House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s and quickly expanded to other American cities. House music is characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. House tracks typically involve an intro, a chorus, various verse sections, a midsection, and a brief outro. Some tracks do not have a verse, taking a vocal part from the chorus and repeating the same cycle. House music tracks are often based on eight-bar sections which are repeated. They are often built around bass-heavy loops or basslines produced by a synthesizer and/or around samples of disco, soul, jazz-funk, or funk songs. House music producers typically rely on samples and sampled instruments rather than bringing other musicians into a recording studio. Here are some examples of house music tracks:

• "Your Love" by Frankie Knuckles
• "One More Time" by Daft Punk
• "Move Your Body (The House Music Anthem)" by Marshall Jefferson
• "Clarity" by Zedd
• "Take Over Control" by Afrojack
• "Wake Me Up" by Avicii