Madness we're one of the biggest bands in the UK during the 1980s. Loads of hits, try "Baggy Trousers" "House of Fun" "Night boat to Cairo" "One Step Beyond" "Driving in my Car". This one was written by Labbi Sifre and originally recorded by him in the seventies (he also makes a cameo appearance in this video). Much love from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Do not expect deep seriousness from a Madness video. Those lads were having fun and showed it. One vote for "Night Boat to Cairo"!

If you lived through British music in the 80’s nothing seems weird……..😂😂😂

Labbi Siffri was the original singer/writer of this song and had a hit with it in the early 70's. He's also in this video playing the violin, he's the one who takes his sunglasses off at the end

More Ska please. The Beat, The Selecter, Madness and The Specials all are great choices.

There were very few of us listening to and loving Madness here in the States. So many great songs; 'Embarrassment', 'The Sun and the Rain', 'My Girl', 'Yesterday's Men', 'The Prince', 'Michael Caine', and, of course, 'One Step Beyond'. Here's hoping for more.

Madness were known as "The Nutty Boys" because they always had a sense of humor and were fun. They were a ska band who went pop. "Middle Of the Night", "Night Boat to Cairo", "Bed And Breakfast Man", "House Of Fun", "Benny Bullfrog", "Tarzan's Nuts", "One Step Beyond"-all fun, all upbeat. A beloved band,

They are still going strong, I see them play live in London most Xmas times 🎶🎶

Jay & Amber, You'll love their "One Step Beyond"!!! Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, North London, who formed in 1976

In a world full of crazy, this is my kind of Madness!

WONDERFUL! Thank You. I was 17/18 when I bought their first, self-titled, album. Right out of high school and in Love with Ska, Reggae, and, Punk. Still am. Madness is one of the original Two-Tone Bands in the UK that kickstarted the second wave of Ska. Along with The Specials, The Selector (GREAT Female voice), The Beat (known in the US as The English Beat), and, The Bodysnatchers. More Two-Tone Ska PLEASE❤ 🤘😎🤘

I LOVE IT! This song was requested personally by my British fiance for our reception playlist for our upcoming wedding because y'all we've doing long distance for 16 YEARS!!!

I absolutely love the "weird" bands from the 80's. Madness was one of those great weird bands along with Talking Heads and Oingo Boingo.

I never fitted in at school in the early 80s and this band meant so much to me. The guy taking his glasses off near the end was the original writer of the song making a cameo appearance.

This music style is SKA and was huge in early 80s Britain…..”Ska is a genre of music that combines Jamaican and Caribbean rhythms, punk rock energy, and horn sections. Together, these elements create an energetic, highly danceable style of music”

Favourite Madness song for me. My wife was lucky enough to see them live 12 years ago with her sister. Such fun.

Madness is a big, talented group that helped usher in 80s British ska. They're brilliant.

Labi Siffre wrote this and had a big hit in the 70s, his other chart successes “Crying Laughing Loving Lying” and the anti apartheid song “Something Inside so Strong” brilliant composer and singer you should check out

If you want to see how Madness started, you have to do One Step Beyond! Great song, and you get to see what ska dancing is (in the official video).

Requested this a while back, glad you guys enjoyed it. Hit after hit in the 80's. So many to choose from. Next up Baggy Trousers...please x

Oh, thank you guys for this! Madness was one of those bands that incorporated the unique '80's ska-reggae influence into their songs. They were so quirky and fun, you just had to love them. ' One Step Beyond' is a song I'll always play when I need to dance. (happens often. Good thing I live alone!🤨).

I pretty much love every song that Madness brought out, but two of my favorites are: "Baggy Trousers" and "One Step Beyond." ❣

so many great Madness tunes, Embarrassment and Baggy Trousers are 2 other gems to try!

A fun band, quirky and have their own unique sound. Baggy Trousers and House Of Fun, are a couple of songs to have a listen to.

I will say one of the best concerts I've been to!! Absolutely loved it!!

One of my favourite songs. Actually written by Labi Siffre who has a cameo/is one of the string players in the video, takes his shades off and winks at the end. Also the bass line is fantastic, Mark Bedders Bedford is hugely underrated player in my opinion.

Such an amazing band with a rich musical history. My 11yr old love Madness, Our House is her favorite.

