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Madness

Madness is a group from the UK, active since 1976.

Group GB since 1976 ska new wave 2 tone
TOTAL PLAYS
4,675
SONGS PLAYED
240
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-17 02:08 · 6 Music — "Michael Caine"
LAST PLAYED
3 days ago · 6 Music — "One Step Beyond"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
400 300 200 100 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 2,880 62%
6 Music 1,746 37%
Radio 1 44 1%
1Xtra 5 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Our House 478 2026-05-04
2 It Must Be Love 381 2026-05-12
3 Baggy Trousers 315 2026-04-01
4 One Step Beyond 307 2026-05-18
5 Embarrassment 304 2026-04-01
6 The Prince 267 2026-02-20
7 My Girl 254 2026-04-01
8 House of Fun 218 2026-05-08
9 Michael Caine 191 2026-04-01
10 Night Boat to Cairo 122 2026-02-20
11 Wings of a Dove 108 2026-04-01
12 Grey Day 108 2025-10-29
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-18 04:58 One Step Beyond 6 Music
2026-05-12 01:26 It Must Be Love Radio 2
2026-05-11 16:57 One Step Beyond Radio 2
2026-05-08 20:11 House of Fun Radio 2
2026-05-04 05:05 Our House Radio 2
2026-05-03 05:18 It Must Be Love Radio 2
2026-05-02 20:23 Our House Radio 2
2026-04-28 14:14 House of Fun Radio 2
2026-04-26 05:51 One Step Beyond Radio 2
2026-04-20 04:28 It Must Be Love Radio 2
2026-04-19 23:27 One Step Beyond Radio 2
2026-04-17 16:54 One Step Beyond Radio 2
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

240 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
(Waiting For) The Ghost Train — 3 ▶
4am — 1 ▶
Africa (Ashley Beedle Rmx) — 1 ▶
Africa (Ashley Beedle Remix) — 1 ▶
Africa (Ashley Beedle Rmx) — 1 ▶
Africa (Ashley Beedle's Going Home Edit) — 3 ▶
Another Version of Me — 14 ▶
Are You Coming With Me — 3 ▶
Are You Coming With Me (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jun 1982) — 4 ▶
Are You Coming With Me - BBC Session 24/06/1982 — 2 ▶
Baggy Trousers — 315 ▶
Baggy Trousers (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) — 2 ▶
Baggy Trousers (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 4 ▶
Baggy Trousers - Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Baggy Trousers - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 5 ▶
Baggy Trousers - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 3 ▶
Baggy Trousers - Live From Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Baggy Trousers - Recorded At Their Bus Top Hub At Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Baggy Trousers - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 5 ▶
Bed & Breakfast Man — 7 ▶
Bed & Breakfast Man (John Peel Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 4 ▶
Bed and Breakfast Man — 9 ▶
Bed And Breakfast Man — 2 ▶
Bed And Breakfast Man (BBC Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 2 ▶
Bed And Breakfast Man (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Bed and Breakfast Man (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Bed And Breakfast Man - BBC Session 14/08/1979 — 3 ▶
Bed And Breakfast Man - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 6 ▶
Bed And Breakfast Man - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 6 ▶
Beginners 101 — 2 ▶
Believe Me — 10 ▶
Blackbird (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 2 ▶
Blue Skinned Beast - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 3 ▶
Blue Skinned Beast - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 2 ▶
C'est La Vie — 71 ▶
Calling Cards — 3 ▶
Calling Cards (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jun 1982) — 4 ▶
Calling Cards - BBC Session 24/06/1982 — 2 ▶
Can't Touch Us Now — 27 ▶
Cardiac Arrest — 11 ▶
Cardiac Arrest (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 1 ▶
Chipmunks Are Go! — 1 ▶
Clerkenwell Polka — 2 ▶
Close Escape - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 3 ▶
Close Escape - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 3 ▶
Death Of The Rudeboy (Weatherall Dub) — 1 ▶
Deceives the Eye — 2 ▶
Deceives The Eye (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jan 1980) — 2 ▶
Deceives The Eye - BBC Session 03/01/1980 — 3 ▶
Disappear — 3 ▶
Disappear - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 2 ▶
