House of Fun

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"House of Fun"

Single by Madness
Released	April 30, 1982
Format	vinyl record 7"
Recorded	1982
Genre	Ska/Pop
Length	2:49
Label	Stiff Records
Writer(s)	Lee Thompson Mike Barson
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Chart positions
UK #1
Madness singles chronology
"Cardiac Arrest"	"House of Fun"	"Driving in My Car"

"House of Fun" is a 1982 one-off single by British ska/pop group Madness. It was their first and only #1 single in the UK. The song is about a boy trying desperately to buy a packet of condoms on his 16th birthday.

[edit] Music video

The video starts with Suggs dressed as a boy entering the shop with Lee Thompson and Chas Smash playing horns behind him. He's trying to buy condoms but is misunderstood by the shopkeeper who later says that 'this is a chemist's not a joke shop'. Later the band is shown singing in a barber shop and on a roller coaster.

[edit] Track listing

"House of Fun" - 2:49
"Don't Look Back" - 3:31

Preceded by: "A Little Peace" by Nicole	UK number one single May 23, 1982	Succeeded by: "Goody Two Shoes" by Adam Ant

Discography
Madness
Suggs \| Mike Barson \| Lee Thompson \| Chris Foreman \| Mark Bedford \| Daniel Woodgate \| Chas Smash
Studio albums: One Step Beyond... \| Absolutely \| 7 \| The Rise & Fall \| Keep Moving \| Mad Not Mad \| The Madness \| Wonderful \| The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 Live and compilation albums: Complete Madness \| Madness \| Utter Madness \| It's... Madness \| It's... Madness Too \| Divine Madness \| Madstock! \| The Business \| Total Madness \| Universal Madness Singles: "The Prince" \| "One Step Beyond" \| "My Girl" \| "Night Boat to Cairo" \| "Baggy Trousers" \| "Embarrassment" \| "Return of the Los Palmas 7" \| "Grey Day" \| "Shut Up" \| "It Must Be Love" \| "Cardiac Arrest" \| "House of Fun" \| "Driving in My Car" \| "Our House" \| "Wings of a Dove" \| "The Sun and the Rain" \| "Michael Caine" \| "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" \| "Lovestruck"