Madness - Madness (Official HD Video)

Madness, madness, they call it Madness…
You are watching the official video for ‘Madness’ by Madness.
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Having never made an official promo video for their cover of the classic Prince Buster track, from which they took their name, Madness have put together a brand new video created using upgraded footage from their 1981 biopic, Take It Or Leave It. The video ticks every box on the Madness visual checklist: the nutty walk - tick, capering around London - tick, playing packed gigs to ecstatic punters - tick, mucking about in the dressing room - tick!
Lyrics
Madness, madness, they call it madness
Madness, madness, they call it madness
It's plain to see
That is what they mean to me
Madness, madness, they call it gladness, ha-ha
Madness, madness, they call it madness
Madness, madness, they call it madness
I'm about to explain
A-That someone is losing their brain
Hey, madness, madness, I call it gladness, yee-ha-ha-ha
Propaganda ministers
Propaganda ministers
I've a-got a heavy due
I'm gonna walk all over you
'Cause
Madness, madness, they call it madness
Well if this is madness
Then I know I'm filled with gladness
It's gonna be rougher
It's gonna be tougher, pa-da-da, pa-da-da
But I won't be the one who's gonna suffer
Oh no, I won't be the one who's gonna suffer
You are gonna be the one, a-you...
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#theycallitmadness
#onestepbeyond
#princebuster

[@jonhuntplaylists5001]

There wasn’t the internet, or 4k TV…. But there was real friendship and watching this makes me sad for days gone by.

[@tupd]

Real friendship...wow. So true. Even when you are with your lover you have to share them, split conciousness, with the Great Illusion, the internet.

[@kidkique]

I'm pretty sure people still have friends

[@jonhuntplaylists5001]

@@kidkique yeah of course, but that’s why I said “real friendship” rather than just “friendship”. Look, it’s just my opinion but back then your friends were almost more like family. The endless hours spent together playing football, drinking, whatever…. To me I don’t see that with friendship groups anymore. I have kids in their teens and 20’s and friendship now is mostly online, like Instagram, or long calls on WhatsApp, all a little fake and throw away in my opinion.

[@nikbarr1721]

@@tupd _

[@mons3020]

​@@jonhuntplaylists5001that's your teen though Don't become the teacher from Breakfast Club

[@charliecroker6445]

And now I'm in my 60s , ah but happy memories, thanks guys

[@lucyhogan7172]

I love ska and 2 tone and madness long live the nutty boys

[@drea4195]

Love their good-heartedness. They simply celebrate the joy of existence, and friendship. That's what it's all about!

[@neilwilliams8741]

totally agree mind you top times then today no chance

[@JackAmato]

Totally agree We had a slower paced life back then I found it a lot more fun to have to go find fun and entertainment instead of being able to reach for a device to pass the time

[@xDootify]

@@JackAmato As someone who was born well after this time, consider me jealous!

[@4879daniel]

Fare dodgers. Should be punished.

[@jimmez]

I love that comment "celebrate the joy of existence, and friendship." mmmmmm ....Nice!

[@valiantv2897]

just better times weren't they, brilliant

[@JESTAz]

Definately was 👍

[@gallimead]

Yeah... rolling blackouts, strikes, high unemployment, sky high inflation, riots, just like today but with a conservative govt

[@colinwatt3958]

Definitely

[@blairhamilton8477]

Absafuckinlootly !

[@C1098O]

Yes, definitely

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

GETTING ON FOR 50 YEARS AND THE BEST PART IS THEY ARE ALL STILL ALIVE ❤

[@burkhardraum1956]

I love them 😂😂🎄😀🇩🇪🎶🎉

[@martinbarnes3605]

What a band. How many great tunes? And still going strong.

[@torsten1767]

The very best Ska- Band ever! Great , nutty, and funny! I'm 62 saw the Heroes 2023 in Berlin! Great Concert! T., from East Germany!

[@neilwilliams8741]

danker from north wales i was in berlin around this time 79 80 swelsh guard 2nd batt..spandau and used drink in friedrick station, gtop

[@limedickandrew6016]

They were all mad as a box of frogs, but I wouldn't want it any other way. Serving in N.Ireland 1979-81 with the British Army, they were once of the many great bands that kept us going and we all loved them. Great days.

