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“The House That Heaven Built” by Japandroids
From the album Celebration Rock (2012)
“The House That Heaven Built” by Japandroids appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album Celebration Rock. Its best result is #4 on the 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #56 alternative song of 2012.
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"The House That Heaven Built" was the first single from Celebration Rock, the second Japandroids album, and Polyvinyl put it out in May 2012 as a 7" with a first pressing of 2000 copies on clear vinyl. Brian King and David Prowse, the Canadian duo behind it, play it like the last song on the last night of summer: guitars roaring wide open, drums at a gallop, and one big hook that tells anybody trying to slow you down exactly where to go, built to be shouted back from the floor.
Pitchfork tagged it Best New Music that March and later ranked it fifth among the year's top tracks. Then in 2013 it won a contest to become the entrance music for the Vancouver Canucks, about the most Canadian honor a rock song can collect.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 83 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 29 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge Top 50 New Rock Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 120 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 41 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 4 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 | 88 |
| 2012 | 34 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 49 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2012 | 103 |
| 2012 | 89 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 563 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2019 | 153 | KEXP | KEXP Listeners' Favorite Songs of All Time | 627 |
| 2024 | 576 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 294 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 626 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 508 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2025 | 740 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
Also listed as: The House that Heaven Built.
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