Madness are an absolutely brilliant band, so very many great songs, it is totally criminal that they only ever had 1 British number 1, so many more of their songs should have got to the top of the charts

Toots & The Maytals "Pressure Drop" & "54 - 46 That's My Number"...R.I.P. Toots..One Love For True..Rastafari 🙏❤️

As said they don't take themselves seriously But their musicianship is incredible. They ENTERTAIN

Madness were easily one of the top five UK bands from the 80’s. “Night Boat To Cairo” is another great one by Them. Thanks 🙏🏻

Gotta love Gen Z’a and Millennials discovering our music. Which was amazing. 70’s 80’s and 90’s music rocked

Hi Amber and Jay, this reached No. 4 in the UK Charts back in late 1981 and I actually bought it as a 12" Single on Vinyl, it was superb and I loved it and them as back then, Madness were my favourite group! They were brilliant as they were always so quirky as a Two Tone Ska Group but almost all their released singles were different from each other as they never really stuck to just one style, they constantly and consistently changed and that was the reason they managed to keep going unlike most of their contemporaries who split up within a couple of years whereas Madness are still going to this day with an 'Almost Unchanged Line Up' as they still contain 6 out of the 7 original members, the only Original Band Member that no longer plays with them is 'Cathal "Chas Smash" Smyth'! All the other 'Past Members' mentioned on Wikipedia are members that joined when someone left for a period of time thus stepping in but none of them were Originals aside from 'Chas Smash' because in the title of a track on their 2nd Album, Absolutely, they were known as 'Return Of The Las Palmas 7'! This 2nd Album, Absolutely, was classed by many people, and still is, as their best Studio Album ever and deservedly so too, as far as Album Chart Position, it reached No.2 as did their very 1st Studio Album too titled 'One Step Beyond' which was also an incredible album with fantastic tracks also! It contains their most popular tracks ever released as singles in general, even though they didn't reach so high in the charts as 'It Must Be Love' and 'House Of Fun' but they had the most quirky Music Videos and were an absolute Smash Hit at the time! Those tracks being 'Embarrassment' and 'Baggy Trousers' which was loved by almost all age groups, including my Grandma who wasn't normally a fan of my choice 8n music, nor were my parents, however, even my Mum liked Baggy Trousers as did my Grandma and both of 5hem had a good old chuckle at the Music Video when they watched it being played on 'Top Of The Pops'. Over here in the UK, we didn't have access to such things as MTV as until April of 1982 we only had access to just the 3 TV Channels, which were BBC1, BBC2 and ITV also known by many different names as there were Regional TV Companies Such as Thames in London and the South East of the Country, The Midlands was covered by Central (East and West) for the East and West Midlands, then you had Yorkshire which covered Yorkshire and many Northern Regions, Tyne Tees in the North East. They are all I remember but I am getting side tracked anyway! Now getting back to Madness and their fantastically Quirky Music Videos, including 'Driving In My Car'!

Madness is pure joy. Guaranteed to put a smile on ya dial.

Great reaction, Jay and Amber. I'm glad that you like 'The Nutty Boys' as they were known as the time, they started out as part of the Ska revival of the early '80s in the U.K. but quickly developed their own unique style, I recommend, 'Baggy Trousers', and 'House of Fun' for your next reactions to them.

Madness had a very eclectic collection of songs, quite a few different sounds in their songs, I absolutely love this song it never gets old, thank you for reacting to it.😀

Oh - I used to sing this to my child since he was a baby - and also 'Our House' - so fun - he loved it so much... I never really noticed the film clip before... and yes - this era saw quite a few with a reggae - 'red, red wine'...

Madness is one of my favorite bands-bought all their albums in the 80s and smile over their quirky ska music to this day. Long live Madness! 💜💜💜💜

Thanks for playing this song! Here I thought that I was at least familiar with all the 1980s UK band songs but this song by Madness is new for me!

I grew up with Madness all through my school days and as a teenager in the UK, I’m now 56 and I still love them and seen them in concert a few times

Oh my! What a tune this is. Timeless!! Thank you for reacting to it. Please give Jon Secada ‘Just another day’ and or ‘angel’ a listen too x x

Saw Madness play with the Police, Oingo Boingo, Thompson Twins and The Fixx at Day on The Green the summer before my sophomore year. One of the best days of my life for so many reasons.

