Madness - Driving in My Car (Official 4K Video)

[@daytona4585]

The fact this song isn’t on Spotify is criminal it’s easily one of their best songs

[@kamila5657]

It is though

[@gybod9166]

Madness are a perfect musical representation of British humour. It's dry, it's a bit menacing, but it's so so so good.

[@thatoneguychad420]

Oh yes. The one and only thing my dad ever gave me was a love for Madness and for that at least I am grateful.

[@TequilaSun8097]

Agreed, its why Madness fit so beautifully in The Young Ones

[@TequilaSun8097]

@@thatoneguychad420I got it from my mom, she had a Madness cassette and we played it to death on the way to school every morning

[@TheKingTubby1]

110% pure British excellence

[@markcf83]

1000% complete and utter Madness.

[@robinnightwing9545]

Preach!!

[@juliaoko2208]

Brilliant. 🙏 respectful

[@ChristopherMcGivern1]

The record seller at the start was my mate Sean, who we buried today 2nd July 2018. RIP Brother sadly missed

[@kristijonasgricius5835]

R.I.P. Sean you'll be selling records in heaven now

[@jennygerstl8313]

im so sorry for your loss :(

[@oioisesh1318]

Dat Guy legend

[@noblechicken3200]

Dat Guy x

[@steverowlands338]

Respect 😎👌

[@GETOBA]

I was on holiday in the UK in the early 1980s - this song was on the radio pretty often and when i got back to Germany i went to my record store to get it. They had never heard of Madness before and no idea where to get the single. But then the owner of the store showed up and promised to order it from the UK for me if i'd be willing to pay for the postage. I did so and just about three weeks later - and a dozen visits to that store - my single vinyl finally arrived. Was probably the priciest single i ever bought (~ 20 Deutschmarks). But on the next party i played this song and everybody liked it - although nobody knew Madness back then. Just a year later "Our House" aso. was heard everywhere - and Madness was the new hot shit. But i was probably one of the (if not THE) first person(s) in Germany who bought the "Driving in my Car" single.

[@paularose9407]

I just bought this 12inch single (it's 12inches but actually just a short 7inch version on it) in a second hand store. I love it. and i think I paid more than it's probably worth but still worth it. Thanks for writing your story about it.

[@sandrablackburn4583]

Great story

[@fuchsiasaville]

@- Gutenberg targ

[@BaccarWozat]

Well now you know what it was like to attempt to buy a Beatles single in the UK in 1961 when all they had was "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers"

[@D10RRRZZ]

That’s quite lucky

[@MrChannel2010]

The older I get, the more I feel privileged to have been able to witness such a period in music history.

[@12vibaba]

Me to. But I regret I did not recognized it well enough when I was in the middle of it. It was normal back than. Now I realize how fantastic it was.

[@TequilaSun8097]

I’m forever thankful to my mother introducing me to bands like Madness, Violent Femmes, and Operation Ivy (just to name VERY few). Growing up and listening to “the very best of madness” on cassette until it broke was a key part of my childhood.

[@robvoyage2024]

Timeless classic.

[@76_SPZL]

Madness has songs about everything, Driving in a car, waking up, going to work, staying in a bed and breakfast, living in a house etc.

[@TheEldritchHyena]

Don't forget buying condoms.

[@ninarizzo7312]

Very clever song. I'd forgotten it!!!🤗👍👏👏👏

[@edgarnugent4568]

I was There, this is MY musical heritage and i'm glad iim still listening, and buying in 2024 8)

[@sonic2kk]

Madness are my kind of band

[@dukenukem1333]

mine to

[@DivaNino]

+sonic2kk NO way!!! They are just my type ;)

[@BrandonDMorrissey]

+Diva Nino omg same!!!!

[@ThePlamzJoker]

Same here

[@Aramanth]

1:55 Fun Boy Three trying to hitch hike to Coventry... and Terry Hall is SMILING!!😊 Love the Mad Boys from Camden Town! Thanks for posting... 🚗💥

[@Mortthemoose]

Ohhh! I didn't realise it was them!

