After the success of her 1991 hit album, Heart in Motion, Amy Grant took time off from recording and touring.

House of Love was completed soon thereafter, and the title track, a duet with country singer Vince Gill, was issued as its second single.

A snippet of Omartian's version, with a slightly more hip-hop lilt, can be heard in the documentary Building the House of Love, a video that documented the making of the album.

The song can also be heard over the closing credits of the Michael Keaton/Geena Davis romantic comedy Speechless.

[5] Notwithstanding its chart success, the remaining legacy of "House of Love" is that the recording sessions for the song are where Grant and Gill first spent meaningful time together, and they soon became fast friends.