The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection

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The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection
Box set by Madness
Released	1993
Recorded	1979 - 1986
Genre	Ska/Pop
Label	Virgin Records
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Madness chronology
Madstock! (1992) The Business (1993) Total Madness (1997)

The Business - the Definitive Singles Collection is a 3 disc box set by ska/pop band Madness released in 1993 (see 1993 in music). It contains all the band's singles with their b-sides and other bonus tracks, some rare. It also includes a 52 page booklet and snippets of interviews with band members and other people associated with Madness between some tracks.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

1. "The Prince" (2 Tone single version)
2. "Madness" (album version)
3. "One Step Beyond" (album version)
4. "Mistakes"
5. "Nutty Theme"
6. "My Girl"
7. "Stepping into Line"
8. "In the Rain"
9. "Night Boat to Cairo"
10. "Deceives the Eye"
11. "Young And The Old"
12. "Don't Quote Me On That"
13. "Baggy Trousers"
14. "The Business"
15. "Embarrassment"
16. "Crying Shame"
17. "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" (single version)
18. "That's The Way To Do It" (AKA "The Odd Job Man")
19. "My Girl" (demo)
20. "Swan Lake" (live)
21. "Grey Day"
22. "Memories"
23. "Shut Up" (album version)
24. "A Town With No Name"

[edit] Disc two

1. "Never Ask Twice" (AKA "Airplane")
2. "It Must Be Love"
3. "Shadow on the House"
4. "Cardiac Arrest" (album version)
5. "In the City"
6. "House of Fun"
7. "Don't Look Back"
8. "Driving in My Car"
9. "Terry Wogan Jingle"
10. "Animal Farm"
11. "Riding on My Bike"
12. "Our House" (Stretch Mix)
13. "Walking With Mr. Wheeze"
14. "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"
15. "Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
16. "Wings of a Dove"
17. "Behind the Eight Ball"
18. "One's Second Thoughtlessness"
19. "The Sun and the Rain"
20. "Fireball XL5"
21. "Visit to Dracstein Castle"
22. "Michael Caine"

[edit] Disc three

1. "If You Think There's Something"
2. "One Better Day"
3. "Guns"
4. "Victoria Gardens" (remix)
5. "Sarah"
6. "Yesterday's Men" (harmonica version)
7. "All I Knew"
8. "It Must Be Love" (live)
9. "Uncle Sam"
10. "David Hamilton Jingle"
11. "Inanity over Christmas"
12. "Please Don't Go"
13. "Sweetest Girl" (extended version)
14. "Jennie (A Portrait Of)"
15. "Tears You Can't Hide"
16. "Call Me"
17. "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train"
18. "One Step Beyond" (Italian version)
19. "Maybe In Another Life"
20. "Seven Year Scratch" (edited version)
21. "Release Me"
22. "Carols on 45"
23. "National Anthem"

v • d • e 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 • Wonderful • The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 • The Liberty of Norton Folgate Compilation Albums Complete Madness • Madness • Utter Madness • It's... Madness • It's... Madness Too • Divine Madness • The Business • Total Madness • Our House Live Albums Madstock! • Universal Madness Singles "The Prince" • "One Step Beyond" • "My Girl" • "Work Rest and Play EP" • "Baggy Trousers" • "Embarrassment" • "The 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" • "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" • "Wings of a Dove" • "The Sun and the Rain" • "Michael Caine" • "One Better Day" • "Yesterday's Men" • "Uncle Sam" • "Sweetest Girl" • "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" • "Night Boat to Cairo" • "Lovestruck" • "Johnny The Horse" • "Drip Fed Fred" • "Shame & Scandal" • "Girl Why Don't You" • "Sorry" • "NW5" Associated Articles Our House the Musical • 2 Tone • Zarjazz Records • Starvation/Tam Tam Pour L'Ethiopie