Our House (Madness song)

"Our House"

Single by Madness
from the album The Rise & Fall
Released	November 12, 1982
Format	vinyl record 7", 12"
Recorded	1982
Genre	Ska/Pop
Length	3:23
Label	Stiff Records
Writer(s)	Chris Foreman Carl Smyth
Producer(s)	Clive Langer Alan Winstanley
Chart positions
UK #5, US #7
Madness singles chronology
"Driving in My Car"	"Our House"	"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"/"Madness (Is All in the Mind)"

"Our House" is a single by British ska/pop band Madness from their album The Rise & Fall. It peaked at number 5 on the UK singles chart in November 1982 and was also their biggest hit in the United States, reaching number 7 on the Billboard chart in 1983. The track went on to win Best Song at the Ivor Novello awards of May 1983.[1] . The video depicts the band acting out the song's lyrics in old English style country house.

Recently, the song was used in Maxwell House commercials. It has also been featured in a montage for an episode of the BBC comedy, My Family.

A musical of the songs of Madness ran in London's West End under the name "Our House - The Musical" between October 2002 and August 2003, and a recording of the show was broadcast on BBC Three.[2]

[edit] Track listing

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"