The secret to dancing to Madness? If you care about how you look, you're doing it wrong.

Takes me back to the late 70's early 80's.I have always loved Madness and still do all these years later. Keep up the good work you are a top man.

Madness are so much fun.

Was a great time to be a teenager, miss those days.

Please try listening to the Jam. Try Going Underground - I really think you'll like it.

This is ska music on two tone music records. There are some excelent two tone bands on that label. As far as dancing is concerned... there is now set way to dance, just move in rhythm to you ... thats the key

in an open concert in London- Finsbury Park, when they played this song, the crowd was jumping so hard - IT CAUSED AN EARTHQUAKE!

A lot of pubs over here in the UK at one point banned DJs playing this record as when it came on everybody went nuts dancing where ever they stood, thus leading to lots of beer getting knocked over and glasses broken, all in good fun though, never any trouble.

At school disco in 1981. The boys all danced like this. Didn't care. Great stuff.

Such a great tune!! a bugger to play on bass though

Glad you're loving a bit of Madness, I personally don't know a single person who doesn't like them. 😁🕶️🎷💛

One Step Beyond was a cover version,originally done by the Godfather of ska Prince Buster,who was an inspiration etc.... for Madness. The hey you intro by Chas Smash,is based on an intro to a Prince Buster song called Scorcher. The little fun pieces before the start of each video,aren't actually part of the main video. They appeared on the Madness greatest hits video release back in the day. One Step Beyond was a call to arms to us all back then. Madness.....the band that put the fun back into British music.

We can all see that Madness brings you pleasure..... For some strange reason, watching Madness skipping about on stage really does make me want to go watch a Bad Manners chooon with Buster Bloodvessel strutting his stuff......

the wings of a dove

This was my jam when I used to play pool a lot on my teens, always put it on the jukebox, gets you hype, ONE STEP BEYOND!

Originally done by Prince Buster, Madness does a great song dedicated to Buster called The Prince Edit: They were called The Nutty Boys

For those people, like me, who like to nerd out a bit: Ska shares a common origin with Reggae and Rocksteady (they even mention Rocksteady in this clip) in Jamaica, dating back to at least the 50s, but possibly the 40s, very likely, actually. What most people around the world identify as Ska is actually the second generation of Ska that spread from the UK; which Madness is a part of. The first wave came from Jamaica, but in the post-war period, Jamaica being a part of the British Commonwealth was given preferential treatment for its immigrants to the UK to help rebuild the country after the war. That's how Ska made its way to the UK. And, because Jamaican immigrants settled in very working-class neighborhoods, many white Britons adopted the genre. Ska was, in essence, a very working-class youth genre in the UK in the first decade or so. In the 70s, when Punk music broke out in the UK, many of its aspects, like the high energy and electronic instruments (and some post-punk) fused with the earlier Ska to create what you see here: second-wave ska. Ironically, this also coincided with much of the Thatcher period. I say ironic because Thatcher was very conservative in the Cold War drive while most UK Ska bands were very racially integrated; as were the audiences, and tended to have a very strong working class and militant anti-racist stand. Third generation Ska isn't really that interesting (with perhaps my personal liking of the band Save Ferris). In general, it was a 90s American suburbanite pop-infused thing that was empty of any significant social lyrics. Most of you may not know this, but this song by Madness is actually a cover of Prince Buster's original version. In fact, their name "Madness" also comes from a Prince Buster song; along with their song of the same name. Prince Buster's considered the godfather of Ska. I leave the link below to the original version of "One Step Beyond." kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9ubjdCaq7Hen5s.html

What an absolute bangin track, it just never gets old.

The first band I was ever into. Spent all my pocket money on their albums as a real young kid. House of Fun was the second record I ever bought. Must have been 8 years old.

Dancing at a Madness gig,my partner looked at me like I was mental,but I cared not one bit

When I watched them live it went crazy with this and Night Boat to Cairo

Madness - the sun and the rain. Classic.

