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Madness
English pop/ska band
Formed in 1976
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About
Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north-west London, who formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s/early-1980s two-tone ska revival, they continue to perform with six of the seven members of their original line-up. Madness's most successful period was from 1980 to 1986, when the band's songs spent a total of 214 weeks on the UK singles chart, jointly holding the record with English reggae group UB40 for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s.
Madness have had 16 singles reach the UK top ten, including "One Step Beyond", "Baggy Trousers" and "It Must Be Love"; one UK number-one single, "House of Fun"; and two number ones in Ireland, "House of Fun" and "Wings of a Dove". "Our House" was their biggest US hit, reaching number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2000, the band received the Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Song Collection.
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Also in Français
Madness (« folie » en anglais) est un groupe de musique britannique créé en 1976. Originaire de Camden Town à Londres, il a fait connaître le ska et le Rocksteady au grand public au tout début des années 1980, avec d'autres groupes comme The Specials, The Selecter, Bad Manners ou The Beat. Madness est à l'origine du nutty sound (de nutty, « dingue » en anglais), sorte de marque de fabrique sonore du groupe.
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Discography
Albums
- 1979 One Step Beyond…
- 1980 Absolutely
- 1981 7
- 1982 The Rise & Fall
- 1984 Keep Moving
- 1985 Mad Not Mad
- 1988 The Madness
- 1999 Wonderful
- 2005 The Dangermen Sessions, Volume One
- 2009 The Liberty of Norton Folgate
- 2012 Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
- 2016 Can’t Touch Us Now
Show all (13)
EPs
- 1980 Work Rest & Play
- 1983 Tomorrow’s Just Another Day
- 1988 The Madness
- 2021 A Proper Party
- 2023 Theatre of the Absurd Introduces Madness C’est la vie
Singles
- 1979 Night Boat to Cairo
- 1979 The Prince
- 1979 One Step Beyond…
- 1979 My Girl
- 1980 Don’t Quote Me on That
- 1980 Baggy Trousers
- 1980 Embarrassment
- 1981 Grey Day
- 1981 It Must Be Love
- 1981 The Return of the Los Palmas 7
- 1981 Cardiac Arrest
- 1981 Shut Up
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- 1982 Our House
- 1982 House of Fun
- 1982 Driving in My Car
- 1983 The Sun and the Rain
- 1983 Wings of a Dove
- 1984 Michael Caine
- 1984 One Better Day
- 1984 The Sun and the Rain
- 1985 Yesterday's Men
- 1985 Uncle Sam (Ray Gun mix)
- 1986 (Waiting for) The Ghost-Train
- 1988 What's That
- 1988 I Pronounce You
- 1992 The Harder They Come
- 1999 Johnny the Horse
- 1999 Lovestruck
- 2000 Drip Fed Fred
- 2005 Girl Why Don’t You?
- 2005 Shame & Scandal
- 2007 NW5
- 2007 Sorry
- 2009 Dust Devil
- 2009 Sugar and Spice
- 2010 Forever Young
- 2012 Death of a Rude Boy
- 2016 Mr. Apples
- 2022 Never Knew Your Name
- 2023 Theatre of the Absurd Introduces C’est la vie