MUST HEAR Classics, Desmond Dekker & The Aces "Israelites" & "Fu Manchu"

My Madness votes for the next reactions are, in no particular order....'My Girl,' 'Baggy Trousers,' 'Embarrassment' & for pure mad Madness, 'One Step Beyond.' Such good memories coming back listening to these guys. Oh to be 15 again!

The dangerous stunt that was mentioned at the start of the video referred to taking an electric guitar into a swimming pool! Labi Siffre (who also had a hit with this song before Madness did) was also in the video, standing with the violinists, and he removed his sunglasses at the end of the video.

One Step Beyond

Everyone needs a little madness now and then, and a lot of love.

I hadn’t heard this before - One Step Beyond and Our House got airplay on MTV back in the day and they were so fun!

A couple of weeks ago, the lead Singer , Suggs, broadcast some radio programmes extolling his love for London, with accompanying songs. It was first class.

Supreme musicians who as you can see never took themselves TOO seriously!

Hey guys, you haven't done The Cure in a while, and we've been waiting for you to hear their Amazing, Amazing song "Pictures Of You".

The guys are still touring, I was lucky enough to see them in June on Cannock Chase , great gig really puts a smile on your face! If you get the chance I’d definitely recommend seeing them.

Labi Siffre, who wrote this great tune, appears near the end of this video, as one of the violinists, singing a line! His most famous song 'Something inside so strong', has become a worldwide 'anthem' for downtrodden communities, & is such a fabulous song, it deserves an airing at every opportunity!! Please react to it, your ears will thank you!!

"The right amount of... weirdness?" Nah my dude, the right amount of Madness! 🤣

you guys are the perfect couple to enjoy this song...much love to ya'll!

And that's the great Labi Siffre at the end of the video. He wrote the song (in 1971 - the year I was born!). He loved this 1981 Madness arrangement, and quietly helped to produce it. (Not a lot of people know that ;)

I’m sure it’s been said in the comments before me. But this song was written & originally recorded by Labi Siffre who is the violin player at the end who takes his glasses off and smiles at the camera.

What a killer choice! Incredible song. The strings kill me every time in the last part of the song. On another note, you two are a total joy to watch! You've got great taste and you 'get it'!

In the 80's when artists were spending a fortune on videos, making them like mini movies and glamorous locations. Madness just made fun entertaining videos and never made a bad one

Madness plays Ska not Reggae the two are similar but not quite the same Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, North London, who formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late 1970s and 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. (UB40 shared the same number of weeks, the largest for any British group in the decade, but over a longer period.)

Madness were a very successful band in the UK and remain popular to this day as a live act. Plenty of good songs already suggested in the comments I've read. I'd add One Better Day and their 90s comeback song, Lovestruck.

When it comes to Madness this song is one of the most listened to scar music tracks of all time .

"Safe Weird" had me rolling. That's such a great way to describe Madness.

Love Madness they have a new album out soon and a tour. Im taking my son to see them in December ,so looking forward to it.

They re a band that never got the credit they deserved for their creativity and songwriting. Top band, for us Brits!

WHat a great cover. Madness put their unmistakable mark on this classic song.

Always heard this growing up in the UK in the early/mid 90s, love it to this day! Originally sung by Labi Siffre, worth listening to that as well as I Got The which you might recognise

His MOST uplifting MUST HEAR classic,, Robert Nesta (Tuff Gong) Marley "Three Little Birds"..R.I.P Bob 🙏❤️

There is so much more of Madness you have to explore!

Madness were serious musicians but didnt take themselves seriously, every video was really entertaining. Iconic in the UK from the late 70s till today.

Good ol’ 2 Tone SKA!!!

Madness sang Our House on top of Buckingham Palace its was brilliant ❤❤

More 80s acts to check out - Debbie harry (solo from Blondie) - french kissin’ (in the u.s.a.), backfired; Missing persons - words, walking in l.a., destination unknown; Lone justice - shelter, ways to be wicked; Go west - call me, we close our eyes; Abc - when smokey sings, be near me; Hothouse flowers (irish) - I’m sorry, don’t go, give it up; The alarm (welsh) - rain in the summertime, sold me down the river; World party - ship of fools, all come true, way down now, put the message in the box; The call - let the day begin, the walls came down, I still believe, everywhere I go; Thompson twins - lies, lay your hands on me; The motels - total control; Romeo void - a girl in trouble, never say never; Thomas dolby - I love you goodbye, Europa and the pirate twins, I love you goodbye

“Cardiac Arrest” is another good one by Madness.

