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These type of versions are always mixed again or remastered to match modern music on TH-cam, Spotify, Apple etc. If you really want to listen to the original version you'd have to get the vynil or cassette of the tune from the time they released it. You'll notice the difference. Best wishes.
Oh, 1983!!!! Where did u go? The quicksands of time and memory...I long for those days of 40 years ago ...without a care in the world, looking for the next party...watching MTV all day....hangin with buds.
@@mackermate8475 I know that. I said they have given us so much good music STARTING in the 1960's. I was 23 years old when thing song was released, so I remember the song quite well.
It seems to me that Madness took it upon themselves to put a smile on everybody's faces and cheer up the whole country. The songwriting, arrangements, playing and production were always brilliant. The videos were works of comedy genius.
I remember listing to this at seaway crescent children's home in Hampshire UK. It was our house our home and our castle and our keep. about 30 kids listened to this anthem with no parents no guidance and future. yet it bonded us with what we wished our family would be.
I have happy memories of that song. A few months after my father passed, my mum and I managed to pay off our mortgage for our house with hard work. Shortly before midnight we transferred the last sum and danced to this song at 12 o'clock sharp, singing along at the top of our lungs. Somewhere I found a confetti cannon and it rained golden glitter. Great memories
I remember, I was around 14 when this came out. 55 now. The lead singer, Suggs, he looked like a real thug. A tough guy. Now, I see, they too, were just some young kids. Having a good time and enjoying themselves. 😊
There is so much going on in this song. The arrangement is stunning and every time you think it has 'settled' another great bit is around the corner. One of the great pop singles.
excellent observation! i may not be a producer or even need to be one to appreciate all the subtle details on the track since i was always fond with various types of soundtracks from various media, sound design and background noises/sounds in general since i was little.
This song was popular when I was in high school (1984-1987) in the USA and I loved the mix of zaniness and genuine sentiment. Every generation seems somewhat crazy to the one that came before it, but somehow with age, one realizes just how great our parents' generation was, too.
My dad was in high school around the same time and loved Madness. I remember learning this song pretty early on as a kid and loving it. A few years back, we went on a Europe trip and struck up a conversation with a jewelry seller about his age in Camden about music. He pointed us towards the pub Madness got their start in and we shared a pint there. Great memory with my dad
I still remember this song being in the charts. Who knew that I would feel like crying one day when I listen to this song? I will be turning 54 tomorrow and my Mom passed away in January. This song just makes me cry.
My family used to sing this song as a joke a lot. Always a crowd and it felt like the center of everything. Now we don’t talk anymore. lol. Enjoy the moment while you’ve got it. Some songs will always feel personal.
Those times never left, really, Some people just get busy, schedules may collide, but sometimes all it takes is you to ask to gather up again. i think its safe to assume you already know about the power of asking, as; it can never hurt to ask. go for it ;p chances are, ur not the only one who misses that from your gatherings
This song brings back so many memories of the early family years with my spouse(deceased),son (also deceased) and my daughter that I'm smiling & crying at the same time. Great song/great times.
@@KoupJam TY. I was feeling a bit blue but your comment helped a lot. Have been 24/7 care provider for 87 yo diabetic mother (with dementia)for past 2 yrs & that catchy song/fun video brings back happier times. It also helps keep me away from The Ballad of Dwight Fry, lol.
The opening part of this song is one of the most amazing arrangements musically. Piano, nice bass line, horn section and strings. All BEFORE the vocals even come in 😳 just wow....
@@julosx Wowsers! There's a name I haven't thought of for decades! Makes me want to play my copy of Star's End, but my phonograph is on loan... Guess I'll have to rely on TH-cam, or Alexa... Thx for the memory jog! (Just started Tubular Bells...)
Mozart would have been impressed. There’s not a wasted note or beat or word in it, and the real icing on the cake is that it’s about home - nostalgia for a less than perfect upbringing that you miss in hindsight as life gets more complicated. It’s about being lucky to have had a working class childhood - appreciating it for better or worse.
