESPN montages for Opening Day 2016 on April 3, 2016 as the first games of the MLB season were being played.
The song was used in a Pizza Hut advertisement that aired during Super Bowl 50. The song is also used in the films Bad Moms, The Secret Life of Pets and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life.
Flo Rida performed a Nickelodeon remixed version of the song as part of the network's promotion of Super Bowl 50.
The song was performed January 29, 2017, as part of the 2016 Miss Universe awards show's opening ceremony.
It is also used in The Boss Baby trailer.
The Scott Brothers version
The Scott Brothers released a cover of the song with Eric Paslay, and released it on January 12, 2017. The music video was filmed at their home in Las Vegas, Nevada. The proceeds from the sale of the single go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
While singing along to the original in while driving, Jonathan Scott thought it would make a good country song. Paslay was originally brought on to do a rap cameo, but they liked his voice so much they invited him to sing on the entire song.