Brick House
~ Recording by Commodores
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | Commodores | Commodores | Album |
| Motown | M7-884R1 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:28 | Commodores | Brick House | Commodores | Single |
| Motown | M 1425F |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:28 | Commodores | Zoom | Commodores | Album |
| Motown | 1C 064-98 871 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:28 | Commodores | Zoom | Commodores | Album |
| Motown | STML 12057 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | All the Greatest Hits | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 6028ML |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:44 | Commodores | 14 Greatest Hits | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 9039MD |
| 2.14 | Brick House | 3:26 | Commodores | Motown 50 Certified Original No.1 Hits: A Motown Anniversary Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | SED-10214 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:44 | Commodores | 14 Greatest Hits | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD06068MD |
| 1.16 | Brick House | 3:24 | Commodores | The Very Best of Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | STAR 2249 |
| 1.19 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Motown Dance Party, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD09072MD |
| 1.19 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Motown Dance Party, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | SPCD 1046 |
| 2.16 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Motown Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 2XDE |
| 2.3 | Brickhouse | 3:26 | Commodores | The Original Disco Dance Collection, Vol. 1: 1975–1979 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation), Odeon | PD 74052 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | All the Greatest Hits | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | Commodores | Commodores | Album |
| Motown | 3746352222 |
| 1.18 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Sounds of the Seventies: 1977, Take Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2633, SOD-17 |
| 2.9 | Brick House | 3:35 | The Commodores | Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1972–1992 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 3746363582 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:32 | Commodores | Motown Legends: The Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| MCA Special Products | |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Motown Legends: The Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 37463 8502-2 |
| 1.12 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | Dance Explosion 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:32 | Commodores | Motown Legends: The Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 37463 8502-2 |
| 1.12 | Brick House | 3:37 | Commodores | Superfunk: The Funkiest Album in the World...Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD30 |
| 2.11 | Brick House | 3:32 | Commodores | The Hitsound of Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor B.V. (not an imprint; NL subsidiary company of Polydor International) | 530 453-2 |
| 1.18 | Brick House | 3:38 | Commodores | Anthology: The Best of the Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 31453-0358-2 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| MCA Soundtracks | MCAD-11231 |
| 1.4 | Brick House | 3:36 | Commodores | The Very Best of the Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 530 547-2 |
| 1.14 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | Funky Dance Grooves, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 481247 2 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:44 | Commodores | Motown Dance: Disco Nights, Volume 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint) | 314 520 298-2 |
| 1.4 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Old School, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Thump Records | THCD 4040 |
| 2.5 | Brick House | 3:33 | Commodores | Super ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Razor & Tie | DR-7076 |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Strip Jointz: Hot Songs for Sexy Dancers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Robbins (imprint of Robbins Entertainment LLC) | 76869-75002-2 |
| 2.6 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | 70’s Dance Machine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Records | DPSM 5176 |
| 1.5 | Brick House | 3:33 | Commodores | Funky•Stuff! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH | 535 797-2 |
| 1.11 | Brick House | 3:37 | Commodores | Superfunk: The Funkiest Album In The World...Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 8383462 |
| 1.9 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | The Ultimate Collection (club edition) | The Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | 31453-0501-2, D118071 |
| 1.9 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | The Ultimate Collection | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MOTD 501 |
| 1.11 | Brick House | 3:38 | Commodores | Funk Classics: The 70’s, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint) | 314 520 430-2 |
| 1.17 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | Sounds of the Seventies: 70s Dance Party 1976-1977 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R840-07 |
| 8.8 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | The Complete Motown Anthology | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MEI Digital | |
| 1.10 | Brick House | 3:38 | Commodores | We Got the Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget comps; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMIDCD28 |
| 1.8 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Disco Nights, Volume 11: Disco’s Leading Men | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rebound Records (1990s budget reissue imprint) | 314 520 432-2 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:39 | Commodores | The Real Thing | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motor Music GmbH | 530 925-2 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | Millennium Funk Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75467 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Ultimate Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Metacom | 7616000342 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | Commodores | Commodores | Album |
| Motown | 530 936-2 |
| 1.7 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Funk Classics "The 70s" | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram Group Canada Inc. | |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | Pure Funk (BMG club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 314 558 299-2 |
| 1.4 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polymedia Music Service | P2 58299 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | P2 - 58299 |
| 1.4 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | Pure Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyMedia (a division of PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.) | 558 299-2 |
| 1.12 | Brick House | 3:36 | Commodores | The Best Funk Album in the World | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 844255 2 4, VTDCD126 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | The Motown Definitive Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 530 911-2 | |
| 2.20 | Brick House | 3:36 | Commodores | Dancing in the Street | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 549 510-2, 549 511-2 |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | Muppets From Space: The Ultimate Muppet Trip | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.10 | Brick House | 3:24 | Commodores | Ultimate Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music France (1994–2013) | 7243 5 21955 2 7 |
| 1.11 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | New Year’s Eve: Dance Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| The Right Stuff (reissues; once EMI, now UMG) | 72435-23105-2-4 |
| 1.4 | Brick House | 3:46 | Commodores | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Commodores | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 314 542 096-2 |
