Brick House" is a funk song by the Commodores from their 1977 self-titled album, which was released as Zoom in the UK. The song was written by Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Walter Orange, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, and William King, and produced in 1977. The single was released on August 26, 1977 and reached number 5 on the US charts and number 32 in the UK. The song is about a man's imagination of his girl, and the term "brick house" is a shortened version of "built like a brick s***house