Our House (Madness song)

"Our House"
Single by Madness
from the album The Rise & Fall
B-side
Released12 November 1982 (1982-11-12)
Recorded1982
StudioAIR (London, UK)
Genre
Length3:23
3:05 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Madness singles chronology
"Driving in My Car"
(1982)
"Our House"
(1982)
"Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
(1983)

"Our House" is a song by the English ska and pop band Madness and was written by second lead vocalist Chas Smash and guitarist Chris Foreman. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, The Rise & Fall, on 12 November 1982. The song charted within the top ten in several countries, and it was the band's biggest hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It won the category Best Pop Song at the May 1983 Ivor Novello Awards.[3]

  1. ^ "CLASSIC TRACKS: Madness 'Our House'". www.soundonsound.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ Gaslin, Glenn; Porter, Rick (1 January 1998). The Complete, Cross-referenced Guide to the Baby Buster Generation's Collective Unconscious. Boulevard Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-57297-335-0. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. ^ "1983 Winners". Ivor Novello Awards. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2016.