| There's a Ghost in My House | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | R. Dean Taylor |
| Released: | April 1967 UK: 1974 |
| Genre: | R&B, pop |
| Label: | V.I.P. 25042 UK: Tamla Motown TMG 896 |
| Producer: | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier |
"There's a Ghost in My House" is a song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland of Motown Records, together with R. Dean Taylor. It was originally recorded by Taylor in 1966, and it reached No. 3 in 1974 in the UK.
"There's a Ghost in My House" was produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. It was released as a single on the Motown subsidiary V.I.P. label in April 1967,[1] but was not a hit. However, after it had become a popular dance song in Northern soul clubs in Britain, such as the Blackpool Mecca and Wigan Casino, R. Dean Taylor's record was reissued on EMI's Tamla Motown label with a B-side of "Let's Go Somewhere",[2] and reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974.[3]
Versions were later recorded by British bands, Yachts (1980), B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation) featuring Paul Jones (1982), and the Very Things (1987).[4] [5] A version recorded by the Fall in 1987 became their first single to reach the top 50 in the UK, peaking at No. 30,[6] and was included on their album The Frenz Experiment.[7] Graham Parker recorded a version released in 2000 on Loose Monkeys: Spare Tracks and Lost Demos.[8]