The House That Built Me - wikipedia The House That Built Me `` The House That Built Me '' Single by Miranda Lambert from the album Revolution Released March 8, 2010 Format Digital download Recorded 2009 Genre Country Length 3 : 56 Label Columbia Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Tom Douglas Allen Shamblin Producer ( s ) Frank Liddell Mike Wrucke Miranda Lambert singles chronology `` White Liar '' ( 2009 ) `` The House That Built Me '' ( 2010 ) `` Only Prettier '' ( 2010 ) `` White Liar '' ( 2009 ) `` The House That Built Me '' ( 2010 ) `` Only Prettier '' ( 2010 ) Music video `` The House That Built Me '' on YouTube `` The House That Built Me '' is a song written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert. Blake Shelton was originally set to record the song but when Lambert heard it, she immediately wanted to record it for herself. It was released in March 2010 as the third single from her third studio album, Revolution. It is the fastest - rising single of her career, reaching the Top 20 in its eighth week. For the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became Lambert 's first Number One hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and held its place at the top for four consecutive weeks. It is also Lambert 's first single of her career that she did not have a hand in writing. Additionally, it was her second single to receive a platinum certification from the RIAA on January 31, 2011. Lambert performed the song during the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards on April 18, 2010, and received a standing ovation. At the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011, she won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for `` The House That Built Me. '' Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Commercial performance 4 Music video 5 In popular culture 5.1 Parodies 5.2 Covers 5.3 Background Music 6 Charts 6.1 Weekly charts 6.2 Year - end charts 7 Certifications 8 Awards and nominations 9 References Content `` The House That Built Me '' is a country ballad in the key of F major driven primarily by acoustic guitar with steel guitar fills. The song 's female narrator describes returning, as an adult, to the house that she grew up in, and asking the person who now lives in the house if she could step inside and take a look around. She refers to it as `` the house that built ( her ), '' because of all the memories that she had of growing up within its walls. Allen Shamblin based the song on his experiences going back to the house in Huffman, Texas that he grew up in at least once a year. Critical reception The song received critical acclaim. Matt Bjorke described the song favorably in his review of Revolution, referring it as `` one of the absolute best songs on the record. '' He notes that while it could 've been `` a bombastic, overdone song, '' Lambert and her producers kept it `` earthy and just downright beautiful. '' Bjorke later reviewed the single itself, describing it as a `` song that plays on the country cliché of nostalgia without ever feeling cliché '' and concluded that it stands a good chance of nomination in the 2010 CMA Awards. Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs up, favoring Lambert 's preference in `` organic storytelling instead of contrived commercial jingles. '' He described the song itself as `` a gorgeous piece of melancholy country without getting squishy or sentimental '' and called it an `` early favorite for single of the year. '' Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song an A rating, describing it favorably as `` the best on the album '' and a standout for radio, because of `` its grace and intelligence, not because it happens to be more disposably catchy than the others surrounding it. '' `` The House That Built Me '' was ranked No. 1 on Engine 145 's Best Country Songs of 2009. The song received nominations in three categories ( Single of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year ) at the 2010 CMA Awards. Commercial Performance `` The House That Built Me '' debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of March 6, 2010. It also debuted at number 98 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of April 10, 2010 and at number 91 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart for the week of May 1, 2010 ; overall, it has become her most successful single on both of these charts. It is Lambert 's fastest - rising single to date, and for the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became her first number - one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. It reached its 2 million sales mark in the US by April 2014. As of May 2016, the song has sold 2.267 million copies in the US. Music video The music video, which was directed by Trey Fanjoy, premiered on CMT on April 8, 2010. In the video, Lambert 's tour bus pulls up to her childhood home, and she walks up to the front door to ask if she could come in. Inside the house, she wanders through the various rooms, while documentary flashbacks of her family and herself as a child in a house that looks nearly identical to the one in the video, are mixed in. Throughout the video, Lambert is shown performing with her acoustic guitar, seated on the floor in one of the