Our House (CSNY song)

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"Our House"
"Our House" cover
Song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
from the album Déjà Vu
Released March 11, 1970
Recorded 1969
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:59
Label Atlantic Records
Writer(s) Graham Nash
Composer(s) Graham Nash
Producer(s) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Déjà Vu track listing
"Déjà Vu"
(6)
"Our House"
(7)
"4 + 20"
(8)

"Our House" is a song written by British singer-songwriter Graham Nash, most famously recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their 1970 album Déjà Vu. The song refers to Nash's brief affair with Joni Mitchell at the time Crosby, Stills Nash and Young recorded the Deja Vu album. What is interesting about this song is the underlying complex moral struggles that Nash was facing with regards to the hippie era mentality leaning towards promiscuity in relation on that of monogomy. While other songs on the seminal album explore the hippie mentality of free love, this is a song of a man who yearns to be stable. Stable in his relationship, stable in owning a house, stable with cats (in the yard).

The song has been covered by a number of artists, including Phantom Planet.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby | Stephen Stills | Graham Nash | Neil Young
Discography
Crosby, Stills & Nash | Déjà Vu | Four Way Street | So Far | CSN | Replay | Daylight Again | Allies | American Dream | Live It Up | CSN (box set) | After The Storm | Carry On | Looking Forward | Greatest Hits
Songs
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes | Marrakesh Express | Wooden Ships | Woodstock | Chicago | Ohio | Southern Cross | Helpless | Just A Song Before I Go
Other related bands
The Byrds | Buffalo Springfield | The Hollies | CPR | Crosby & Nash | Stills-Young Band | Manassas | Crazy Horse
Other related people
Joni Mitchell | Judy Collins | Chris Hillman | Cass Elliot | Timothy B. Schmit