[@julesverne4561]

Kept you going to opress the Irish... but I agree this is one of the best bands

[@Viscount_Castlereagh]

@@julesverne4561 blah blah

[@eileenkillen1481]

🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@esoundesound6215]

You’re projected to drop below 50% of Ireland’s population within 25 years, Ireland is African and Indian now lol

[@marypoppins123]

miss these days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@IrishMob]

Songs like this just remind me of times, when we were having the times of out lives, but we didn't know it then

[@gruesometwosome6098]

So true.... What great times they were!!! 😎

[@electricwave8710]

agree!!

[@lajosszel]

Yeah we never do only when it's too late

[@trevorjlewis]

fantastic, what a different life it was back then

[@blugadub2417]

This is and always will be a banger

[@nuttyboy11]

Most kids will never remember jumping the stalls..... A great band in difficult times..... x

[@ElvarMasson]

People who were kids back then are grownups now. You don't know what people remember

[@melissas4874]

How can a kid remember something from before they were born?

[@nuttyboy11]

@@melissas4874 I remember.... I'm sorry you live in a digital world..... My memories are real..... x

[@nuttyboy11]

@@ElvarMasson Most kids right now were not born.... Most kids will not know jumping the stalls...... Existed.... FFS ... My point is they are over protected now... We had to chance it at every opportunity.....

[@nuttyboy11]

@@melissas4874 The point i was making was the kids of today , have it easy.... We tried to beat the system back in the day...

[@skelkankaos]

I love Madness so much. Their music brightens my day and I love to watch their music videos. It just feels like they get it, you know?

[@thefrecklepuny]

The Madness centipede! Love it!

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

all the way from the USA, i miss these guys and this sound more then i ever thought i would. classic, legends all.

[@Chris-Top-HerB]

All hail Prince Buster!!! Saw you lot in Dublin in August, 43 years after the first Madness gig I saw as a nearly 12 year old in Pompey Guildhall Nov 6th 1979, with The Specials and The Selecter Both nights were awesome. I took One Step Beyond in 1979 and I haven't looked back since. Cheers for the memories. LONG LIVE THAT NUTTY SOUND!!!

[@jackvaughan7577]

They were F**k’n Brilliant Chris Night to remember

[@STOKEOZ1967]

My first ever gig, Madness at Capitol theatre in Sydney , Australia , 40 years ago !, great memories, also seeing madness at the G - mex in Manchester 1992, happy daze 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺

[@robertlampkin9954]

As an American of the same age, I am very jealous. It would be 1982 and "Our House" before I heard them, and another year or 2 before I found out I was a Ska fan. That's when I found out that Madness, The Specials, and the English Beat represented a whole different genre. Today, I'm thinking about going back to my flattop

[@modernista_chelsea6872]

The best cover ever made of a Prince Buster song. You're the greatest Madness, the greatest.

[@TWDfan01]

Madness they call it madness🎶

[@Toxicpen456]

This friendship will never die off. The fact you see them doing cheeky stunts as well as true friend group

[@raffaelefiorentino4762]

I hadn't listened to this song for at least 40 years, how many memories ❤❤❤

[@simonspencer65]

You can't beat Madness!

[@andybrown223]

One of my favourite madness songs.madness lives forever 🏁

[@melissas4874]

And this is a remake of a song from their influencer Prince Buster. The original song was made some 20 years before this.

[@polletje70]

In a world where you can be anything..be a Madness 😍

[@albertoc3091]

Song : Madness Álbum : Madness Artist: Madness..

[@AverageSouthernMan]

now this song just tops all modern day rubbish radios play these days, much love from your teenage fans

[@andrewrogersdsouza2734]

Fantastic band

[@HowItsEvenPossible]

It's so great to finally see this in HD, thank you!

[@markleyland3742]

Early 'MADNESS' Classic 🕴🎷🕴

[@010Remus01]

Wow. Love this band in the 80’s. Extremely 👍🏻

[@jameshiggins.openworld]

just better times weren't they, brilliant love to go back and stay there

[@jeankavanagh1485]

These Kings❤❤❤

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

Omg they were CUTEEEEEEE!!!!

