"Love's the Only House" is the title of a song written by Buzz Cason

Buzz Cason

Buzz Cason is an American rock singer, songwriter, producer and author....

 and Tom Douglas

Tom Douglas (songwriter)

Thomas Stevenson "Tom" Douglas is an American country music songwriter. Active since the early 1990s, he has written Top Ten hits for John Michael Montgomery, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Collin Raye and others....

 and recorded by American

United States

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 country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Martina McBride

Martina McBride

Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....

. It was released in 1999 as the second single from her fifth studio album, Emotion

Emotion (Martina McBride album)

-Personnel:*Wes Hightower, Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Troy Johnson, Gordon Kennedy: Vocal Backing*J.T. Corenflos, Dan Dugmore, B. James Lowry, Paul Worley: Guitars*Dann Huff: Guitars, Organ, Wurlitzer*Doug Lancio, Biff Watson: Guitars, Bouzouki*Aubrey Haynie: Fiddle...

.

Song information

"Love's the Only House" is an up tempo song that describes how a woman sees various people (such as woman in grocery store and a previous lover) and notices the problems that they have developed. The woman describes to the people she sees in each situation that love is the only place where they can release their pain and emotions. The song's chorus is repeated four times:

Love's the only house big enough for all the pain in the world

Love's the only house big enough for all the pain

Chart performance

"Love's the Only House" debuted at #62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of November 20, 1999. "Love's the Only House" was the second track released from McBride's album, Emotion. Like the album's previous single, "I Love You, " the song was a major hit, reaching #3 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, as well as #42 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. In addition, it also peaked at #2 on the Canadian RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Tracks chart that same year.

Chart (1999-2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	42
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	2