[@jp00349]

@@Mortthemoose Lynval, Terry and Neville 🏆🏆🏆

[@thes7venthstranger]

MY TWO FAVOURITE BANDS ARE IN A MUSIC VIDEO TOGETHER !!!

[@michaelantonyaustin]

Good spot - I never realised that before 🤩

[@Dizzynoodlegamer]

All my friends say I'm weird for liking madness, But.... THEY'RE AWESOME

[@bryano1476]

Ur not

[@marleymcscumbag]

they're the weird ones for not appreciating great music..

[@CookieDough8297]

Thats True

[@CookieDough8297]

I mean there awesome, not that your weird

[@thai_x]

Clearly they have covid BC they have no taste in good music

[@jasonlindsey9946]

The English have no shortage of creativity and talents. Madness is just one example!

[@jasonjonston948]

Specials …one word ghost town

[@theresapierce3934]

I may be getting old, but I was so lucky that Madness, The Specials, Duran Duran, Ultravox and many other great bands were part of my late teens and well into my twenties.

[@RB-tz8kj]

Very well said, same here. 53 from Malta

[@manweller1]

I nearly went bankrupt trying to purchase all the great music of then. Great bands we were spoilt with the endless list of options

[@VirgIl42014321]

im jelouse i was a toddler in the 80s but wow british bands rocked the clash the specials madness ect.ect. truly great moment to be a teen

[@R520]

Same but I'm only approaching 20... Absolute 80s got me hooked and now I can't stop

[@eldee7960]

Madness just had the best music videos! Them messing around with silly props .. love it :)

[@MrSteviebabe]

+Lindsay Davis Bring back the 80s and the props!!!

[@TheWacoKid1963]

I think the line "In a factory by the Tyne" is a reference to the car been built like a tank, Tanks were the only vehicles built next to the Tyne in 1959.

[@GW_01]

@Zak Jansen Cheers

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

He was referring to the women...

[@dannydethanos6994]

Just like my ol civic

[@NathanCatherall]

Still are. Built in the vicars factory down in scotchee

[@gitteherskind2211]

My Daughter just got her driver's licence, and then I remembered this song, sooooo fun. About time to pass it on to the next generation 🙂

[@HillbillyDean]

Five bonus points for the Fun Boy Three cameo.

[@jasonjonston948]

Specials

[@veronviper06]

My dad had the pleasure of working on this car that was in the video! It was done by Charles Ware Morris minor centre, with the Morris minor being the car in the video

[@sandrablackburn4583]

Wow

[@JordySchaap]

Does the car still exist?

[@Greatest1979]

Madness are so funny, they even raised a bright smile on Terry Hall's face !

[@rafnow]

What’s funny about this shit?

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

1:55: That's the Fun Boy Three (Lynval Golding, Terry Hall and Neville Staple) - formerly of The Specials - trying to hitch a lift to Coventry!

[@rogerking7258]

Did anyone else ever have this much fun making videos?

[@CodenameBolts]

I was at a music restaurant yesterday and they were doing a raffle. When this guy who was in a mobility scooter won he started doing a victory lap and the guys played this song.

[@YS3Caero]

Good old madness!

[@Rascarrr]

what the hell is a music restaurant and why are they holding raffles there

[@energyasylum997]

😂😂👌🏼😉

[@harrycooke6349]

😁🤣Nice one

[@markmorris8532]

​@@Rascarrr Hard Rock Cafe?

[@johnbanks4761]

Madness still the best, this reminds me of my first car...sand coloured 1977 mini we had the best bands and music

[@jasmineharbour6045]

i really love how the instrumental bit at 1:03 sounds, i wish it was longer lol

[@timrogers2449]

Me too! ...

[@z1kop540]

samee

[@spalf73]

they'd just had a number one so their boss ordered them to record 'anything' to put out as a single to keep the momentum going. Barso sat at the piano and this was the result

[@Mortthemoose]

Wow! Genius!