Fun fact Madness did not want this released as a single so they only recorded 1min 30secs of the song, they didn’t know the record company could loop , cut, extend or overdub, to make it into a 3 minute classic single, this was their second single. The little intro bits , before each video were made much later for the video compilation , they were not on the original.

Really needed that today, enjoyed 🕴🏽✌🏼

You can't help but bop along to this band!

i like this song, the funniest bit is the start where they are on the stairs singing! haha

Bloody love this tune!! Thanks for the reaction! X

Ska and twotone is classic British music also try some northern soul that's got some proper dance moves going on 🙂🙂

Madness are such a fun group and bloody great music 👍👍

They are funny, glad you like these catchy numbers, great review and good moves going on 🐺man🤣👍🇬🇧👍🇺🇸

The Grammy that year for best male vocal performance went to Lee Thompson

Love it, this is from their first LP 1979, great LP check it out.

I think the sax player was classically trained but found joining Madness much more fun :)

2:43 Sheldon Cooper playing the bass for Madness, what a great band!

What a great channel for a Londoner madness only fools and porridge great great great 👌

if you like the guy dancing at the end watch Swan Lake live in Paris. You wont be disappointed.

You like Madness and especially One Step Beyond, I feel you will like "Papas Got a Brand New Pig bag" by Pig bag. And also, I feel Love , by Blue Man Group.

Hey bro! I'm loving all these Madness reactions! Did you know there is a Madness film called "Take It Or Leave It" which is a bipic of how they became a band. It's from about 1982 and they all play themselves. It's great fun! Might be a bit long for a full reaction but if youre enjoying Madness I definitely recommend checking it out :-)

i'm with you on the dancing bit too..when i first seen this i tried like crazy to try and dance like this and failed big time, the other one i tried to imitate was from the video of tears for fears ''mad world'' and failed at that one to ,

Love madness saw them at the hammersmith apollo late 70s , ub40 were there back up band 😎

Brings back my teenage years :)

You deserve more subscribers! nice channel!

I hear you i wanna dance too

Flashbacks i love it thanks, p.s. i just threw my back out.

MADNESS - Fuck Art - Lets Dance

I'm showing my age but check out the original by Prince buster

Haha....This was early Madness

Great cover version of the Prince buster song

React to it must be love by madness

We'll make a Mod out of you yet 😄😄👍

Bloke dancing

👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍

Gotta listen to a bit of chas & Dave -rabbit

Hi mate, like it . Try Misery loves Company...Madness

Check out Melbourne Ska orchestra, Get Smart

Madness = the specials = bad manners

Madness are real National Treasures in the UK

What was it called again?

Try “ the jam” maybe “town called malice”?

The only follow up to this is 'night boat to Cairo' 👍🏽

Please react to mr smiley by mustard plug !

Do Nightboat to Cairo....it's a right laugh

Better than any American 3rd wave ska ( by a country mile)

Please react to Night boat to Ciaro

Nightboat to Cairo please

I'd forgotton about that messing about at the start. If tiktok had been around 40 years ago the official Madness channel would have been hilarious.

Night Boat to Cairo

'Ave you seen our 'ouse?

Lee who played the sax he is the heart and soul of band if he left the band Madness would not continue, they don't have Chas (backing vocals trumpet and harmonica and sometimes main vocals) and they lost the energy

Have a look at phychobilly band Meteors Creepy if your feeling brave

Prince busters original please.

'Wings of a Dove' please.

You should watch fresh meat

this is 19 60saay music prince buster songs

This might be a bit out of the ordinary for your channel but if you like a bit of Sax check out this woman busking on the London Underground (subway) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMyWqq2Z15nepJ8.html She really is quality in my opinion. Oh and keep the Madness coming you legend.

Dude please do a reaction to bomfunk mcs - Freestyler it was in your recommended videos at the end of this one. Thumbnail is a kid with dreads. Think video is by vevo

Not all great songs need many lyrics