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{{Infobox song
| name       = In the House of Stone and Light
| cover      = Martin Page In the House of Stone and Light single.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Martin Page]]
| album      = [[In the House of Stone and Light (album)|In the House of Stone and Light]]
| B-side     = The Door
| released   = 1994
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Pop rock]], [[soft rock]]
| length     = 5:00 (album version) <br /> 4:12 (single edit)
| label      = [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| writer     = Martin Page
| producer   = Martin Page
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Keeper of the Flame (song)|Keeper of the Flame]]
| next_year  = 1995
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|_rcOgA_6gAo|"In the House of Stone and Light"}}|type=single}}
}}
"'''In the House of Stone and Light'''" is the debut single by British musician [[Martin Page]], released in July 1994 from his [[In the House of Stone and Light (album)|debut album of the same name]]. The song peaked at number 14 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in 1995<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 477.</ref> and reached number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|Adult Contemporary]] chart.<ref>Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 398.</ref>
The mountain in the intro of the song is Mount Kailas, located near the land of [[Shambhala]]. The present [[Mount Kailash]] in Tibet is linked with the history of the ''[[Ramayana]]''.
Page also refers to the [[Havasupai]] name of the [[Grand Canyon]], "the house of stone and light", in the lyrics and the title; the Grand Canyon is where the Havasupai tribe considers its tribal land to be and is sacred to the tribe.
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1995)
!align="center"|Peak<br/>position
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|14|artist=Martin Page|accessdate=8 September 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|1|artist=Martin Page|accessdate=8 September 2021}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|9|artist=Martin Page|accessdate=8 September 2021}}
|}
===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1995)
!Position
|-
|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.2840&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1995|work=RPM|accessdate=26 November 2017}}</ref>
|align="center"|51
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995 |title=Billboard Top 100 - 1995 |accessdate=27 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090815124541/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995 |archivedate=15 August 2009 }}</ref>
|align="center"|35
|-
|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf|title=1995 The Year in Music|magazine=Billboard|volume=107|issue=51|page=YE-80|date=23 December 1995|accessdate=8 September 2021|archivedate=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628190958/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-12-23.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|align="center"|1
|}
==References==
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[[Category:1994 songs]]
[[Category:1994 debut singles]]
[[Category:1995 singles]]
[[Category:Martin Page songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Martin Page]]
[[Category:Mercury Records singles]]