I love the fact that madness hold a record of sorts. That they did a gig in london and it registered on the Richter scale that measures earthquakes.. respect.
From the BBC in 2003: "The world record for putting a golf ball is held by Suggs. In the time it took his putt to go from one end of the plane [Concorde] to the other, the plane had travelled five miles." All sorts of records held by this band lol.
Those of us who live in the 80s, this music is not just music. This is the religion of the 80's. One can go to the past with a single click. All the memories come back in the first second of music. God created at 80. Sacred those who live that time. Listening to this music, I'm a teenager now. I am 55 years old.
I'm 57 and I was at boarding school and Madness were a huge part of the music of the times for us. We were all cast-offs from local councils. Music was our way to survive.
For all of us that came from working class families, then this song is about us! We may not have had much money but we had each other. Wonderful memories❤️
Just purrrfect, gives me chills. I never really appreciated it at the time, but now, at over 60, it takes me back to my own happy youth. God Bless my mum and dad, happy days ❤️
I fully agree. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and feel bad that I took the music, films and TV programs for granted and never really appreciated them when you compare to what there is today.
@@pravinshingadia7337 Remember the classic line from George Bernard Shaw, "too bad that youth is wasted on the young". It's a human conundrum that can't be overcome.
The U.K. is so privileged with some of the best music in the world and Madness just hugely emphasis this fact. I first liked this song when I heard it play on Not going out on BBC, with lee Mack 😂
im in the USA and this is VERY MUCH part of the worlds 1980s soundtrack.. as much as i didnt get into it then, i miss it so much more now.. it was brilliant!
This was early 80s, right? Love the song, still rings in my mind... That piano opening and then the bass comes in with a weird grip and him smiling like there's no tomorrow... Fucking fantastic ! The 80s were great, a time when society was still okay and livable. But once we entered the 21st century things went downhill...
This song is honestly so wholesome, I love it! The only sliver of irony in the lyrics, is the acknowledgment that the house you grew up in won't always be there for you, which only adds to the sentiment of the song. It's nothing cynical, very sweet!
This song unlocks great memories and smells and being happy for me as a kid. Dancing around singing with my Mom. That's takes me back 40 + years. Music has great power
Lyrics: God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen: Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us: God save the Queen.
Seen from France, no-one is more British than Madness, and I love it ! Don't change, please, dear neighborouds (? I am not sure that what I wrote is really English, and hope you understood me) ... May Madness and the Crunch last forever !
I'm 64 years old.....this song is like a time machine, it takes my stress away and if I try to find something in my computer drop list, and I cannot find anything for my anxiety, I just look for "My House" and I get my heart recharge again...!!!!!!! 10+
I love this song. It reminds me of when I was a teenager and I used to watch video on an old black and white TV. I liked the composition, for me it's a magical mix that envelops my being every time I listen to it. It reminds me of when I saw the world through an old TV and dreamed of being part of it.
I remember, in the school band, we play this song as the last song of our little concert. I was play the piano and I had to play the first thing alone with the bass at...maybe 12 years old. I remember my hands where shaking and sweeting gallons but I did it without any mistakes. The euphoria in playing this song is incredible.
I love this song. As with a lot of great songs, it's a lot of fun, but it's also a little melancholic. We all remember "our house," a home full of everyone who was important to you at that point in time. Little things ring true, the mother is the real queen of the castle who looked after everyone else, and how is she first described? Tired. There's usually a crowd, always something happening in those good old days with everyone together, but brother's got a date to keep and can't hang around. One child goes, then the rest, onto their own lives. "Our house" is never quite the same, but that's okay. Hopefully, each of the kids will go on to create their own houses that their kids can sing about. As long as we made the most of it, we'll always have "our house," in our hearts, and we're lucky because some people never did.
I lived in England for a few years in the mid-90s, well after this song was in the charts. Yet, each time I hear it, I'm transported back to England in my mind, it's just such a great song and just has such a feel to it. Cheers!
