Madness - Sweetest Girl

[@EddieG1888]

Featuring on backing vocals Afrodisiak, which featured a pre-Soul II Soul Caron Wheeler and Claudia Fontaine (RIP).

[@robertt4176]

Beautiful Claudia x

[@eugenedalton-ruark5403]

Madness at their creative and innovative best, with tip top production techniques, to boot!

[@Bikewithlove]

This song is a masterpiece.

[@bigdodge]

I loved the 80's and 90's and casual culture,the music and dress sense was something today's youngsters should look to follow. It was just a better time.

[@SamHaynesMusic]

Its one of my favourite madness songs. Afrodiziak were fantastic. This holds up really well. Superb productiin, a really nice song.

[@sharonthompson5712]

Middlesbrough June bring it on. Can't wait to see Madness again best group ever

[@natesmithmusic_id]

hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.

[@boratliff]

I'm a huge of fan of the original and Scritti.This version is so undeniably catchy and @1:33 cracks me up everytime.

[@pasqualedavino8911]

yes cover of scritti politti 1981 this version of madness mad not mad non really success and single sweetest and other song is flop and madness the 1988 album now as concert the album

[@rjjcms1]

The original was the first Scritti Politti song I heard,and the first of theirs to chart,in late 1981. At the time Madness had just had Shut Up in the Top 10 and were about to have at least as big success with their version of Labi Siffre's It Must Be Love. Madness's version got a bit higher than Scritti's in reaching number 35 in early 1986,but that ranked it as the first Madness single to miss the Top 30 since those earliest days of (It Must Be) Madness,Bed and Breakfast Man,etc. before their debut hit The Prince.

[@colinelderfield6964]

Brilliant music and group.

[@geekpie100]

I need to get back to the early 80s. I would give 10 summers in the 2020's for summer 1983.

[@dannycostello1978]

The best period, summer 1983, ever

[@geekpie100]

@@dannycostello1978 Yes, by 1983, British music had been ahead of the US for 2 or 3 years, and there was a real feeling that we had gone our own way. America obviously won the culture war - they have the biggest bulldozer, but in the early 80s all the TEFL kids I was teaching wanted to come to the UK, not the US.

[@silvina218]

I don't understand why this song gets so much hate by Madness fans. I think it's a brilliant version, way better than the original. I love the sound of the keyboards and Suggs' sweet voice. It's one of those songs that I've never got tired of (It was one of the first Madness songs I downloaded just after discovering the band 4 years ago. And the video, altough not as funny as most Madness videos, it's very good too. And Suggs is sexy as hell here (well, he always looked good in the 80s).

[@ZeldaFitz]

It’s not that it’s a bad song, more that it’s an ok album track and not a single.

[@weirdalfan1980]

@@ZeldaFitz Ditto, they had better songs on the album, "Tears you can't hide" sung by Chas is a good one.

[@ZeldaFitz]

@@weirdalfan1980 Coldest Day would have been a far better single choice than Sweetest Girl.

[@tomstickland]

It's not way better than the original. It's about equivalent in my opinion.

[@martinpepperell8424]

yes it seems a bit out of character to me - but I just prefer the fun stuff. Didn't even know they did this. What year?

[@thomassmart4088]

maddest crew in all the world

[@deepridge]

can`t stop singing it! One of the most catchiest madness songs

[@carlosrubio8234]

queenabsolute +1

[@imran78]

Brilliant. I'd almost forgotten this one.

[@cutelittlecaramelkid]

great song....heard this song for the first time in college on college radio here in the states back in 1985-86. From the "Mad Not Mad" album....found out also that it was a remake originally done by Scritti Politti...

[@themoores9817]

Another fact, scritti politti are tour with OMD in November .very excited to have tickets

[@SamHaynesMusic]

Glad to see this has over 200,000 views deserves many more. Its brilliant.

[@DrunkenPostie]

As much as I love the original, this tops it!

[@anthonywatts3918]

Hmmm on the fence there. X X

[@blackmore4]

@@anthonywatts3918 Agree, I think both are great too.

[@ianwalsh9552]

Call it draw.

[@rjjcms1]

When I first heard the original in late 1981,I thought the song was Italian or at least set in Italy because of the name Scritti Politti and lines like "when the Government falls"!

[@hoagy_ytfc]

It’s a brave cover, that’s for sure.

