MADNESS – HOUSE OF FUN Picture Disc 7″ – Nr MINT UK SKA 2 TONE

Madness – House Of Fun
(Stiff Records  1982   PBUY146)
UK Pressing

Picture Disc Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles on side 2)

PVC Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, London, that formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s 2 Tone ska revival, they continue to perform with their most recognised line-up of seven members.

Madness achieved most of their success in the early to mid-1980s. Both Madness and UB40 spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts over the course of the decade, holding the record for most weeks spent by a group in the 1980s UK singles charts. However, Madness achieved this in a shorter time period (1980–1986).

Madness have had 15 singles reach the UK top ten, one UK number one single (“House of Fun”) and two number ones in Ireland, “House of Fun” and “Wings of a Dove”.

“House of Fun” is a song by English ska/pop group Madness, credited to Mike Barsonand Lee Thompson. It was released as a one-off single on 14 May 1982 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, spending nine weeks in the charts. The song was re-released in 1992, reaching number 40. It is the band’s only number one single in the UK and in 2015 the British public voted it as the nation’s 8th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.

• 7″ single
  1. “House of Fun” (Barson/Thompson) – 2:58.
  2. “Don’t Look Back” (Foreman) – 3:31