[@denzil4]

This song was written in about 5 minutes. Dave Robinson (The head of Stiff Records) asked Madness to write something quick to cash in on the success of House Of Fun which had just reached number 1 and Complete Madness was in the top 10 aswell. Great song, great video and a great band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! New album out in december!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@frankyw8803]

don't believe you

[@piscessoedroen]

bro made a banger of a song in a 5 minute greed rush from the record label. yeah it's unsurprising that it's hard to believe

[@trollslandan]

Even though the main melody and idea is simple a lot of time and production went into making and arranging all the sound parts involved. This is one of those that I always return to listen because it makes me happy. Such a favourite.

[@freedom_aint_free]

@@frankyw8803 So I, the very unusual and dissonant chord progression is far from simple, its on the cusp of being cacophonic but does work, it sounds as if some inner theme of some Frank Zappa music !

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

1:03 goddamn that melody is criminally short

[@jordanphilipperris]

Sooooooo true :)

[@johnwhye1132]

My favorite part of the song. Those few seconds are bliss in my ears

[@VantaDraws]

This!

[@kwirkLA]

This is one of the catchiest songs I've heard in my life

[@CalvesFanatic]

Honestly… madness have such good songs

[@kwirkLA]

@@CalvesFanatic True I've listened to more of their catalog since I posted this, lol

[@infernalfreeze4130]

Agreed, same with some other songs, lovestruck and shut up are recommended by me

[@danielstrangeway5121]

One of best songs ever made

[@debbiebrett6689]

I have always loved this crazy song , with all the sound effects. I drive a Morris 1300, 1973. I live on Hayling Island, so that's not far from Selsey Bill!

[@ElcaminoLover-ms4vb]

This might just be the greatest song I’ve ever heard

[@MGM1105]

"The bloke from Brazil" on this video is actually wearing a Swedish National team jersey. Greetings from Brazil

[@rohithraman6488]

😂😂😂

[@friendlyfriends131]

i wish this song was on spotify

[@magus.k]

rip (it is for me mwahahaha)

[@Drumme-2y]

It is go to the deluxe version of Rise And Fall And You’ll Find It

[@daveb9816]

Even after 40 years great to see the Fun Boy Three lol

[@mfollett3613]

My favourite bit of the video is when the car stops beside the band Fun Boy Three. They are trying to cadge a lift but Suggs drives off leaving them gobsmacked on the pavement. I love Madness videos and always hoped that the video would be shown on TOTP.

[@jollygreenjustin]

This video was shown on TOTP once. (I was 11 and now I am 51.)

[@MegaJay70]

Fun Boy Three trying to get to Coventry lol (first time I have seen Terry Hall smiling)

[@damiengentry1]

MegaJay70 I was about to say the Specials but you're right, it's Fun Boy Three! lol

[@Sodor18]

I thought the sign said 'Cemetery'.

[@stiffnurse]

I remember waiting for the next madness vid they were the best ever, not like today when its all about posing and looking like a model, fun fun fun was the intention and god did they deliver

[@aaronflorian8150]

Been listening to this song and a few other madness songs for 6 years. They’re not getting old

[@aaronflorian8150]

Hey yo it’s been 7 months and I’m still here lmao

[@aaronflorian8150]

Hey yo it’s been 7 more months and it’s still not getting old

[@tjippies4277]

@@aaronflorian8150 did it get old yet

[@cubey]

Hammer & sickle symbolism at 1:19

[@Bonjourgobrrr]

Terry Hall trying to hitchhike to Coventry killed me 🤣🤣

[@ambernectar3158]

Just introduced this to my grandson. I still sing this after 40 years. 🙏👍🥳🥰

[@supertrinigamer]

Brilliant! Great grandparenting, raising another madness fan.

[@pennypay1]

I was a kid and young teen during the second British Invasion. So many New Wave and ska bands to love that I couldn't possibly buy all their records (and was too young for shows). I really wish Madness had gotten more airplay in America, because I had no idea just how brilliant and successful they were! (Then again, I'm having a great time seeing these videos for the first time.)

[@jakubchloe]

Top gear

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

So glad I caught these chaps live about 6 years ago! They were so energetic for dudes in their 60's!

