I Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home

Recorded at Royal Recording Studios in Memphis, Tennessee during the sessions for Straight from the Heart, with Ann Peebles backed by the Hi Records house sound under Willie Mitchell’s supervision. The track was part of the 1971 album sessions and reflects the label’s Memphis soul production style. The song stood out as one of the sharpest cuts on Straight from the Heart and became one of Ann Peebles’ best-known album tracks. It helped define her reputation within early-1970s Memphis soul, even though the later single title appears more often without the opening word "I." The song has been widely covered and reinterpreted by later artists, including Albert King, B.B. King, Etta James, Bette Midler, and Bob Seger. Its title is now a standard in the soul and blues repertoire, and the track remains one of Peebles’ signature recordings.