"Susan's House" is a song by American rock band

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. It was released as the third single from their 1996 debut album, ''

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Content

In his autobiography,

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states that Susan "wasn't a crazy girl, a rare exception at the time". Her house was in

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, not a walkable distance from where Everett lived at the time. The song focuses on the social 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. The song samples the piano introduction from the 1974

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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

"Susan's House" reached number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, the group's highest-charting single in the country to date.

Track listing

Charts

References

1996 songs 1997 singles Eels (band) songs Song recordings produced by Mark Oliver Everett Songs written by Mark Oliver Everett Songs written by Jim Weatherly {{1990s-rock-song-stub