60 year old bm and I come back to this video regularly because it's a fun song and as a musician I love the bassline especially the slide at the beginning 😁🎶🎸
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First
Second
Third. Welcome to the House of Fun.
Fourth
Just simply awesome 😂😂😂
I love the joy of the bassist at that opening rip.
it's a sick rip to be fair!
0:41
Right on!!!
bass hits harder than the northern accent.
@speedbirdconcordeBOAB We all like to imagine he has a ford racecar bed.
Whoever recorded and mixed this song should’ve got a Grammy everything is so crisp and perfectly mixed
It really is, listen to that bassline, you can hear the bass strings being plucked so crisply. Really great audio mixing.
Maybe Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley recorded and mixed this song. The sound is amazing after years...
These type of versions are always mixed again or remastered to match modern music on TH-cam, Spotify, Apple etc. If you really want to listen to the original version you'd have to get the vynil or cassette of the tune from the time they released it. You'll notice the difference. Best wishes.
If it was American everything would have been so chip
@@maxwellkimamo1103 it’s still sounds very good. It’s godly compared to modern rock tracks
When my 4 year old grandson is here, I have to play this constantly. He sings OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE.😂😂😂😂😂 one of the best 80s songs.
This is what he’s referencing th-cam.com/video/k55FYtqtXXU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=01mbB2zhCQY3s_IW
🤣🤣🤣
👍🇬🇧🤓
❤
Boy do I have a video for your grandson
As a Black man, I just wanna say this song is one of my favorite song I ever listen too
It is an iconic song,
as a N
the most cleanest instrumental mixing ive ever heard in a recording, that piano at the start is so raw
Simplicity at its best
It does sound great doesn't it?
When that bass kicks in. Delicious
@@yvc9 Agreed. That first big grumble from the bass is ace.
@@paulh7589 "Ih dahs sound grei'h innit?"
As someone who was a kid during the 80's in England, this song makes me feel incredibly nostalgic.
Nothing wrong with a smidge of nostalgia mate.
I would’ve loved to have been in a kid in Europe back then . I loved growing up in the states though
I grew up with this on wii sing in the 2000s tho, not quite the same but I'm still glad I got to experience it
It makes me feel noltalgic too, and I grew up in Mexico...
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Oh, 1983!!!! Where did u go? The quicksands of time and memory...I long for those days of 40 years ago ...without a care in the world, looking for the next party...watching MTV all day....hangin with buds.
❤
@@confiteordeo3863truth
@@confiteordeo3863 Selective memory at work. We all fall into that trap sometimes.
@@helgemeyer6511It mainly has to do with being young... that's what people usually trully miss about the past.
yep, was 16, great year, great memoires
How much happier were people in music back in the day!!!! Enough said!
Yes bc all music during this period was so much happier, bands such as Swans, The Cure and Bauhaus all come to mind 😂😂😂
@@castaholic8665 Yes the very happy band The Cure
MTV
"The kids are playing up downstairs". Love that line in the song,classic.
Yes.nice.jah Herb Jah love Jah Jerry Jah rastafari praises blessings respectfully down under
Tucson Arizona Sonoran desert 🏜️
Proceeds to point upwards
I like "Brother's got a date to keep. He can't hang around"
Tennessee , ain't like our house.
Do you realize that the British people have given us so much good music starting in the 1960's? It just never stops! I love these people!
Carter usm is another good one
It's from 1982....
@@mackermate8475 I know that. I said they have given us so much good music STARTING in the 1960's. I was 23 years old when thing song was released, so I remember the song quite well.
But we never win euro vision 😂
There’s ALWAYS another amazing band you discover and you check where they’re from and yep: Britain
Shout out to the one bloke who knew where "Our House" was.
in the middle of our house
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In the middle of our street, it was where we used to sleep
@@caIyps0 our house
😂 yuppp 0:24 “just down there!”
It seems to me that Madness took it upon themselves to put a smile on everybody's faces and cheer up the whole country.