Disappear - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 3 ▶
Don't Leave The Past Behind — 2 ▶
Don't Quote Me on That — 25 ▶
Don't Quote Me On That (BBC session) — 4 ▶
Don't Quote Me On That (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jan 1980) — 3 ▶
Don't Quote Me On That - BBC Session 03/01/1980 — 2 ▶
Driving in My Car — 90 ▶
Driving in my Car <edith Bed> — 1 ▶
Dust Devil — 55 ▶
Dust Devil (Radio Edit) — 1 ▶
Dust Devil - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 1 ▶
E.R.N.I.E - Remastered — 3 ▶
E.R.N.I.E. — 1 ▶
El Regresso (De Los Palmas) — 1 ▶
El Regresso De Los Palmas 7 — 1 ▶
Embarassment - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 7 ▶
Embarassment - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 6 ▶
Embarrassment — 304 ▶
Embarrassment (Jo Whiley Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 1 ▶
Embarrassment (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 4 ▶
Embarrassment (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 1 ▶
ernie — 1 ▶
Fireball XL5 — 3 ▶
Forever Young — 46 ▶
Good Times — 3 ▶
Grandslam — 1 ▶
Grey Day — 108 ▶
Grey Day - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 4 ▶
Grey Day - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 4 ▶
Herbert (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 1 ▶
Hour of Need — 34 ▶
House of Fun — 218 ▶
House Of Fun — 58 ▶
House Of Fun (7" Version) — 1 ▶
House Of Fun (CH) — 1 ▶
House Of Fun (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2012) — 1 ▶
House of Fun (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 3 ▶
House Of Fun - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 7 ▶
House Of Fun - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 3 ▶
House Of Fun - Recorded At Their Bus Top Hub At Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
House Of Fun - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 6 ▶
How Can I Tell You — 7 ▶
How Can I Tell You? — 2 ▶
I Chase the Devil — 1 ▶
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 2 ▶
In the Middle of the Night — 4 ▶
It Must Be Love — 381 ▶
It Must Be Love 1998 — 2 ▶
It Must Be Love (Glastonbury 2016) — 1 ▶
It Must Be Love (Glastonbury, 25th June 2016) — 5 ▶
It Must Be Love (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
It Must Be Love (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 2 ▶
It Must be Love - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 2 ▶
It Must Be Love - Recorded At Their Bus Top Hub At Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Keep Moving — 1 ▶
Keep Moving (Live at Hammersmith, 1985) — 1 ▶
Kooks — 1 ▶
Kooks (Glastonbury, 25th June 2016) — 2 ▶
La Luna — 2 ▶
Land of Hope and Glory — 1 ▶
Land Of Hope And Glory (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 2 ▶
Land Of Hope And Glory - BBC Session 14/08/1979 — 1 ▶
Lola — 1 ▶
Lovestruck — 14 ▶
Lovestruck (Fallen For A Lamppost) — 1 ▶
Lovestruck (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Madness — 19 ▶
Madness (Glastonbury, 24 June 2016) — 2 ▶
Madness (Is All In The Mind) — 10 ▶
Madness (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Madness - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 8 ▶
Madness - Recorded At Their Guerilla Hub At Camden Crawl 2009 — 1 ▶
Madness - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 5 ▶
Michael Caine — 191 ▶
Misery — 9 ▶
Money! Money! Money! — 1 ▶
Mr Apples — 34 ▶
Mr Apples (Glastonbury 2016) — 1 ▶
Mr. Apples (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Mr. Apples (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 1 ▶
Mummy's Boy — 1 ▶
My Girl — 254 ▶
My Girl (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) — 1 ▶
My Girl (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jan 1980) — 2 ▶
My Girl (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 4 ▶
My Girl - BBC Session 03/01/1980 — 1 ▶
My Girl - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 9 ▶
My Girl - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 6 ▶
My Girl 1998 — 2 ▶
My Girl 2 — 17 ▶
Never Knew Your Name — 81 ▶
Night Boat to Cairo — 122 ▶
Night Boat To Cairo — 67 ▶
Night Boat To Cairo (Night Bus To Camden) - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 3 ▶
Night Boat to Cairo (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
