What's working in House
This page turns into a live chart of real house songs, ranked by Songbrain's virality score.
4 songs analysed in House so far — the chart opens at 10.
Counted: real uploads whose artists put them on the public leaderboard. Last update Oct 19, 2026.
House basics
General genre knowledge — not from the chart above.
4 things that make a house track work
- 1The bassline should groove on its own before kick and hats come in.
- 2A vocal chop or hook should be recognisable within 5 seconds.
- 3Keep the arrangement moving. Five unchanged minutes lose the room.
- 4Test the drop on a phone and on a sub. It has to work on both.
House questions
What is the difference between tech house and bass house?
Tech house is lean and groove-led, built on rolling percussion. Bass house hits harder, with growling, distorted basslines taken from bass music.
Do instrumental house tracks work?
Yes. Much of house is instrumental. A memorable vocal chop or synth stab then plays the role of the hook.
Where do the numbers on this page come from?
From Songbrain's public leaderboard: songs that artists uploaded for analysis and chose to show publicly. Reference tracks from commercial releases are not counted. Each song gets a 0–100 virality score from its audio. The page refreshes weekly, and a genre's chart opens once it has 10 songs.