The songwriting, arrangements, playing and production were always brilliant.
The videos were works of comedy genius.
Dead right ,mate. 100%
" she's the one they're going to miss in lots of ways" - so true. What a piece of real poetry that is. Love Madness and this song.
@A b Cheers mate
And then that pause to let the words strike home and then the sax....
So true❤
MIssing my mom :(
HOLY literally just read it as they sung it
I remember listing to this at seaway crescent children's home in Hampshire UK. It was our house our home and our castle and our keep. about 30 kids listened to this anthem with no parents no guidance and future. yet it bonded us with what we wished our family would be.
Aww, I can relate
Only a British person would call their house a “castle” and “keep” lmao
@@gvd72 you were lucky to 've a keep...
I hope things worked out better for you, and the other kids.
My grandma grew up in an orphanage and she said that at singing class was the only time she was happy
Lyrically and musically one of the most brilliant pop songs of any genre in the 1980's, in the UK or elsewhere...
Wow, are you 7 years old?
This is a gem.
So simple but so brilliant...you are right!
Overrated shit. There's plenty of songs better than it.
This song sucks so much
I have happy memories of that song. A few months after my father passed, my mum and I managed to pay off our mortgage for our house with hard work. Shortly before midnight we transferred the last sum and danced to this song at 12 o'clock sharp, singing along at the top of our lungs. Somewhere I found a confetti cannon and it rained golden glitter. Great memories
Respect❣️
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😊pp
boa !!!
Great memory 🔥🔥
The kids are playing up downstairs is still one of my favourite lines. It just makes me smile everytime i hear it
It is truly sublime.
👍
Fun happy times when they refering kids and we were that.Madness has all basics covered a party in Our House.Class of 85-89 it's that's me
We didn't play in our bedrooms,didn't have much and too cold 😂no central heating ,had to fill the lecky meter with sixpences
The comments show many didn't understand the irony of up downstairs 😅
OUR HOUSE, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥❗❗
OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE
OUR HOUSE, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE 🕺
OUR HOUSE, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE ⁉️‼️⁉️🗣‼️⁉️🗣⁉️⁉️🗣‼️🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥⁉️
OUR HOUSE, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE🗣️🔥🔥💯
OUR HOUSE, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOUSE 🕺🎉🎶
I remember, I was around 14 when this came out. 55 now. The lead singer, Suggs, he looked like a real thug. A tough guy. Now, I see, they too, were just some young kids. Having a good time and enjoying themselves. 😊
I was about your age when, this song came out. This song brings back some great memories..
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I asked Suggs a question on Saturday Superstore. Looking back, I may have peaked at that moment.
I know what you mean.
I feel that
Ladies and Gentleman here is the EUROPEAN DARTS CHAMPION 2024 "MADHOUSE" RITCHIE EDHOUSE
One of the Greatest songs of the 80s of all time
Yes it is! 👍
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❤🎉
Correction the greatest
They’re sometimes dismissed as a “fun” band but the musicianship, production and arrangements are absolute GENIUS.
Some songs just make me smile for no reason.. this is one of them.
Same
Same
Hi person from 5 years ago
Yeah. Eeeendless 😁😁😁
Just like YMCA, I don't think anybody can be sad whilst listening!
There is so much going on in this song. The arrangement is stunning and every time you think it has 'settled' another great bit is around the corner. One of the great pop singles.
excellent observation! i may not be a producer or even need to be one to appreciate all the subtle details on the track since i was always fond with various types of soundtracks from various media, sound design and background noises/sounds in general since i was little.
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It's ska!
@@captainjames4649 it's an all time great pop song.
It's like you're rounding the corner of a street, onto another street, and there's a house, a house in the middle of said street.
Спасибо Жопичу за этот скрытый ГЕМ
One of the greatest working class anthem's ever written
Never felt prouder of being poor after hearing this for first time
lmao
I don't think it's about poor people. Just a normal family.