[@Rayfaedundee]

Such a fantastic band that made such classic tunes and great albums.

[@brianwalter7928]

Love that my daughter loves this video 👍🏻

[@edwardhudson9851]

60 yrs old now and thinking im glad the ultimate lads band was part of my yoof ;0]

[@Mortthemoose]

59 year old gal. Me too! 😊

[@edwardhudson9851]

@@Mortthemoose we had the best music didn't we :0]

[@jhonviel7381]

i bet a large percentage of Britain wish they could go back to this time.

[@blehblehbleh86]

Nostalgia's one hell of a drug. You'd get back there and quickly realise how bad the pollution is, the lack of food choice, how stinky pubs are, etc. etc. etc.

[@lewisner]

​@@blehblehbleh86I'd be 20 years old and wouldn't give a shit about any of those things.

[@alyssarasmussen1723]

@@blehblehbleh86 i wasn't even born yet back then.. and heck i wasn't even born in uk i'm american lol

[@tonykemp3432]

Yes I would go back in a flash.....fuc#ing London is shit now... full of crap from around the world..... and they got the front to call it diversity 😡😡😡😡

[@liammorrison209]

I'm as mad as a hatter & am trying to get back to that time 😮😂

[@pistongreg]

The good old days. Don't you wish you'd go back in time.😊

[@Mortthemoose]

Yes!

[@peterellis9105]

Great tune from the first album and a live favourite. Shout out to Prince Buster as well

[@timdobby5365]

Great connection to the past and still playing live and making music, Madness are the real deal.

[@JESTAz]

I love this track lads then again I love all Madness tracks 🎷🎷🎷 I remember doing the walk lol . Thank yoooo 👍

[@alisonaus2300]

hahahahaha me & my hubby always did that walk blasting out Welcome to the House of Fun!😂

[@jamesbutterworth4313]

I’ll always remember how good that fender bass sounded , nice and growly , great tone

[@sharajackson2129]

Love British ska upbeat and fun 👌❤

[@Moondoggy1941]

I loved listening to Madness back in the early 80's I have always been a fan of the brass in theirs and other bands songs.

[@SundaeExpress]

Me too (though this one's from 1979).

[@nigelfelixcheongde2980]

Not a tinge of sounding aged. This sounds as zany, fun and great as it was back in 1980. It's been years. Fancy that!

[@subcultz1073]

Take it or leave it. Brilliant band and fantastic times. This band rose above any others of the Subculture and are still playing in front of 100.000s every year . God love em

[@christate3976]

The debut album was brilliant ,still played more than often

[@willa.9261]

Let's party! 🥳😆

[@timecapsule.]

This is a wonderful song.

[@ElvarMasson]

...and a great cover 👌

[@kennysmart8273]

Them were the best of times I was 12 years old when I first heard them, happy days still listen to them yet

[@AriPane-px5yn]

CRAZY SKA NO.1 IN THE WORLD

[@user-vq9ng9ik4p]

When young people had fun

[@SundaeExpress]

Like they still do, as anyone who isn't blinkered can see.

[@esoundesound6215]

Yes they do but the English youth in Camden is non existent in 2024, the youth population is almost entirely African and Asian, they don’t go out drinking in English pubs that’s English culture.

[@Declan50]

Suggs’ book, “That Close” is a must read for any Madness fan. It immediately throws you back into that era!

[@Reece-Mincher3601]

This is madness!

[@dunchowells1217]

Waiting to see them in Swansea tonight......😊😊😊 Happy Days 👍🍺

[@powerslave5497]

Todos ellos son unos chicos carismáticos y muy divertidos. Bravo!! MADNESS hasta la locura...............🙄😆

[@SundaeExpress]

Quite different from the original but a very worthy cover 👏

[@rosariacoppola3289]

Fantastici❣️

[@1L.K.D.S.]

a good cover Madness! and thanx to our great Prince Buster

[@maryvandermeij5558]

This is Madness‼️❤👊

[@curriehot]

No auto tune, no synths just pure talent

[@callmeishmael5742]

They used electric pianos though, so...