[@DerPlatzwartderAltenRiege]

Oooh, lovin' it!

[@ephemeralinspiration1218]

Scritti fan here but this was the definitive version for me! Madness made it much more accessible. And it might have been a 'cheap video' but it works

[@ZeldaFitz]

I remember at the time (Jan 86) madness saying that this video cost £60k to make. A hell of a lot of money back then.

[@elliotspencer5300]

I'm a Knights templar in my previous life I still can't stop listening to them.

[@CatBlackGuitars]

I've been into Madness since Baggy Trousers yet somehow I have never seen this video before. How is that possible?!!

[@geekpie100]

Madness have added some great touches to the original, like the climax in the song building up to the balloon burst, very different to how Scritti handled that part of the song.

[@pauloshaughnessy1280]

Sounds better now than it did back in the day! ❤

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

Maybe my favourite madness song, which is a VERY difficult decision to make. I sing it to my 4 month old daughter =)

[@mickmick9202]

bloody brilliant as it will be allways

[@CrocodileJock]

Love the big suit!

[@rileysdad1923]

I'm in the middle of a full on barney with my friends. I'm arguing that this is better than the original. They won't have a bar of it. They are so wrong!

[@SamHaynesMusic]

Remind them that they were wrong 2 months ago and still wrong now! haha

[@wd4020]

3 months later. This version is still better

[@timothybanlaw343]

a day late and a dollar short was ahead of its time

[@thomassmart4088]

nicely said

[@marcelosilvain8841]

sweet melody!!!

[@TrollCatcher2010]

madness was one of them rare bands that could hit the top tens with actually good music and without fake plastic lyrics - well done boys, jobs a good un! 5 stars everytime whats number one at the moment?

[@Skidmark1974]

A good collection of singles

[@patrickstocks3576]

Sweetest girl 👧 in all the world 🌍 These eyes 👀 are for you only (x2) Sweetest girl 👧 in all the world 🌍 These words that die before me (x2) When we walk in the park I never can tell When when we walk in the dark I never 👎🏿 can tell It’s just loving 🥰 it Ooooo loving it Sweetest boy 👦 in all the world 🌍 His life has got so lonely 😭 (x2) Maddest group in all the world 🌍 How could they do this to me (x2) What I want I shall take What you think 🤔 that you know Oooo such an awful 😞 mistake To never let go When the government falls I wish I could tell When necessary calls I never can tell The weakest link in any chain I always want to find them The strongest words in each belief Find out what’s behind them Politics is prior to the vagaries of science 🧫 She left because she understood The value of defiance Sweetest girl 👧 in all the world 🌍 These eyes 👀 are for you only The sweetest boy 👦 in all the world 🌍 His life has got so lonely 😭 Sweetest girl 👧 in all the world 🌍 These words that die before you She wants to go but she don’t know why Loving 🥰 it oooo loving 🥰 it Maddest group in all the world 🌍 How could they do this to me The sweetest boy 👦 in all the world 🌍 His life has got so lonely 😭 Sweetest girl 👧 in all the world 🌍 These words that die before you The sweetest boy 👦 in all the world 🌍 His life has got so lonely 😭

[@paulrizvi8985]

pure jouissance if y’know wha’ ah mean ❤❤❤

[@CampbellTrain]

This video is filled with funny moments from Lee spinning for no aparent reason to the big suit (note Suggs' legs flying up when they spin at the end of the scene forecasting their fall). I read it was filmed at Kempton Park Waterworks.

[@ernskii77]

Oh my god the nostalgia 😍

[@goldie103103]

@CampbellTrain I went to Kempton today, great place to have a look around.

[@snickerdoodleton]

I WISH THEY TOUR THE US SOON! i love these guys!

[@MB-ey4wh]

As a ub40 fan 👏 for this song madness.

[@ryxtell]

awesome!

[@miserablemozz8714]

Is the backing singer on the far right Caron Wheeler from Soul II Soul? Looks similar.

[@clivas1970]

these fellas deserve an oscar they the best since i was just a kid

[@Craigmt12]

Sorry I don't think its here on youtube. The dvd is now deleted but can be bought second hand on ebay either on its own or as part of the Sight and Sound Divine Madness release

[@bigdodge]

Madness and Weller knew what it meant to be a casual.