@@ernst91 indeed. I was kinda jokin a bit tho
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Me too
This song was popular when I was in high school (1984-1987) in the USA and I loved the mix of zaniness and genuine sentiment. Every generation seems somewhat crazy to the one that came before it, but somehow with age, one realizes just how great our parents' generation was, too.
Same here.
I remember thinking these guys were just so cool and quirky fun.
Still do really.
Good times.
Awesome generation for Real music with meaningful words ..That goes for all the band's back then !! , You just can't beat it theses days,, Real !!!
@@kickinghorse2405 yep agree!… I loooooved these guys back in the day… just had to look em up & I still love them 🎶✌🏼❤️
My dad was in high school around the same time and loved Madness. I remember learning this song pretty early on as a kid and loving it. A few years back, we went on a Europe trip and struck up a conversation with a jewelry seller about his age in Camden about music. He pointed us towards the pub Madness got their start in and we shared a pint there. Great memory with my dad
I’m British and it’s dead popular here even in 2023
I still remember this song being in the charts. Who knew that I would feel like crying one day when I listen to this song? I will be turning 54 tomorrow and my Mom passed away in January. This song just makes me cry.
RIP thats love coming through the speakers for ya moms.
"She's the one they're going to miss, in lots of ways" - sorry for your loss man
Sorry about your mom, nothing hits harder than losing family
I’m so so sorry I have been humming this song all week I turn 54 in 2 wks and I just lost my uncle.
I am sorry for your loss
My family used to sing this song as a joke a lot. Always a crowd and it felt like the center of everything. Now we don’t talk anymore. lol. Enjoy the moment while you’ve got it. Some songs will always feel personal.
Those times never left, really, Some people just get busy, schedules may collide,
but sometimes all it takes is you to ask to gather up again. i think its safe to assume you already know about the power of asking, as; it can never hurt to ask. go for it ;p
chances are, ur not the only one who misses that from your gatherings
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This song is so British that I now drive on the left side of the road
Look out!
Please don’t crash.
Plot twist: he’s Australian
You shouldnt look at your phone while driving
innit
I feel a twinge of sadness when I hear this song. It sounds upbeat but the lyrics seem to tell a different story, of nostalgia, loss and regret.
True, makes me cry hard.
REAL
No. That's just your mindset. Lemme guess.. Gen Z, X?
@@CedricMaximum it is OBVIOUSLY what I think and how I see this song. Which is why my sentence started with “I feel”. Not “you feel”. Sheesh. 🙄
I know what you mean.
This song brings back so many memories of the early family years with my spouse(deceased),son (also deceased) and my daughter that I'm smiling & crying at the same time. Great song/great times.
❤️
💚💔💔💚 You're still a family. Much love to you and your daughter ... and grandkids, I hope.
@@factsoverfiction7826 TY. Will also remember your kind reply whenever I listen to this song/watch the video. Greetings from OK.
@@LenapeSF I respect you for being able to shoulder these many problems.
@@KoupJam TY. I was feeling a bit blue but your comment helped a lot. Have been 24/7 care provider for 87 yo diabetic mother (with dementia)for past 2 yrs & that catchy song/fun video brings back happier times. It also helps keep me away from The Ballad of Dwight Fry, lol.
The true definition of "Britishness" MADNESS , all time classic !
I'm a german girl living in Brazil. During years and years I searched for this song. God bless the English language, I learned!! And was easy to find!
Gut gemacht 😀😀🎉🇩🇪❤️😊
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Jaaaa
You are brazilian, of german heritage! NOT a german girl
@@elangloshitposter1635 If she has 2 German parents she's still German.. Especially if she moved to Brazil after being born
Over 40 years and I still can't get enough of Madness!!
You're recalling me that my parents offered me this record 40 years ago… Time flies.
Same mate
Can't get enough of madness? Come to Amurica.
over 54 and i assume that too :)
I think by definition that makes you crazy
That transition at 2:39 is absolutely legendary. Some rap with a flash back to childhood. This song is brilliant.
