"House Every Weekend" is the debut single from British DJ David Zowie. It was released on 3 July 2015 by Virgin EMI Records.
Background
Zowie produced the embryo of the song in his studio after finding the vocal among some a cappellas on his PC from a Nervous Records vinyl.[1][2] The vocalist initially sang about being trapped in the house during the weekend; Zowie flipped the lyrics to create a more positive scenario, with the intent of writing a feel-good track. Zowie first played the track at a house party with friends. A DJ at the party asked for a copy of the record, and in turn played it in his sets.[3] This was subsequently picked up by other DJs, who used it as a warm-up track, and it was played at clubs and events such as Egg, Defected and Audio Rehab. It was then picked up by The Magician and Alex Metric, who used it on their American tours, which in turn brought it to the attention of Pete Tong and Annie Mac, who subsequently used it on their BBC Radio 1 shows.[3]
Commercial performance
On 8 July 2015, the Official Charts Company announced that "House Every Weekend" was number one in the Official Chart Update, and was scheduled to be the Official Charts Company's first Friday number one (they moved the date the chart was announced from Sunday to Friday, giving it five days of sales that week) since 1960. Prior to being released, the song had made it to number 52 entirely on streams,[4] debuting at number 80.[5] On 10 July, the song topped the UK Singles Chart, beating "Shine" by Years & Years by fewer than 1,000 copies.[6]
Music video
The song's music video has been described as "a heartfelt paean to an underground scene that holds the dance as a means of expression as well as a movement". Visuals for the track were produced by CRYbaby Media.[7][8]
