| "House of Fun" | ||||
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| Single by Madness | ||||
| from the album Complete Madness | ||||
| Released | 14 May 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop, ska, 2 tone, new wave | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Stiff | |||
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| Producer(s) | Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley | |||
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| "House of Fun" on YouTube | ||||
"House of Fun" is a song by English ska/pop group Madness, credited to Mike Barson and Lee Thompson.[1] It was released as a one-off single on 14 May 1982 and reached number one in the UK Singles Chart, spending nine weeks in the charts.[2][3] The song was re-released in 1992, reaching number 40. It is the band's only number one single in the UK and in 2015 the British public voted it as the nation's 8th favourite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.[4]
- ^ "AllMusic.com Madness album overview". Retrieved on 28 June 2007.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 409. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "The Madness Timeline: 1982". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved on 27 June 2007.
- ^ Westbrook, Caroline (25 July 2015). "The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One: 12 more classic 80s chart-toppers which didn't make the cut". Metro. Retrieved 27 July 2015.