The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Shut up already, damn!
Tell me who in this house know about the quake?
(We do)
I mean really, really
If you know how to rock say 'yeah' (yeah)
If you know how to party say 'oh yeah' (oh yeah)
But if you ain't hip to the rare house quake
Shut up already, damn!
Housequake
Everybody jump up and down
Housequake
There's a brand new groove going round (housequake)
In your funky town (housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault
You gotta rock this mother, say (housequake)
We gotta rock this mother, say (housequake), unh unh
We're gonna show you what to do
You put your foot down on the two
You jump up on the one
Now you're having fun, huh
You're doing, the housequake
Yeah
Question,
Does anybody know about the quake? (yeah!)
Bullshit!
You can't get off until you make the house shake
Now everybody clap your hands
Come on
Let's jam y'all
Let's jam
Don't wait for your neighbor
Green eggs and ham
Doin' the housequake
There's a brand new groove goin' round
In your city, in your town, housequake
And the kick drum is the fault
Housequake, (housequake), housequake
You gotta rock this mother
(You gotta rock this mother)
Housequake, housequake
You gotta rock this mother down
Come on
Housequake, unh, housequake
Now that you got it, let's do the twist
A little bit harder than they did in '66
A little bit faster than they did in '67
Twist little sister and go to heaven
Come on y'all, we got to jam
Before the police come
A groove this funky is on the run
Hey yeah unh!
Shake your body 'til your neighbors stare at cha!
Quake, quake, quake, quake, quake, awh ooo, quake
Housequake
Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake
There's a brand new (groove) groove that's going round
Housequake
In this city, in this funky town
Housequake
And the saxophone is the fault
Check it out
If you can't rock steady
Shut up already
Damn, you got to get off!
You know what I'm talking about?
On the one y'all say, housequake
Top of your body, let me hear you shout
Say, housequake
My lord, (housequake)
My lord, (housequake)
Bullshit
Louder, say it (housequake) oowoo
Shock-a-lock-a, boom!
What was that? After shock!
Everybody, everybody
You gotta rock, you gotta rock
Come on
We're gonna shake, we're gonna quake
'Cause we got the baddest groove that we could a make
We on then two, y'all
The drummer's gonna tap
We gonna see if we can rock this mother to the max
And that's a fact
Housequake
Come on say it (housequake), woo, come on
You can't follow it
We got the baddest jam in the land
Everybody shut up, listen to the band
Housequake
Shut up already, damn
Tell me who in this house know about the quake?
(We do)
I mean really, really
If you know how to rock say 'yeah' (yeah)
If you know how to party say 'oh yeah' (oh yeah)
But if you ain't hip to the rare house quake
Shut up already, damn!
Housequake
Everybody jump up and down
Housequake
There's a brand new groove going round (housequake)
In your funky town (housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault
You gotta rock this mother, say (housequake)
We gotta rock this mother, say (housequake), unh unh
We're gonna show you what to do
You put your foot down on the two
You jump up on the one
Now you're having fun, huh
You're doing, the housequake
Yeah
Question,
Does anybody know about the quake? (yeah!)
Bullshit!
You can't get off until you make the house shake
Now everybody clap your hands
Come on
Let's jam y'all
Let's jam
Don't wait for your neighbor
Green eggs and ham
Doin' the housequake
There's a brand new groove goin' round
In your city, in your town, housequake
And the kick drum is the fault
Housequake, (housequake), housequake
You gotta rock this mother
(You gotta rock this mother)
Housequake, housequake
You gotta rock this mother down
Come on
Housequake, unh, housequake
Now that you got it, let's do the twist
A little bit harder than they did in '66
A little bit faster than they did in '67
Twist little sister and go to heaven
Come on y'all, we got to jam
Before the police come
A groove this funky is on the run
Hey yeah unh!
Shake your body 'til your neighbors stare at cha!
Quake, quake, quake, quake, quake, awh ooo, quake
Housequake
Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake
There's a brand new (groove) groove that's going round
Housequake
In this city, in this funky town
Housequake
And the saxophone is the fault
Check it out
If you can't rock steady
Shut up already
Damn, you got to get off!
You know what I'm talking about?
On the one y'all say, housequake
Top of your body, let me hear you shout
Say, housequake
My lord, (housequake)
My lord, (housequake)
Bullshit
Louder, say it (housequake) oowoo
Shock-a-lock-a, boom!
What was that? After shock!
Everybody, everybody
You gotta rock, you gotta rock
Come on
We're gonna shake, we're gonna quake
'Cause we got the baddest groove that we could a make
We on then two, y'all
The drummer's gonna tap
We gonna see if we can rock this mother to the max
And that's a fact
Housequake
Come on say it (housequake), woo, come on
You can't follow it
We got the baddest jam in the land
Everybody shut up, listen to the band
Housequake
Shut up already, damn
Lyrics submitted by Gothy_Bura
Housequake Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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