[@BRV-NEET]

1000 YEAR !!!!!!!

[@timothybanlaw343]

and I do love madness

[@metalshadowmario4]

15 and can't get enough of Madness

[@lilab151]

r u 25 now

[@Tommorows-Dream]

12 and cant get enough!

[@Skidmark1974]

Trying to find madness ... Business definitive collection the singles ...does anyone know where I can get a digital download cos I'm not buying the cd's

[@abarthist54]

WoooHOOO!!!,Simple And Best!!

[@EIGHTIEESALWAYS]

So underrated song. :)

[@elliotspencer5300]

In the womb I still can't get enough of them

[@kleptrep94]

What I like about this song is that it shows a different side to Madness. It's good to be multi-faceted y'know?

[@anthonywatts3918]

Exact

[@melgrant7404]

Suggs xx

[@alanfox4172]

This is a good cover version like the previous attempt with it must be love.

[@DeejvilleTV]

Alan Fox most of their songs were covers.

[@vivianaviviana8113]

The sweetest girl in all the world These eyes are for you only The sweetest girl in all the world These eyes are for you only The sweetest girl in all the world These words that die before me The sweetest girl in all the world These words that die before me When we walk in the dark I never can tell When when we walk in the dark I never can tell It's just loving it Ooh loving it The sweetest boy in all the world His life has got so lonely The sweetest boy in all the world His life has got so lonely The maddest group in all the world How could they do this to me The maddest group in all the world How could they do this to me What I want I shall take what you think that you know Oh such an awful mistake to never let go When the government falls I wish I could tell When the city calls I never can tell The weakest link in any chain I always want to find it The strongest words in each belief Find out what's behind it The politics is prior to The vagaries of science She left because she understood The value of defiance The sweetest girl in all the world These eyes are for you only The sweetest boy in all the world His life has got so lonely The sweetest girl in all the world These words that die before me The maddest group in all the world How could they do this to me The sweetest boy in all the world His life has got so lonely The sweetest girl in all the world These words that die before me The sweetest boy in all the world His life has got so lonely

[@vivianaviviana8113]

❤❤❤❤@@natesmithmusic_id Hi from Argentina Im a big fan❤❤❤❤

[@hansvanstaveren6952]

Chill

[@pasqualedavino8911]

mike hi very best song sweetest girl ma this song of scritti politti ciao and goodluck

[@annemagerman4812]

Where was this filmed ? Museum of Science, London, any chance ? Love the female dancers...

[@lukesheppey4962]

The video was filmed at the Kempton Park Steam Engines.

[@thedutchhuman]

don't you have the dvd ''divine madness'', all the video's what they have made.....Brilliant!

[@DrunkenPostie]

I had forgotten how fucking sweet this is!!

[@vajdaveronika]

Fantastic cover. Maybe a cheap video, but far better than a lot of videos made from a lot of money for nothing.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Actually, their most expensive video to date.

[@mikekaraoke]

that video does not look cheap, confused

[@vajdaveronika]

+mikey p There is the subtitle at the end "another cheap video", look at that please.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

It's typical Madness self-deprecation. It was cheap by Duran Duran standards but by 1985 it was Madness' most expensive promo video.

[@vajdaveronika]

Of course I knew it was humor.

[@CampbellTrain]

That is funny, but I think the funniest thing about that part is Suggs - he looks like he has to tolerate the whole thing, like he's not having fun at all, which makes him look funny in result, especially when he's embraced by Lee.

[@MyFlippinValentine]

I got into Scritti Politti via this cover. I was actually disappointed by the original Scritti version of this, but I loved just about everything else they've done. Thanks Madness

[@petercunningham8588]

MyFlippinValentine both versions are brilliant..... ‘the sweetest boy in all the world has got so lonely’.....

[@droge192]

The Scritti Polliti version was recorded much earlier - the released version was a demo, recorded in 1979. It was then mastered in 1981 but they held the album back so it wasn't released in September 1982; by which time it sounded very raw and a little unpolished for the times.

[@briandavis8939]

This song came into my head this morning when I was walking the dog 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@goldie103103]

I hated this song when I first heard it but I love it now!!

[@daypeshmodd]

Again, thx.