| 5.13 | Brick House | 3:32 | Commodores | 20th Century Disco | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Insight Music Ltd | 564569 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | 100% Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), PolyGram | PG-1-5-2 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | 100% Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations) | PG-1-5-2 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | Funky Grooves: Best of Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”), Universal Music Special Markets | 314545819-2 |
| 1.8 | Brick House | 3:33 | Commodores | Millennium Party | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Metacom Music | 314564981-2 |
| 1.3 | Brickhouse | 3:36 | Commodores | Music of the Year: 1977 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 544 158-2 |
| 1.11 | Brick House | 3:38 | Commodores | Get Funked... (Not to be confused with "Get Funked", released in Australia by Rajon Music Group in 2003) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 7243 5 22215 2 3 |
| 1.7 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | Classic | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (Japanese domestic artists only, prior to 2023) | POCY-2009 |
| 2.9 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection, Volume 2: 1972-1992 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 012 159 027-2 |
| 1.14 | Brick House | 3:32 | Commodores | Funk Blast! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Experience Music Project | EMPCD 002 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Old School Jams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R142-33 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Old School Jams | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | 314560054-2 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Party Starter Level 1: The Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records | 314 541 394-2 |
| 1.7 | Brick House | 3:36 | Commodores | Respect - The Soundtrack to the Soul Generation (Made in Germany) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 524 863 2 |
| 1.11 | Brick House | 3:36 | Commodores | Respect - The Soundtrack to the Soul Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 524 866 2 |
| 1.7 | Brick House | 3:36 | Commodores | Respect: The Soundtrack to The Soul Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 524 863 2 |
| 1.5 | Brick House | 3:28 | Commodores | Roots of Rhythm: Make It Funky | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | A 31271 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:39 | Commodores | Funkology: One Nation Under a Groove! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD033 |
| 1.11 | Brickhouse | 3:30 | Commodores | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Motown 1970s, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | 440 016 162-2 |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | Funked! Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Ltda. (Brazil) | 524 956-2 |
| 1.5 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Pozytywne Wibracje, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| STX Records (The Stanisław Trzciński STX Music:Solutions™, Poland), Universal Music Polska | 556 392-2 |
| 1.5 | Brick House | 3:34 | Commodores | Pozytywne Wibracje, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Polska | 556 392-2 |
| 1.11 | Brick House | 3:24 | Commodores | The All Time Greatest Disco Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 500546 2 |
| 1.7 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | Solid Gold Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Sony Music Special Products, Time–Life Music | 314560067-2, A032786, M18715 |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:42 | Commodores | Undercover Brother | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group) | |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:35 | Commodores | Funked! Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Débutante | 524 956-2 |
| 1.9 | Brick House | 3:37 | Commodores | Tony Blackburn: Soul Survivor | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| JazzFM Records | JAZZFMCD46 |
| 2.7 | Brick House | 3:45 | Commodores | Motown Dance Party!, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Special Products | USP 84445 |
| 1.6 | Brick House | 3:28 | Commodores | Rhythm + Grooves | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R810-01 314584875-2 |
| 3.11 | Brick House | 3:39 | Commodores | Soul! The Very Best of Motown | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 018 994-2 |
| 2.6 | Brick House | 3:32 | The Commodores | Super ’70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Razor & Tie | 314583740-2, 6983680378-2 |
| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:27 | Commodores | The Best of Funk | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Canada | 314 584 423-2 |
| 1.1 | Brick House | 3:37 | Commodores | The Collection | Commodores | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 544 983-2 |
| 4.1 | Brick House | 3:33 | Commodores | Total Funk: The Ultimate Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 584-553-2 |
| 2.5 | Brick House | 3:29 | Commodores | The Definitive Collection (US version, with bonus disc) | Lionel Richie | Album + Compilation |
| UTV Records | 440 068 140-2 |
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:37 | Commodores | No.1 Funk Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| X-Media | XMCD02 |
| 2.7 | Brick House | 3:42 | Commodores | Ultimate Disco: 30th Anniversary Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets, Madacy Records | B0000077-02, MEG24981 |
| 1.16 | Brick House | 3:37 | Commodores | SATURN Exklusiv Edition: Groove Edition | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations) | 9808716 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.3 | Brick House | 3:31 | Commodores | PGD Presents Sound Savers Old School Vol. 6 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PGD (acronym brand used by PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc. in some releases) | SACD 1063 |
| 1.9 | Brick House | 3:38 | Commodores | Classic Songs of the Motown Era, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) | |
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| 1.2 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | The Classic Sound of Motown Motown Dance With a Bullet | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | WL72170 |
| 1.19 | Brick House | 3:30 | Commodores | Motown Dance Party, Volume Two | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Motown | MCD06231MD |
Relationships
| producer: | James Anthony Carmichael |
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| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Motown Record Company, L.P. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 1977) |
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| sampled by: | Ill Na Na by Foxy Brown (rapper) feat. Method Man (of the Wu‐Tang Clan) Lil’ Romeo’s B House by Lil Romeo (US rapper) feat. Master P (US rapper Percy Miller) |
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| part of: | Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 296) (order: 296) |
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| recording of: | Brick House (original version) |
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Related works
Brick House (original version)
| lyricist: | William King (William Atwell King Jr. (member of Commodores)) Walter Orange Lionel Richie |
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| composer: | Ronald LaPread Thomas McClary Lionel Richie Milan Williams |
| publisher: | Brenda Richie Publishing Cambrae Music Daddy Married a Golddigger Drop Five Hanna Music Jobete Music Co., Inc. Libren Music Old Fashion Publishing Reservoir Media Music イーエムアイ音楽出版 フジパシフィック事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division) (until 2021-06-30) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present) |
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| later versions: | Brick House 2003 |
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