Madness
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.
Hit Parade
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The Get Up!
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Forever Young
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Oddities
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Dust Devil
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Drip Fed Fred
- 1999-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Wonderful
- 1999-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Madstock!
- 1992-11-02T00:00:00.000000Z
Mad Not Mad
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Keep Moving
- 1984-02-20T00:00:00.000000Z
Keep Moving
- 1984-02-20T00:00:00.000000Z
7
- 1981-10-02T00:00:00.000000Z
Absolutely
- 1980-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z
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