Agreed, that was always my favorite part of the song.
Eminem been real silent after those barz
Music video is way ahead of its time! One of my Top 5 80's songs of all time. Just makes me feel happy when I hear it.
The opening part of this song is one of the most amazing arrangements musically. Piano, nice bass line, horn section and strings. All BEFORE the vocals even come in 😳 just wow....
The brass band and strings were arranged by David Bedford.
@@julosx Wowsers! There's a name I haven't thought of for decades! Makes me want to play my copy of Star's End, but my phonograph is on loan... Guess I'll have to rely on TH-cam, or Alexa... Thx for the memory jog! (Just started Tubular Bells...)
Second to that. Only now I'm appreciating those details. Its genius 👏 🙌
Mozart would have been impressed. There’s not a wasted note or beat or word in it, and the real icing on the cake is that it’s about home - nostalgia for a less than perfect upbringing that you miss in hindsight as life gets more complicated. It’s about being lucky to have had a working class childhood - appreciating it for better or worse.
Yes! 😀
Madness had extraordinary musicianship with slapstick comedy. Great combination, awesome band.
That's "Have" extraordinary musicianship. Still doing us proud.
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And also great songwriting.
I love the fact that madness hold a record of sorts.
That they did a gig in london and it registered on the Richter scale that measures earthquakes..
respect.
ev3nflow ni ni
Wow! Fun facts always amaze.
From the BBC in 2003: "The world record for putting a golf ball is held by Suggs. In the time it took his putt to go from one end of the plane [Concorde] to the other, the plane had travelled five miles."
All sorts of records held by this band lol.
@@SlackrUk that feels almost like cheating
Madstock 1992 🤘😊
It is amazing how Madness used the premise of memories of a family home to explain the fundamental principles of the Magna Carta. Genius!
I lost my mother and father, we used to hear this the car with the whole family every family trip. This song means the world me.
RIP Mom and Dad❤
🙏⚘💛⚘🙏😔
Good on you Jacob - they must have been very good people. Condolences.
Sorry to read of your loss. Jacob. You're not alone in grieving & in loving this BEAUTY. May your parents R.I.P.
Me too Jacob-same circumstances m8. Look back on this with nostalgia for happy times! All the best to you.
we're here for you
bro, i'm 12 and my parents introduced me to this song
England had the best bands in the history...its a fact..
Saludos desde Argentina💙
Rare appreciation from Albiceleste
How I miss the 80's...
Greatest decade of music EVER
I miss the 80's too. I feel so old!
Wasn't it though? My favorite decade by far
Reminds me of happy days growing up in the 80s never get bored of this song….
Those of us who live in the 80s, this music is not just music. This is the religion of the 80's. One can go to the past with a single click. All the memories come back in the first second of music. God created at 80. Sacred those who live that time. Listening to this music, I'm a teenager now. I am 55 years old.
How can you be a teenager if you're 55
@@Therealtintedread69 He means in his memories. Not literally.🤦♀️
@@sparklecanada0112 hahahahha
i was born in 87 lol
I'm 57 and I was at boarding school and Madness were a huge part of the music of the times for us. We were all cast-offs from local councils. Music was our way to survive.
For all of us that came from working class families, then this song is about us! We may not have had much money but we had each other. Wonderful memories❤️
I didn’t even know what money was
“we had each other” Why you have to hit me in the feels like that
That’s so true but sadly most families just ain’t together anymore.
This song is so British that it turned my coffee into tea..
@@extremetitan1881 tea is the stereotypical British drink m8 and it’s not an insult it’s a compliment
Good one chap
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But I 'll turn it.
@@Happyhatter26 i think he got mad cuz he was listening to madness 🙃ik that was a bad one
@@fakesharky3497 This Song is So British That The British Empire has just collapsed.