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

​@@callmeishmael5742that's ok

[@a7pokm]

like having synths was something bad

[@ElvarMasson]

Mike Barson uses synthesiser/s

[@lunes-1]

Madness in Camden town 🇬🇧👻🎵🎤

[@michaelgraves9462]

I like this Old England

[@SundaeExpress]

I didn't.

[@nikkorodrigeuz2475]

Hell yeah. 💯💯💯 Long live SKA !!!!! ❤️❤️

[@herbertolijslager1395]

💎💎 the good old days. Greetz from Holland.

[@mybeautyfulpeoplewholovemjelo]

This is Madness ‼️💯❤

[@enriquefajardobarragan7057]

Más de 30 años escuchando este grupazo,madnessss

[@colwilpro]

I miss these times.

[@nigeblower1636]

Still brings a MASSIVE SMILE TO MY FACE, LONG LIVE THE NUTTY BOYS! 😅

[@stevieg1960]

Ah the old days

[@michelagartland5193]

Love it 😍

[@thegood9]

Miss seeing you guys in the glory days! Great times!

[@animalblundetto6510]

Just a regular day with the homies

[@basketburger]

Great song love the ending

[@ian1568cox]

Classic 😎

[@stevesloan6775]

Wow this has too be one of the most long term suppressed songs out there. Recognising happy Madness is so important. There’s no more funny bands anymore, where they don’t take themselves to seriously. Foooook that is one of my most important defining points. You got to be able to laugh and learn. Don’t take aspirations that are negative😘🤜🏼🤛🏼🍀😎🇦🇺😂

[@SundaeExpress]

No sweeping generalisations there, then.

[@The_Empire_Chronicles]

These were the songs that changed my brain chemistry forever.

[@Mortthemoose]

😂😂 Once nutty.....always nutty

[@VHSRetroTV]

Awesome! Love it 👍

[@donovanphillips4973]

Splendid vibe 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@rainerstiller803]

Good Sound

[@ThomasLaang]

Haven't heard this since yearly 80's. Funny, I remember every note. 🙂

[@wojciechneprostipotocki]

Uwielbiam tę grupę szkoda ze tak mało

[@nickthepostpunk5766]

Watching that brought a huge smile to my face 😀😎❤

[@RedGoldGreen-Dub]

Love this tune how can you not 😁

[@SundaeExpress]

I love it but I prefer the original.

[@akemiseno5139]

Madness is a page from my youth. Best for.

[@Sarah-gc2ze]

1st awesome you guy love your music 🎶 xx

[@manu1417]

SALUDOS DESDE PERU ...MADNESS...

[@billdennis3681]

This is what the UK was like a happy and a fun place.

[@Mortthemoose]

Well, to be honest, we were kids, so the bad stuff ran off our backs, but it was rough times in the uk. Northern Ireland, Miner's strikes, electricity blackouts etc etc Brilliant for music though, and things were so much simpler back then! Barring my abusive dad, I'd go back in a heartbeat! I don't feel I belong in this era! 😂

[@animal_boy_]

Temazooo!!!❤

[@nehorosshev]

Настоящие лоси. Бомберы, котелки, как из заводного апельсина... Таким на дороге лучше не попадаться.

[@littlemiss80s88]

Love it!

[@LarzGustafsson]

Marvellous tune!

[@irielion3748]

40p for a train ticket...now that is madness!

[@fumeo6559]

Siempre los admiré son un excelente grupo a pesar que vengo de un país tan lejano y desconocido para muchos de ustedes como es VeneZuela

[@DarlinJacq]

That is All'ah, that this Madd life is ~ PURE GLADNESS😊😊😊!!!

[@carloscisneros9081]

What a sound they have! Pure fun! I remember the first time that I heard them and loved their music immediately.

[@comp20B]

Fun. The definition.

[@jameshiggins.openworld]

Bloody love this song. Also would love to see episode 2 before we was we madness

[@gordon8463]

So cool to be young like them ...!!!!!!!!!!