NW 5 - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 2 ▶
NW5 — 24 ▶
NW5 (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Oh My Love — 1 ▶
On the Beat Pete — 1 ▶
On The Town — 2 ▶
One Better Day — 59 ▶
One Step Beyond (Cover Clip) — 1 ▶
One Step Beyond — 307 ▶
One Step Beyond (live) — 1 ▶
One Step Beyond (Radio 2 In Concert 50, 2012) — 1 ▶
One Step Beyond (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 3 ▶
One Step Beyond - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 2 ▶
One Step Beyond 1998 — 1 ▶
Our House — 478 ▶
Our House (Glastonbury, 25 June 2016) — 2 ▶
Our House (Live In Concert 2012) — 1 ▶
Our House (Live In Concert) — 1 ▶
Our House (live on Later) — 2 ▶
Our House (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Our House - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 8 ▶
Our House - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 2 ▶
Our House - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 5 ▶
Razor Blade Alley — 3 ▶
Razorblade Alley - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 2 ▶
Razorblade Alley - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 3 ▶
Return of the Los Palmas 7 (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Riding on My Bike — 1 ▶
Rise and Fall — 4 ▶
Rise And Fall (Htd) — 1 ▶
Rise And Fall (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jun 1982) — 4 ▶
Rise And Fall - BBC Session 24/06/1982 — 2 ▶
Rise And Fall / Sunday Morning - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 3 ▶
Rise And Fall / Sunday Morning - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 3 ▶
Rockin' in A Flat — 2 ▶
Rockin' in Ab — 2 ▶
Round We Go — 14 ▶
Set Me Free ( Let Me Be ) — 1 ▶
Set Me Free (Let Me Be ) — 1 ▶
Shop Around (Radio 2 Session, 25 Jan 2017) — 1 ▶
Shut Up — 71 ▶
Shut Up (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Stepping Into Line (John Peel Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 1 ▶
Stepping Into Line (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 2 ▶
Stepping Into Line - BBC Session 14/08/1979 — 5 ▶
Sugar and Spice — 11 ▶
Sun And The Rain - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 5 ▶
Sun And The Rain - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 4 ▶
Swan Lake — 8 ▶
Sweetest Girl — 3 ▶
Take It or Leave It — 1 ▶
Tarzan's Nuts — 1 ▶
That Close — 2 ▶
The Clarkenwell Polka - Inverness Street, Camden 2009 — 2 ▶
The Liberty Of Norton Folgate — 1 ▶
The Liberty Of Norton Folgate - EDIT — 1 ▶
The Prince — 267 ▶
The Prince - BBC Session 14/08/1979 — 3 ▶
The Prince (BBC Live Session - 27 August 1979 John Peel Show) — 1 ▶
The Prince (BBC Live Session 27 August 1979 John Peel Show) — 1 ▶
The Prince (BBC session) — 2 ▶
The Prince (Radio 1 Session, 14 Aug 1979) — 6 ▶
The Prince (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
The Return of the Los Palmas 7 — 10 ▶
The Return of the Los Palmas Seven — 19 ▶
The return of the los palmos 7 — 2 ▶
The Sun & the Rain — 7 ▶
The Sun And The Rain — 53 ▶
The Sun And The Rain (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 2 ▶
Tiptoes (Session) — 1 ▶
Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) — 56 ▶
Tomorrow's (Just Another Day) (feat. Elvis Costello) — 2 ▶
Tomorrow's Dream - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 1 ▶
Tomorrow's Dream - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 3 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day — 106 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 3 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day (Radio 1 Session, 24 Jun 1982) — 1 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day - BBC Session 24/06/1982 — 2 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Dominion Theatre 1983 — 2 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day - The Dominion Theatre, London 1983 — 2 ▶
Tomorrow's Just Another Day 1998 — 1 ▶
Un Paso Adelante — 1 ▶
un passo avanti — 1 ▶
Uncle Sam — 4 ▶
Waiting For The Ghost Train — 3 ▶
We Are London — 1 ▶
Wings of a Dove — 108 ▶
Wings Of A Dove — 29 ▶
Wings of a Dove (Radio 2 In Concert, 11 Dec 2025) — 1 ▶
Yesterday's Men — 6 ▶
Yesterday's Men (Harmonica version) — 1 ▶
Young And Old — 3 ▶
Young And Old (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jan 1980) — 2 ▶
Young And Old - BBC Session 03/01/1980 — 3 ▶