[@SirCarl_XVIII]

I'll never understand why this was one of my favourite songs growing up.... But I accept it!

[@chantelibra5160]

Madness; British music perfection 👌

[@seancyco9446]

I love the instrumental change to Lounge music. Classic Video Clip, Classic Band...

[@AlexGreenwoodUkulele]

I think it's a rite of passage as a British person first driving their car after passing their test to play this max volume. Right up there after going through the maccies drive-thru with the car loaded with mates. :3

[@bjornsvoice]

Their videos were the best in the World all through the 80's. Made me happy! They still do. Love their songs!

[@Lysimachus]

i finally passed my driving test in july 2023 and then bought my first car a few weeks later in august 2023. this song was on my mind throughout.

[@jasonrouke]

First record I bought with my own money as a kid, seen them a couple of years back in the Odyssey Belfast and can honestly say it was an absolute mental night.... loved it !!!

[@freelyfarmexploits8854]

One of the better bands of the 80s, catchy tunes, good fun and way above the shite of today

[@LeeChoonWah]

The one and only MADNESS. Simply out of this world creativity. Uniquely MAD. Awesome!

[@kevinprior3549]

Fun Boy 3 have a cameo roll in this video. RIP Terry Hall. Coventry's finest singer.

[@davidfarmer2193]

1:55 R.I.P. Terry Hall (1959-2022).

[@thes7venthstranger]

1:40 my two favourite bands collide.

[@mkt6890]

Who they?

[@daveh013]

I took my postal driver training and certification today & cranked this as I owned the track

[@10000crabs]

You can bet that when I get my first car this will be the first song played in it

[@k4tiscool]

the flashbacks of this being mine and my dads favourite song to play in his car when i was little

[@realbennyprofane]

Never heard this one over in the States so it's a "new old" song for me. Caught it on Richard Blade's "Magnificent 7 Monday" show on SiriusXM First Wave. Can't believe I missed this but enjoying in the best year ever.

[@blazingfuryoffire1]

year later, I stumbled onto the page as well. To a certain extent, this is how I feel with my car. A 2015 closing in on 150k miles and still runs as good as new.

[@fredmila]

How this song gives me nostalgia about Muswell Hill and North London in general: Camden, Primrose Hill, Kentish Town, Dartmouth Park, Tufnell Park, West Hampstead.... I lived and worked in all those places. I wish I was back there.

[@1995ToyotaCresta]

"We've been driving in our car, Honda! City! Takes us near and takes us far, Honda! City! We bought it in Tokyo, Honda! City! It was made in '83!"

[@joshstone4484]

What a tune

[@Kelly14UK]

What a bassist

[@razliberman9438]

1:26 this part is so good, especially the sound effect

[@JackedOutdoors]

I just bought my first car , ford fiesta 2000 and it made me think of this song lol

[@michaelsnow7252]

love how the bassline matches the vocal....

[@ian-wu2bb]

This group is Iconic 80,s . I was 16 when they debuted with "One step beyond" That was 1979. I loved their look and style.

[@rossonero9536]

RIP Terry Hall who had a cameo in the video (along with the rest of the fun boy 3) as the hitchhikers 😔😔

[@DCGMatthew1]

Yes

[@magorzataworoch1002]

swietny videoclip oraz super piosenka oraz wspanialy zespol madness

[@cyrusatkinson3307]

Simply amazing! I can hear the influance in Oingo Boingo, and EVERYTHING Elfman has done.

[@michellet2339]

Growing up in the 80's my Dad recorded every single Madness video ever played on Top of the Pops. I still have that video today but can't watch it as we no longer have VCR's. :-( We grew up alongside the A45 - I learned to drive on it. Madness = absolute legends and I'm proud to have grown up listening to them. Prouder still to hear my 17yr daughter and 15yr old son enjoy their music too!

[@zuzanna1615]

This lives rent free in my head

[@thestig7603]

I’VE BEEN DRIVING IN MY CAR LISTENING TO JEREMY CLARKSON

[@MaxFPSGamer]

Came here to say this. 😂

[@daanvos194]

Good one mate

[@nickieglazer33]

Get a life you helmet & Good luck with your self driving electric car in 8 years.