Congrats Ritchie
Edhouse army
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THIS SONG WILL OUTLIVE US ALL, SO LONG AS WE PASS IT DOWN
Bang on mate. This song is bostin and in us all 🇬🇧
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Cuánto me gusta el pop británico, y la cultura de esta época. Gracias 🇬🇧
suggs says..`kids are playing up downstairs`..points upstairs !!! MADNESS : )
I love Bri-ish music, quirky, offbeat, and funky all in one! This is a brilliant composition, a 60's groove with a Motown nod. Excellent!!!
One of those records that will always raise a smile. The fact the world can never throw up another Madness just shows how sterile we've become.
@CEMSAAN_E hi :D
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@@spkanava Yea 82, Argentina
That's so true, yes
Just purrrfect, gives me chills. I never really appreciated it at the time, but now, at over 60, it takes me back to my own happy youth. God Bless my mum and dad, happy days ❤️
I fully agree. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and feel bad that I took the music, films and TV programs for granted and never really appreciated them when you compare to what there is today.
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@@pravinshingadia7337 Remember the classic line from George Bernard Shaw, "too bad that youth is wasted on the young". It's a human conundrum that can't be overcome.
The U.K. is so privileged with some of the best music in the world and Madness just hugely emphasis this fact.
I first liked this song when I heard it play on Not going out on BBC, with lee Mack 😂
Who's listening this song in December 2024
me! :-)
It’s been stuck in our heads 😅
Me
Listening from Monterrey, Mexico! December 13th 2024
This song get better and better the louder you turn it up. One of the few in the world, in my opinion.
im in the USA and this is VERY MUCH part of the worlds 1980s soundtrack..
as much as i didnt get into it then, i miss it so much more now..
it was brilliant!
In my humble opinion, this is the best pop song of the 80s. 🎼
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This new season of peaky blinders is great
The Shelby family seems different
I knew someone beat me to it
If this was the theme song, the show would suddenly become a sitcom
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I may be a simple metalhead, but this song is still fantastic. I'm always one for catchy upbeat songs, no matter the genre.
Yeah me too great music is great music
I'm the same way....metalhead all my life ..but this song rocks
Hope this isn't the only madness song you listen to, they have so many amazing songs.
Same here, listened to so much rock and metal in my youth but this remains one of my favourite 80s tracks. Fantastic song
Listen to the song one step beyond from madness if you haven’t yet
This was early 80s, right? Love the song, still rings in my mind...
That piano opening and then the bass comes in with a weird grip and him smiling like there's no tomorrow... Fucking fantastic !
The 80s were great, a time when society was still okay and livable. But once we entered the 21st century things went downhill...
1982.
didn’t realize this was madness. a touch of madcap in the video. the serious heartfelt new wave 80s tone completely overshadows the reggae
I bought their first album 1978. It was good, but I could not imagine, that they are going to release this kind of song four years later. Masterpiece.
This song is honestly so wholesome, I love it! The only sliver of irony in the lyrics, is the acknowledgment that the house you grew up in won't always be there for you, which only adds to the sentiment of the song. It's nothing cynical, very sweet!
This song just randomly popped into my head tonight so of course I had to go to TH-cam and play it.
Yup, same here ;)
@@johnmolenaar3810 same here!
Weird. This same song just popped up in my head the day after Hurrican Ida. I hadn't heard this song in decades! Strange.
Same lol
1987
This song will NEVER get old for Me, it is perfect 🥰 in every way, timeless and a joy forever, the greatest musicians 🎵🎶🎵
Much like a ham & egger
This is a certified hood classic
Innit?
Our Crib
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Surely not? But if so, lovely stuff.
When the song is so British it turns a Yugoslav into a Yugo-lad
Probably one of the greatest songs ever written, reminds me so much of my life growing up at home in the 80’s!
Damn,making me cry remembering the old days...but tears of joy!
This song unlocks great memories and smells and being happy for me as a kid. Dancing around singing with my Mom. That's takes me back 40 + years. Music has great power
Lyrics:
God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.
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Holy crapp
No to the Union and the monarch
wrong band, that's the Sex Pistols
One of my favorite songs. So youthful and so contagious. And the video is pure '80s nonsense. I love it.