[@GuyKotMan]

16 and cant stop listening to madness music

[@Galloway5090]

How's it feel almost being 30 my dude😩

[@dans4754]

Haha welcome to the oldies

[@Dan-__]

🖤

[@williamrand5854]

Who's the accordianist? I thought I saw him at the beginning of Uncle Sam as well - "We interrupt this programme for an important announcement."

[@williamrand5854]

1:00

[@2tone209]

NOICE

[@AnimalsMatterMorally]

2:41 - 3:25 Don't the special effects used on Suggs' face look like what Peter Gabriel did later in his videos from the So album? Did he borrow that from seeing this Madness video, which I think would have been first?

[@jaybowden2658]

It’s called stop-motion - it might just have been done to work with the backdrop video

[@Haroldscross63]

Great fun.

[@Eltonlaleham]

crap band ace song

[@stamford66]

I'm 44 and I couln't agree with you more!!!!

[@Sol-Cutta]

My madness wasn't til 79 at earliest, then 80s...never heard these ones L

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

I used to sing this to my daughter when she was a baby. ANGELA ROSE, THAT'S YOU!!! xXxXxXxXxXxXxXx

[@Mortthemoose]

Awwwww 💜 wish I've have had a dad like you!

[@Mortimore008]

Thanks do u could upload rise and fall and white heat by madness. If possible.

[@Rumpio]

i used to see that middle backing singer work with lots of groups - I always wondered who she was...

[@ZeldaFitz]

She went on to be a singer in Soul 2 Soul

[@patrickstocks3576]

35 years ago

[@佐藤直樹-l7b]

madneesisgreate

[@daypeshmodd]

@cintiamartinez I know you posted this a long time ago, but plz tell me who you're talking about? The girl in the red dress? The one he married really young? Also, this is a Scritti Politti song (for the many of you who don't know - don't mean you Cintia), and Green's ex is rumoured to be in the video - smth he did not appreciate btw. I always wondered who SHE would be? Anyone knows? One of the Black girls or the girl in red dress?

[@CampbellTrain]

@goldie103103 It was filmed at Kenpton Park Waterworks.

[@geekpie100]

When videos were so good that pubs had video juke-boxes.

[@ZeldaFitz]

Filmed at Kempton park water works.

[@ZeldaFitz]

+Mark Richardson January 1986

[@ZeldaFitz]

+Mark Richardson Suggs was born in Hastings in East Sussex, but has lived in London since he was about 12.

[@brianmckenzie6046]

Fireball XL5 is that down the old Kent road,my son luvely jubly

[@gregkiteos1936]

I thought that place looked familiar. I visited it in July 2014 when the steam engine was operating. It was awesome!

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

Also the filming location of Gamesmaster season 2!.

[@rokerroar]

I love your mam

[@ZeldaFitz]

That is Caron Wheeler pre soul ii soul days.

[@tina76ish]

love this suggs is god 3

[@natesmithmusic_id]

hello, how are you doing it is nice meeting you here.

[@道也大槻]

サントリーが途中に入ってこなくて助かった。いつも、アレが入ってくると台無しになる。😊

[@PsychedelicGoo]

Somehow Madness made this song more melodic.

[@goldie103103]

Thank you for that. I thought it was Kempton or Crossness.

[@bradley2brad2]

I dont think Madness should have faded out of fashion but at least they are still making songs

[@daypeshmodd]

Thx! Is there an extract of the Divine Madness DVD on youtube where it's mentionned? I mean, what would it be called?...if you know...

[@stanleighton5257]

madness

[@elmer60]

Love this. Scritti Polliti but given the Nutty Boys treatment

[@cecieloosterveer]

😍😍😂😂😀😀👍👍👍🙋🙋

[@elliotspencer5300]

I'm sperm I still can't get enough of them.

[@deathlibrarian]

so...who is the guy doing Kyudo?????

[@Craigmt12]

I'm pretty sure greens ex girlfriend is the girl in the red dress. Someone mentions it in the Divine Madness DVD commentary :)

[@DeejvilleTV]

Craig Taylor Madness actually signed ex-Scritti drummer Tom Morley to their Zarjazz label.

[@damiendaviswatchmanofephra2660]

Is that song for deceiving all the masses Suggs

[@goldie103103]

Does anyone know where this was filmed?

[@jamesoneill2933]

CLIFTONVILLE

[@DambustaAnimations]

it was also in red dwarfs 'justice' episode

[@anthonywatts3918]

Watching now