After the Beatles and Tony Christie, Madness were my first favourite group back in the late 70's into the early and mid 80's.

Well they are called Madness! I remember listening to this in those days without ever seeing the video. Loved it, love the lyrics, happy days.

That was Labi Siffre at the end. He wrote the song and released the original version of it. I'd love it if you reacted to his song "Something Inside So Strong". It is a beautiful, powerful protest song against apartheid in South Africa. It's amazing ❤

Love Madness. 80s English Ska at its best.

Boys just wouldn't dance at the discos until Madness and the like made it cool. Good on them 😊

Madness is now my new favorite band. I got into them later in life I guess. Their sound was so unique back then.

I grew up in Tucson of all places- the first time I saw Madness was on MTV- I've loved them ever since!

oh those were the days. We LOVED Madness back in the day. Such exiting times then. Not everyone's cup of tea but I LOVED them.

Hi, you two. It's Andrew Erroch fae Paisley in Scotland here again. Now, this is definitely a wonderful rabbit hole you will want to go down time and time again. I've loved Madness right from their very first hit, which may still be my favourite of theirs, but there are so many. They have an iconic compilation album that was a huge hit too, called Complete Madness. I'm glad they are still touring and will be back at my workplace, The OVO Hydro in Glasgow, on the 1st of December this year, after I've been in Thailand for the whole month of November. That first brilliant hit in 1979 was 'The Prince' about Jamaican ska singer Prince Buster. Æx 🙏

This is a cover of the song originally done by Labi Siffre and he actually appears in the video.. He's the one that takes his sunglasses off at the end.

Wasn't sure you would get the ' Britishness ' of Madness but well chuffed you enjoyed it. Peace from across the pond.

From a time when uniqueness and creativity was celebrated instead of trying to put everyone in a box and all follow the crowd

Madness rocks. They definitely have a quirky way of making the viewer smile. If you haven't yet watch some Thompson Twins. I to the Gap, You Take Me Up, Hold Me Now, Lies!, Doctor! Doctor!, Lay Your Hands on Me, If You Were Here ( from the Sixteen Candles soundtrack), Love On Your Side, In the Name of Love, Get that Love, Who Can Stop the Rain?, We are Detective, King for a Day. One of my favorite 80s bands.

Off to see madness in December for about the 6th time, it's always a brilliant fun concert with no one sitting down.

His father would be so proud,, Damian Marley "Stand A Chance"

At the end of the video, (the last guy with a violin)was the original singer of the song in 1972, Mr Labi Siffre. He also had a hit in 1987 with "So Strong"

Grew up with Madness and love them so much. Fun and quirky but also great music! Try anything but my current favourite if you like a song with a story is "I never knew your name"

I love mandees I am such a big fan of these they profamec live here in Nottingham England

A quintessentially English band, so many tracks for you to check out, always great lyrics, and great videos. By the way, this is a cover version of a Labi Siffre song.

This song❤ 1994, I worked with a guy for about 5 years, became really good friends. He made me a mixtape for a birthday and this song was on it 5 times🤣 Long story but our son is now 23. Lost my hubby at the age of 32 but this song has a very special place in my heart. 😊

One step beyond is probably my fav song by these guys. Actually I have a lot of fav songs by these guys, and one step beyond is one of them.

One of those tunes where the cover far surpasses the original. I'm soooo glad you came back to Madness! The North London Nutty Boys have a special place in my heart. Please give "Baggy Trousers" a try? A quirky piece of North London ska music. Plenty of horns, plenty of weird, plenty to smile about!😊

Almost single-handedly Madness got an entire generation of British young men back up and dancing in the late 70s/early 80s

Along with Our House, I was glad to see Madness get some airplay with this song in the U.S

Seen this band live so many times fantastic

I was a young kid in the 70s, so grew up with the Labi Siffre 1971 original version of this song (I still own my parents' copy of the single!) which he wrote. I think Madness' cover version is brilliant, inspired and probably better than the original, which rarely happens; it certainly remains the "definitive" version to most people. Love the way Labi appears at the end of the video too. Top reaction, guys!