This is one of the best songs I've heard all year😭
Seen from France, no-one is more British than Madness, and I love it ! Don't change, please, dear neighborouds (? I am not sure that what I wrote is really English, and hope you understood me) ... May Madness and the Crunch last forever !
This is the happiest intro for a song ever. Love it.
Hello Pedro
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Father wears his Sunday best. 😂😂😂
@@carolwilliams9a0 Hi! How ya doin?
People a house won't stand if it's built on samd
I'm 64 years old.....this song is like a time machine, it takes my stress away and if I try to find something in my computer drop list, and I cannot find anything for my anxiety, I just look for "My House" and I get my heart recharge again...!!!!!!! 10+
Wonderful musicians!! thanx for the joy guys!
I love this song. It reminds me of when I was a teenager and I used to watch video on an old black and white TV. I liked the composition, for me it's a magical mix that envelops my being every time I listen to it. It reminds me of when I saw the world through an old TV and dreamed of being part of it.
I remember, in the school band, we play this song as the last song of our little concert. I was play the piano and I had to play the first thing alone with the bass at...maybe 12 years old. I remember my hands where shaking and sweeting gallons but I did it without any mistakes. The euphoria in playing this song is incredible.
I enjoyed Madness songs in my ska-punk youth (90s and early 2000s), on cassettes and CDs. Discovered videos just yesterday. Amazing thing!
The one guitar player has such a sunny smile. It always rises my mood.
One of the best songs from when I was Young in the 80's . The Best instrumentals and vocals.....
"she's the one they're going to miss in lots of ways" - so true.
As a trumpet player who grew up in the 80's this is just so wonderfullly dynamic. SUPERB !!!
One of my favorite songs ever. I was 18 when this song came out.
I almost cry I love this song comes on.
This song is the reason I have children. It is so wonderful. Love from New York. ❤🇺🇸🗽
Han pasado 40 años y esta musica no va a parar. ¡VIVA MADNESS! ¡La mejor banda de Reino Unido! .
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@@spkanava No calculaste bien.
1982
@@AlejandroDominguezParedes Su lanzamiento fue en 1983.
@@36454682 Si, recién lo corroboré
British humor is the best. understated, dry. love these guys.
Piano, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, and violins… all before the lyrics start. Just brilliant
I love this song. As with a lot of great songs, it's a lot of fun, but it's also a little melancholic. We all remember "our house," a home full of everyone who was important to you at that point in time. Little things ring true, the mother is the real queen of the castle who looked after everyone else, and how is she first described? Tired. There's usually a crowd, always something happening in those good old days with everyone together, but brother's got a date to keep and can't hang around. One child goes, then the rest, onto their own lives. "Our house" is never quite the same, but that's okay. Hopefully, each of the kids will go on to create their own houses that their kids can sing about. As long as we made the most of it, we'll always have "our house," in our hearts, and we're lucky because some people never did.
Madness does a great job at capturing the melancholy that runs through the heart of every Englishman.
82
One of the best bands ever!!!! I grew up with their music, its so real!!
Madness - one of my first musical loves. Still enjoying that Nutty Sound after all these years.
If you don't like madness, you weren't raised right
I am an American, I love to learn the English dialect in this song.
lol
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I agree....
0% autotune 0% pretension 100% madness
This is why madness cant be beaten.❤
Man why ya have to use this song to rabble on about bullshit! shhh bloody negative creep
100% british also
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@@House-of-music-lyrics 😊😊😊😊
Perfect song, so refreshing. It makes me smile every time.
I lived in England for a few years in the mid-90s, well after this song was in the charts. Yet, each time I hear it, I'm transported back to England in my mind, it's just such a great song and just has such a feel to it. Cheers!
60 year old bm and I come back to this video regularly because it's a fun song and as a musician I love the bassline especially the slide at the beginning 😁🎶🎸
THE perfect song, arrangement an lyrics delievered by one of the greatest bands
ever!