[@harrythomas1252]

@@nickieglazer33 cry

[@RJRC_105]

I went on the internet today, and I found this.

[@SpiritEngine]

Love Madness, love Morris Minors.

[@davidschmoozer471]

Love this song brings a smile to my face every time hee hee.

[@RikardAnders]

I love Madness because they are my kind of guys I would like to hang out with. Funny, beautiful guys and good music. ❤❤❤

[@oscarmann1751]

I love this!!!!!!!!!!

[@saffronu7621]

I wish my mom got to see them. She was due to go but passed away a few months before (my aunt was planning to surprise her with it). It's been nearly 9 years now but I will forever associate Madness with her. Apparently, she used to write her 'Ms' at school with the top hat and dress up like them! I still can't tell if it's a comfort or downright painful to listen to her favourite bands now.

[@EdwardPCampbell]

This is the only song to play on the way down to Selsey Bill. I often regret not having a bicycle bell fitted to my steering wheel to warn other road users. Sweet nostalgia for a gentler time when pop music was sheer fun, and before it became pretentious or 'in your face'.

[@markcf83]

.....and on the road to Muswell Hill.....

[@dreamnothalo7914]

Gotta love a bit of madness ay?

[@HammarixSwe]

I've seen this video many times but I didn't notice that Rolls-Royce keychain at 0:12 until now

[@jimmysgameclips]

2:07 Shoutout to the guy on the side of the road witnessing history not knowing what was going on

[@nobleani9177]

Oh how I wish I'd been growing up in the 80's

[@GW_01]

Me too :(

[@MrSteviebabe]

+NobleAni Yep you missed a shed load of great tracks......hey ho :)

[@BananaGamingDK]

+NobleAni this song is from 1992

[@BananaGamingDK]

***** are you sure?

[@YAUUN]

Why? Was it the threat of imminent nuclear war that attracts you? The out of control unemployment? Thatcher? Reagan? Or maybe you missed Chernobyl going off? Couldn't have been the music, most of the stuff in the charts was crapper than the stuff in the charts these days.

[@jujulionesselsa1416]

Oh wow Madness there is nothing like them. It takes me straight back to those days.

[@Lewy1900]

This just has a “The young ones” feel to it lol it’s like a scene from the series lol

[@TheBrazyCastard]

Madness By far 1 of the many great British bands and that got the honor to perform for the queen. Sorry but we have some of the greatest bands ever from UK dont like then tought

[@emilylovett8242]

Gotta love madness !!

[@scouseronthewirral]

Peaked at #4 in U.K. on 25 July 1982

[@edgarnugent907]

ska aint dead, it just waiting for the rest of ya ta catch up

[@JPowell1997]

My brothers gonna start one when he's older he gonna be an comedian and film wirter

[@iangilbert9708]

Very true oi oi 😎

[@D10RRRZZ]

Im listening to this in my car right now,i remember when i was little i used to hear my grandad singing it and i found it funny,now i love this song

[@BBCR123]

when i get a car im gonna sing this

[@tylers5225]

togstysryyg

[@graceemma6918]

exactly, now thats what I'm talking about

[@finnaaalllyyygoddamnn]

same

[@MarkBurkley08]

Just Be CAREFULL!.. ;-)

[@flaviofranca3811]

Did you get your get your car?

[@rosyvision]

They are so goofy, catchy and cute! 🥰

[@kelseymulligan2019]

Maddness is in our young voices 2016

[@BBCR123]

And The Remix Is Terrible...

[@uncensored5104]

Nice cameo of Funboy Three! I had this single on a picture disc, I never know what happened to it? Probably in the hands of an Ex!

[@miseryguts36]

Actually it was the Fun Boy Three. The Specials had split long before this single came out and the Fun Boy Three had already released records under the new name.

[@livingamongzombiesashmore1388]

My fav group when I was a teenager!!

[@steveg5122]

This would look so good remastered

[@steveg5122]

and so it is.

[@orodrigolaricologista]

Come to Brazil!