Madness - The Music

The Music


Madness had a string of top ten hits in the British broken only by 'Cardiac Arrest'. Here are the charts for the all the Madness singles: 
 Date     Title                       Highest chart  Weeks    Record 
                                          position   in chart company

 1 Sep 79 The Prince..............................16..11wks   Two Tone
10 Nov 79 One Step Beyond..........................7..14wks   Stiff
 5 Jan 80 My Girl..................................3..10wks   Stiff
 5 Apr 80 Work Rest And Play (EP)..................6...8wks # Stiff
13 Sep 80 Baggy Trousers...........................3..20wks   Stiff
22 Nov 80 Embarrassment............................4..12wks   Stiff
24 Jan 81 The Return Of The Los Palmas 7...........7..11wks * Stiff
25 Apr 81 Grey Day.................................4..10wks   Stiff
26 Sep 81 Shut Up..................................7...9wks   Stiff
 5 Dec 81 It Must Be Love..........................4..12wks   Stiff
20 Feb 82 Cardiac Arrest..........................14..10wks   Stiff
22 May 82 House Of Fun.............................1...9wks   Stiff
24 Jul 82 Driving In My Car........................4...8wks   Stiff
27 Nov 82 Our House................................5..13wks   Stiff
19 Feb 83 Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)............8...9wks   Stiff
20 Aug 83 Wings Of A Dove..........................2..10wks   Stiff
 5 Nov 83 The Sun And The Rain.....................5..10wks   Stiff
11 Feb 84 Micheal Caine...........................11...8wks   Stiff
 2 Jun 84 One Better Day..........................17...7wks   Stiff
31 Aug 85 Yesterday's Men.........................18...7wks   Zarjazz
26 Oct 86 Uncle Sam...............................21..11wks   Zarjazz
 1 Feb 86 Sweetest Girl...........................35...6wks   Zarjazz
 8 Nov 86 (Waiting For) The Ghost Train...........18...7wks   Zarjazz
 3 Jan 87 (Waiting For) The Ghost Train(Re-Entry).74...1wks   Zarjazz
19 Mar 88 I Pronounce You.........................44...4wks + Virgin
15 Feb 92 It Must Be Love (Re-Issue)...............6...9wks   Virgin
25 Apr 92 House of Fun (Re-Issue).................40...3wks   Virgin
 8 Aug 92 My Girl (Re-Issue)......................27...4wks   Virgin
28 Nov 92 The Harder They Come....................44...3wks   Go!Discs
27 Feb 93 Night Boat to Cairo.....................56...3wks   Virgin
**Special**
 9 Oct 93 The Two Tone EP.........................30...3wks ~ Two Tone


# = The Tracks on the Work Rest And Play (EP) were: Night Boat To Cairo/Deceives The Eye/The Young And The Old/Don't Quote Me On That.
* = Double A side, Madness (is all in the Mind) (Video was made for The Return of the Los Palmas 7).
+ = I Pronounce You was written and perfomed by The Madness.
~ = The Tracks on the The Two Tone EP were: Gangsters-Speacial AKA/The Prince-Madness/On My Radio-Selector/Tears Of A Clown-The Beat. 

Date    Title                  Highest chart  Total weeks  Record
                                  position  in charts    company 
 3 Nov 79 One Step Beyond..................2........78wks  Stiff
 4 Oct 80 Absolutely........................2........46wks  Stiff
10 Oct 81 Madness..........................5........29wks  Stiff
 1 May 82 Complete Madness.................1........88wks  Stiff
13 Nov 82 The Rise and Fall...............10........22wks  Stiff
 3 Mar 84 Keep Moving......................6........19wks  Stiff
12 Oct 85 Mad Not Mad.....................16.........9wks  Zarjazz
 6 Dec 86 Utter Madness...................29.........8wks  Zarjazz
 7 May 88 The Madness.....................65.........1wks@ Virgin
 7 Mar 92 Divine Madness...................1........49wks# Virgin
14 Nov 92 Madstock........................22.........9wks* Go!Discs


@ = The Madness was done by the four piece The Madness hence the name.
# = Divine Madness got to number 1 thus relighting Madness' withering egos into making them play two regroup concerts at Finsbury park under the name Madstock as high lighted: *





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