"The House That Built Me" is a song written by Tom Douglas and Allen Shamblin, and recorded by American country music artist Miranda Lambert.

Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, and held its place at the top for four consecutive weeks.

[1] Lambert performed the song during the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards on April 18, 2010, and received a standing ovation.

Allen Shamblin based the song on his experiences going back to the house in Huffman, Texas that he grew up in at least once a year.

[4] Blake Boldt of Engine 145 gave the song a thumbs up, favoring Lambert's preference in "organic storytelling instead of contrived commercial jingles."

He described the song itself as "a gorgeous piece of melancholy country without getting squishy or sentimental" and called it an "early favorite for single of the year.

"[5] Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song an A rating, describing it favorably as "the best on the album" and a standout for radio, because of "its grace and intelligence, not because it happens to be more disposably catchy than the others surrounding it.

It is Lambert's fastest-rising single to date,[12] and for the chart week of June 12, 2010, the song became her first number-one hit on the U.S.

[15] In the video, Lambert's tour bus pulls up to her childhood home, and she walks up to the front door to ask if she could come in.