Susan's House

"Susan's House" is a song by American rock band Eels. It was released as the second single from their 1996 debut album, Beautiful Freak.

"Susan's House"
Single by Eels
from the album Beautiful Freak
Released	5 May 1997 (UK)
Genre	Alternative rock trip hop spoken word
Length	3:56
Label	DreamWorks
Songwriter(s)	E Jim Weatherly Jim Jacobsen
Eels singles chronology
"Novocaine for the Soul" (1997) "Susan's House" (1997) "Your Lucky Day in Hell" (1997)

Content

In his autobiography, Mark Oliver Everett states that Susan "wasn't a crazy girl, a rare exception at the time". Her house was in Pasadena, not a walkable distance from where Everett lived at the time. The song focuses on the 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.[1]

The song samples the piano introduction from the 1974 Gladys Knight & the Pips 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 the album.

Release

"Susan's House" reached number 9 in the UK Singles Chart, the group's highest-charting single in the country to date.[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Susan's House"	E Jim Weatherly Jim Jacobsen	3:56
2.	"Stepmother"
3.	"Manchester Girl" (BBC Radio 1 version)	E	3:21

References

1. Everett, Mark (2008). Things The GrandChildren Should Know. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-02787-8.
2. "Eels | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics