He wrote this song while being homeless. Performing this during the Halftime show of the most watched sports event in the world must have felt friggen amazing for him.

i fucking screamed when he started to sing this at the super bowl, someone tell me it wasn't just me lmao

when people are listening it even after a decade it means that it's artist's artistry. He never fails

12 years later and this song hasn't lost an ounce of its power. Timeless classic.

CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WAS AT THE SUPERBOWL

He didn't have to perform this at the super bowl. It's not one of his biggest hits. He did it for the OG's and I respect him so much for it.

The fact that I got to hear this live is still so surreal to me 😭

This was the first The Weeknd song I've ever heard, then rushed immediately to download the full album. So lucky. Still remember hearing his voice for the first time and asking WHO IS THIS GUY SINGING?? Now so many people think this album is a recent release 🤣

When Abel played This at the super bowl, he said "I don't forget where I came from" (without saying a word)

He played this at the Super Bowl for the OG fans, and that’s why you’re here.

I always felt this song was worthy of a music video 😢

"Happy House" by Siouxsie and the Banshees (1980) is being sampled/covered on this song.

THAT TRANSITION WAS INSAAAANE

The fact that this song is 10 years old but still feels like a modern hit is just amazing and shows how good Abel is

That change In the middle is Incredible!! Goes from this party song everyone cheering and having fun, to a “my drink got spiked” nightmare in just that one change. It’s SO GOOD.

It’s been 12 years and this song still and will always have a place in my heart

idk why people hate that he changed, i love how each album is different and amazing in its own way. if you want to get fucked up listen to trilogy or kissland. if you want to cry listen to after hours or my dear melancholy,. starboy if you want to get hype.

I'm not going to pretend i'm an OG fan of the Weeknd. The first time I heard this song was in the superbowl. But holy shit it slaps hard.

Still my top 5 favorites of all time from The Weeknd TOOOO GOOD

This song will always be my favorite. The vocals, the beats, the lyrics, the vibe...it's all a masterpiece. I'm addicted to it since it released-

"You look into my eyes You can't recognize my face" Felt that .

Once you become a weeknd fan , None of other artist's music has an impact like his music does.

Have been deep diving into his older stuff, this song is a vibe. First time listening, instant dopamine rush (as with all of his songs), will never get old to me. What a great artist.

12 Years!! and its still on my everyday playlist what I would give to go back and hear this song for the first time! XOTWOD

Crazy how people sleep differently, I sleep on my side, my ex sleeps with everyone & everyone else been sleeping on The Weeknd's trilogy

Abel makes music so you can experience drugs without doing drugs

THIS IS A HAPPY HOUSE 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

Timeless classic. Weeknd is so dope. I can't stop watching this track again and again. I am sure he will be #1 soon due to 💖 a u t h e n t I c v i e w s 💖

I cried when he sang this at Coachella. I'm so happy that he's still acknowledging Trilogy

Who’s here after the Super Bowl halftime show? So happy he added a song from his first album! House of Balloons is a classic!

Cant even explain how this song makes me feel omg its literally perfect omg such a dark vibe and i live for this

Siouxsie and the banshees sample, amazing!

If you really look at it, lyrics are scary ass shit. Poor girl can't breathe and trying to leave but he just tells her to open the window and trying to convince her that in fact it's really a happy house and that they're happy and it's fun and she's terrified, but she "belongs to him" and he won't let her go. Abel is a fucking genius.

That beat switch is the cure to Coronavirus.

I was around 14 when I got the xo tattoo… Abel is first and last artist I felt so strongly about to get a tattoo. This music shaped my teenage years and inspired me so much! This entire album is classic, it can never get old! Xo ❤️

It doesn't matter when you became an XO fan, as long as you end up here you're a real one

Fans that don’t respect an artists creative progression aren’t fans at all.

My favourite album of all time!!!! Every single song sounds different than the last. It changed the landscape of rnb as we know it today and it takes you on a crazy rollercoaster ride that doesn't let you go until the very last song. Thank you Abel for making an album so impactful and I will hold this album dear to my heart XOTWOD ❤

This needs to be at the end of a scary movie or something

If you're here, you're already my best friend x

Anyone got excited when he performed this at the Super Bowl?

Idk why, but I've been listening to his older songs these days and man. Seeing this man evolve and do it so well freaking blows my mind. Love The Weeknd Xoxo

2024 anyone???

I’m on an old Weeknd roll tonight

After dope album(After hours)am back home.

This is THE album that played non-stop at the best house parties I've ever been to, when I lived in Montreal

Thank goodness for tumblr exposing me to this in 2011. Who would have thought he’d rise to the level he did 11 years later…timeless

Remember when he used to be our little secret?

Imagine this dropped in 2020, it would easily be a number 1 hit. The weeknds old music shows his raw talent he's had since the very beginning

his best work in my opinion. This whole album Still gives me chills

this song gives me literal chills.

I remember being a heartbroken 17 yr old listening to this , Now ima heart broken 25 yr old listening to this .. kinda scary lol

“Nights past so much quicker than the days did. Same clothes you ain’t ready for your day shift!” XO/ The Host!

this song is a decade old and it still is popping that's how good the artist is

this album is one of those few instant classics, every song stands by itself and each song has so much replay value.

That transition from this to Blinding Lights was something else

crazy how his songs never get old. S/O to all the original fans.

This has been my favorite song of The Weeknd for years, I keep coming back 🖤

This beat is crazy

That beat change... damn

New fans, if you've made it this far then congrats, you've found the real Abel. :)

1:00 best part

Real XO fans know.. man when this song first came out it was like a drug. So many memories tied in with this song and my younger 18 yr old party/trap days. Had a couple House of Balloon themed parties in honor of this song. Fun, crazy times. Now 10 years later I am 28, a mother to a beautiful child, matured and grown n sexy, a whole different woman. Memories memories, I will always love this song ❤

Rip to all the people who thought House Of balloons is a new album

This whole song is a trip. The first part is so happy. Just like when you first get high but then the second part is the come down. I hate when the song finishes. Because then you have to replay it. Then you have to get high again and come down once more. And you are caught in a cycle of ecstasy and pain. UPDATE: Lol oh shit 4 years later and I never thought this comment will get crazy likes, thanks guys! I was high af when I wrote the comment. So while I was listening I was also riding out the physical feeling. Today I think the first part is “happy” but in an eery and destructive way. Ghoulish almost as someone mentioned here, with something hiding behind the “happiness”. I miss those Trilogy days man, but look where our boy is at today, number 1! Love and blessings to you all! XOTWOD

12 years ago today is CRAZYYY. The memories this track/mixtape has is incredible. xo FOREVER

When I first heard this I enjoyed the beat but when I red the lyrics I got slapped hard and overall amazing seeing him perform this in the NFL Halftime Show

I blasted this in my apartments, neighbor girl came over and was like "Oh my god you too?'", ended up smoking a blunt with her to the whole album.

someone: starboy is definitely the weeknd’s best album me: you haven’t heard house of balloons?

Eu amo demais essa música, amo o Trilogy todo na verdade. E ontem assistindo um filme: Noite Passada em Soho (2021) em certa cena começou a instrumental dessa música, fiquei em êxtase, porém não era ela e sim uma música antiga, a qual eu nem sabia que era sample: Happy House da banda Siouxsie and the Banshees. Sensacional.

This is the greatest song of all time , every single time i hear it i feel smth different, i get goosebumps, it makes me move like crazy

I love listening to his music with headphones, I love how the sounds rotate and shift to different sides. It feels like I'm spinning.

ABEL PUT THIS INTO THE SUPERBOWL FOR HIS TRUE OG’s!!!!!!!!

Just bought Trilogy today and had this song on repeat for hours. I can't get enough of it. This goes down as one of my faves. I have 5 of his albums and ONLY listen to the weekend in my car. ONLY the Weeknd in my car. My son put me on this. The first song i ever heard was Wicked Games and been in love with him ever since

his greatest song hands down. gorgeous piece.

Hearing the Siouxie and the Banshees sample in this song during the super bowl is what caused me to completely re-examine The Weeknd, he knows his stuff

OH man I pity myself that I didn't hear this before 2021. Such a gem of a song

this is my favorite song of all time. it has a little bit of everything i love about music. This song puts you on another level.

i don’t know why but this song is my favorite from the weekend it hits so different know all the lyrics to his music but this song!!!

Only The Weeknd can make a trap house sound so magical

I'm not an OG I started from blinding lights but when I heard all his other songs....and I thought.how tf didn't I hear any of this legend's songs before .... I'm so thankful that I did listen to them.... This man is the greatest of our generation....and man these old songs slap so hard...i am obsessed with this man and his music. XO FOREVER.

Siouxsie and Banshees Happy House for those that do not know where the background comes from. That was a Post Punk band from the late 70's. Siouxsie was the singer. In the late 70's punk was dying as everyone was getting bored however, a genre was born Due to that boredom that was called post punk. and the kids like siouxsie started mixing genres with punk. Rock genres likes psicodelia, Avant Garde and minimalism. Abel is a smart young man and we the fans of that in old music appreciation appreciation as well.

ngl i haven’t ever heard this before but this is literally such a good song. Definitely going to the playlist. I gotta dig up his music history fr

As a lover of post punk and synth, this song does great service to goth music. This track incorporates the musical style and post punk beats of the scene, even sampling directly the lyrics of goth icon Siouxsie Sioux herself. This is awesome.

It's amazing when you look back at how much this guy has influenced the r and b scene. Even with the so many amazing songs to come out that have been influenced by him, when I hear songs like these ones and the zone I still get transported to some other world where a rare few others can. He really has something special.

The fact the morning comes next is just that much more amazing

Top 5 best Weeknd song of all time for me!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Damn this version is so much more raw and uncut than the one on Trilogy. The sound is so much better on this version, you feel the ruggedness and grind of his life more

I wonder how many people are gonna look into his old music now that he played it at the super bowl

It makes me so happy to come back here over the years and see so many people finding this song from different places. ❤️🤧

I remember hearing this once and was wondering what the name was and asked people but they shrugged it off as if they knew but wouldn’t tell me. One of my top favorites from him 🖤

Me during Corona "This is a happy house. We're happy here In a happy house. Oh this fun."

I remember hearing this for the first time in my hallway in high school on newly released pandora and everyone told me it was weird and moody 😂 ten years later I’m married and screaming when this plays at the Super Bowl

Heard it a thousand times and i believe i wouldn't live long enough to have enough of this one. Exceptional gift to mankind! So, thank you for existing in my lifetime, cannons. ❤

I only know this song since Jenna Ortega mentioned Happy house and I went to it and listened while scrolling through the comments and ended up seeing one of somebody mentioning the weeknd sampling it. The process was worth it

This song was light years ahead of its time

Saw him in concert for Kiss Land. He played this song and on the first sentence the entire crowd screamed it with him. Best concert I have ever attended. Only artist who sounds even better live.

I can't stop listening!!!This is beyond music...

The smooth transition... pure eargasm.

whose here after he dropped the whole album AFTER HOURS