# The Housemartins | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-18 15:52 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: The Housemartins
- Visible lyric pages: 44

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `the-housemartins`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-18 15:52 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-93b23241fbf06f8f
- Visible lyric pages: 44
- Pages with stored lyric text: 44
- Video-backed song pages: 43
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 57058
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 46
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 14
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Caravan Of Love, Happy Hour, Anxious, Build, Five Get Over Excited, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Joy, Joy, Joy, and Lean On Me
- Current-month titles with activity: Anxious, Bow Down, Build, Caravan Of Love, Five Get Over Excited, Happy Hour, Heaven Help Us All, and I Can't Put My Finger On It
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

The Housemartins formed in Hull in 1984 with Paul Heaton on vocals, Stan Cullimore on guitar, Norman Cook on bass, and Dave Hemingway on drums. Their first album, 'London 0 Hull 4,' came out in 1986, followed by 'The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death' the next year. They had a hit with 'Happy Hour,' which became one of their best-known songs. Their music had a jangly guitar sound and...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Caravan Of Love — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/caravan-of-love
2. Happy Hour — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/happy-hour
3. Anxious — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/anxious
4. Build — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/build
5. Five Get Over Excited — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/five-get-over-excited
6. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/he-ain-t-heavy-he-s-my-brother
7. Joy, Joy, Joy — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/joy-joy-joy
8. Lean On Me — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/lean-on-me
9. Me And The Farmer — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/me-and-the-farmer
10. We Shall Not Be Moved — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/we-shall-not-be-moved
11. Bow Down — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/bow-down
12. Bow Down — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/bow-down
13. Everyday's The Same — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/everyday-s-the-same
14. Flag Day — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/flag-day
15. Freedom — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/freedom
16. Get Up Off Our Knees — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/get-up-off-our-knees
17. Heaven Help Us All — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/heaven-help-us-all
18. I Bit My Lip — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/i-bit-my-lip
19. I Can't Put My Finger On It — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/i-can-t-put-my-finger-on-it
20. I Smell Winter — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/i-smell-winter
21. I'll Be Your Shelter — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/i-ll-be-your-shelter
22. Johannesburg — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/johannesburg
23. Over There — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/over-there
24. People Get Ready — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/people-get-ready
25. Sheep — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/sheep
26. Sitting On A Fence — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/sitting-on-a-fence
27. So Glad — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/so-glad
28. Stand At Ease — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/stand-at-ease
29. Step Outside — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/step-outside
30. The Light Is Always Green — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/the-light-is-always-green
31. The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/the-people-who-grinned-themselves-to-death
32. The World's On Fire — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/the-world-s-on-fire
33. There Is Always Something There To Remind Me — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/there-is-always-something-there-to-remind-me
34. Think For A Minute — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/think-for-a-minute
35. We're Not Deep — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/we-re-not-deep
36. We're Not Going Back — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/we-re-not-going-back
37. You — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/you
38. You Better Be Doubtful — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/you-better-be-doubtful
39. You'll never be better than me (I'm that shit) — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/you-ll-never-be-better-than-me-i-m-that-shit
40. You've Got a Friend — https://lyroverse.com/the-housemartins/you-ve-got-a-friend