bedrooms. Some of the footage used for the flashbacks consists of Lambert 's own home videos. The video was filmed at a house just outside Nashville. Lambert told The Boot that the concept of the video was clear : `` This was one of those videos that needed to be really obvious... ( The director ) found a house that looked a lot like the house I grew up in. There 's no drama in the video. It just is what it is. It represents the song in such a great way. '' In popular culture Parodies American parody artist Cledus T. Judd released a parody of `` The House That Built Me '' titled `` The House That Broke Me '' on his 2012 album, Parodyziac ! ! Covers American recording artist Chester See released a popular cover of `` The House That Built Me '' on his YouTube channel in 2015. Background Music Fuller House, a reboot of Full House with a slightly modified cast, used `` The House That Built Me '' in one of its trailers. Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 2010 ) Peak position Canada ( Canadian Hot 100 ) 52 Canada Country ( Billboard ) US Billboard Hot 100 28 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 2010 ) Peak position US Billboard Hot 100 91 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 11 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) 2 × Platinum 2,267,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone sales + streaming figures based on certification alone Awards and nominations `` The House That Built Me '' received three nominations at the 53rd Grammy Awards. It won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, giving Lambert her first Grammy win. Award Result 44th CMA Awards Song of the Year Won Single of the Year Nominated Music Video of the Year Won 53rd Grammy Awards Song of the Year Nominated Best Country Song Nominated Best Female Country Vocal Performance Won 46th ACM Awards Song of the Year Won Single Record of the Year Won Video of the Year Won References Jump up ^ `` Recording Industry Association of America ''. RIAA. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ `` CMT Blog : Miranda Lambert 's `` House '' Takes Me Back Home ``. Blog.cmt.com. March 10, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ NAME :. `` Roughstock Blog : Miranda Lambert -- Revolution ''. Roughstock.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ NAME :. `` Roughstock Blog : Miranda Lambert -- `` The House That Built Me '' ``. Roughstock.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Miranda Lambert -- `` The House That Built Me '' ``. Engine 145. February 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ Milliken, Dan ( April 1, 2010 ). `` Single Review / Shameless Rant : Miranda Lambert, `` The House That Built Me '' ``. Country Universe. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ `` The Best Country Songs of 2009 ''. Engine 145. December 21, 2009. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Miranda Lambert Debuts `` The House That Built Me '' Video ; Jake Owen Channels Brooks & Dunn In Tribute to Scooby Doo ``. Engine 145. April 6, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ Grein, Paul ( April 16, 2014 ). `` Chart Watch : `` Happy '' tops 4M ``. Yahoo ! Music. Yahoo !. ^ Jump up to : Bjorke, Matt ( April 4, 2016 ). `` The Top 30 Digital Country Singles : April 4, 2016 ''. Roughstock. Jump up ^ 4 / 8 / 10. `` CMT Videos : Music Binge -- 4.8. 10 : The House That Built Me ''. Cmt.com. Retrieved June 5, 2012. Jump up ^ Miranda Lambert Blog : ACM Good Luck Charm ? 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Retrieved May 5, 2018. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ Tucker, Ken ( February 13, 2011 ). `` Lady Antebellum Tops Grammys ''. Country Weekly. Retrieved February 14, 2011. Miranda Lambert singles Kerosene `` Me and Charlie Talking '' `` Bring Me Down '' `` Kerosene '' `` New Strings '' Crazy Ex-Girlfriend `` Famous in a Small Town '' `` Gunpowder & Lead '' `` More Like Her '' Revolution `` Dead Flowers '' `` White Liar '' `` The House That Built Me '' `` Only Prettier '' `` Heart Like Mine '' Four the Record `` Baggage Claim '' `` Over You '' `` Fastest Girl in Town '' `` Mama 's Broken Heart '' `` All Kinds of Kinds '' Platinum `` Automatic '' `` Somethin ' Bad '' `` Little Red Wagon '' `` Smokin ' and Drinkin ' '' The Weight of These Wings `` Vice '' `` We Should Be Friends '' `` Tin Man '' Featured singles `` We Were Us '' `` Drowns the Whiskey '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_House_That_Built_Me&oldid=846987696 '' Categories : 2009 songs 2010 singles Miranda Lambert songs Columbia Nashville Records singles Country ballads Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Music videos directed by Trey Fanjoy Song recordings produced by Frank Liddell Songs written by Allen Shamblin Songs written by Tom Douglas ( songwriter ) Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Use mdy dates from June 2012 Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canada Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcanadacountry Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Italiano Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 22 June 2018, at 04 : 04 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote the song the house that built me
Answer: Tom Douglas