Seven million views and this song came out 40 years ago...and it wasn't even a big hit for them like Our House. And after listening to it for four decades, never get tired of it.
What I have always Loved about Madness besides their Awesome Music is their Sense of Humor. They always look like they're having so much fun and they don't take things to seriously. Which in life is a good thing keeps it less stressfull.
These guys are amazing musicians ... their music is tight ... I grew up in the north of England in the 80's ... Ska and Two-Tone was like breathing oxygen .. just couldn't have lived without it ...
Who doesn't wish this wasn't 10 minutes longer?! I remember seeing this on MTV when it was in it's infantry and hardly heard it afterwards. Bloody shame! Love these lads!
My dad used to have the music video tape to One Step Beyond and as a kid I always just sat and watched it. I guessed I thought it was some sort of weird kids show, but this 'bit' was always my favourite! Thanks Dad!
Grew up listening to the Beatles. Living in Merseyside, they were everywhere, ubiquitous. But the first music I fell in love with, that I enjoyed with a passion, was UK 2-tone Ska revival. Later went back and listened to all the original 60's Ska legends, but it was the uniquely British Ska Punk sound was my first musical love
The greatest ska song of all time! You just want to blast the ever living hell out of it. It's beyond amazing! I don't know how anyone can not like this song.
Suggs is such a cute bastard! I've always loved this band. So many bands take themselves so seriously when they should be having fun . Madness were /are terrific! 💖
The best part about real English music is their accents... I'm so in love with British accents on a song, they have such s unique sound. like the specials, madness etc etc :) greets from The Netherlands
Cockney, there isn't a British accent. Scottish sound different to Irish, who sound different to Wales and numerous parts of England (Scouse, mancunian, Geordie and many more)
Think they just mean in general, which still doesn't mean much. Europe is known for having the greatest amount of ethnic diversity in the world in such a relatively small region, and Britain is the biggest example of that. For such a tiny nation to have such a range of accents isn't to be found anywhere else in the world.
I wonder why you would like it, its uncomprehensible for people who are not good at english, they're the same like Flanders if you're really a Dutch, you can't understand stuffs they say I preffer American accent for singing, but nonethtless i still love Madness and this song
whoa,,,, all I can say is,, The Beat. ,Madness, selector, etc what a great time to be young. no Downloading, go and buy a 45 at your local record shop, I know I'm showing my age, but hey music is a part of life.;-)
@Duc de Richleau Sorry but I do not miss the days of being ripped off by record stores you guys are just overtaken by nostalg it's much better these days. Instant access to any kind of music, no matter how obscure it is. Even the best stores in the past couldn't come close to matching that.
These guys really did nail it. They could muck about, make great music and have respect from the general public and the music industry while having career longevity. Plus their greatest trick was that when anyone mentions Madness, it's always with fondness. Thanks for posting the video.
This song is in one of the Just Dance games. The sad part was that I was the only one who genuinely enjoyed it because I'm batshit crazy about Ska . . . there wasn't a spread of skanking in the video that the game had in the background xP.
so cool of you all to represent your areas and to enjoy the same music and humour as each other around the world. colombia,new,york,italy,australia,baltimore.. i love you all, thank you
Never took themselves too seriously, had so much energy, even now they still seem to enjoy what they do nearly 40 years on. Madness are the sane ones, brilliant!
It's just gone noon Half past monsoon On the banks of the river Nile Here comes the boat Only half-afloat Oarsman grins a toothless smile Only just one more To this desolate shore Last boat along the river Nile Doesn't seem to care No more wind in his hair As he reaches his last half mile The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile
It's just gone noon Half past monsoon On the banks of the river Nile Here comes the boat Only half-afloat Oarsman grins a toothless smile Only just one more To this desolate shore Last boat along the river Nile Doesn't seem to care No more wind in his hair As he reaches his last half mile The oar snaps in his hand Before he reaches dry land But the sound doesn't deafen his smile Just pokes at wet sand With an oar in his hand Floats off down the river Nile Floats off down the river Nile
I just came across Madness doing Lovestruck on a video the other day. I thought they were new. My kids told me no Mom, remember OUR HOUSE, that was Madness. I didn't know they were called Madness. I like their videos. I have to say those Brits are pretty good.
Madness, they call it madness.!! Ansome mate. If ya down in the dumps, bung it on and wollop, happy again.!!! Goes well with fish and chips to.!! Baboom.
Love it. Madness videos all look like they've been made for 20 quid on a friday afternoon while they're all on the skive from moving sofas or servicing Ford Cortinas. Night Boat to Cairo is special because it looks like they all had a happy couple of hours mucking around in the legendary Laurence Corner surplus shop as well....
They were fantastic times, I bet he had a great life back then, just as I did. I want to tell you, I like many types of music, but Ska is at the top of the lot. Good luck to you and thumbs up to your Dad. Keep dancing.
Absolutely LOVE this tune!! Memorys from my teens..lol..when they sang it live at THE TOON ARENA..I weent TOTALLY MAD!! God it always makes me smile this vid..!! Wud luv to see Madness again..need lots os pennies though.com!!
saw madness at Finsbury park years ago . when they came on stage the crowd literally rocked the Richter scale!...Ian duty and the blockheads supported them.what a great day and evening😂
Seven million views and this song came out 40 years ago...and it wasn't even a big hit for them like Our House. And after listening to it for four decades, never get tired of it.
My favorite Madness song of all. It's impossible to sit still while listening especially 2 minutes in
What I have always Loved about Madness besides their Awesome Music is their Sense of Humor. They always look like they're having so much fun and they don't take things to seriously. Which in life is a good thing keeps it less stressfull.
These guys are amazing musicians ... their music is tight ... I grew up in the north of England in the 80's ... Ska and Two-Tone was like breathing oxygen .. just couldn't have lived without it ...
was a Yank working in York in those days and no truer words have been posted! Cheers mate!
Huge Madness fan seen them live 4 times and this tune doesn't disappoint, AWESOME!!!!!
Who doesn't wish this wasn't 10 minutes longer?! I remember seeing this on MTV when it was in it's infantry and hardly heard it afterwards. Bloody shame! Love these lads!
BRILLIANT!!!
Takes me back to the 70's and 80's.
Loved Madness.. still do!
There will never be another band like them. Ever. The soundtrack to my youth. The videos were in a league of their own too. The nuts.
The Nutz-iest sound around...!
Mat Mclean I agree 100% 😛
@@OldManGripStrength listen dubioza kolektiv
Learn to love again and you may regain your youth
Not to be mistaken by the Nits......
My dad used to have the music video tape to One Step Beyond and as a kid I always just sat and watched it. I guessed I thought it was some sort of weird kids show, but this 'bit' was always my favourite! Thanks Dad!
My mum had it too! I was practically raised on it
Grew up listening to the Beatles. Living in Merseyside, they were everywhere, ubiquitous. But the first music I fell in love with, that I enjoyed with a passion, was UK 2-tone Ska revival. Later went back and listened to all the original 60's Ska legends, but it was the uniquely British Ska Punk sound was my first musical love
Madness is possibly my favorite band ever and they're music is amazing absolutely superb.
I have stopped listening to music past the nineties and am working my way back now....thank god there USED to be good music.
The greatest ska song of all time! You just want to blast the ever living hell out of it. It's beyond amazing! I don't know how anyone can not like this song.
Qué musica Dios mío
Qué chulada de música
Vitaminas para mis sentidos
Suggs is such a cute bastard! I've always loved this band. So many bands take themselves so seriously when they should be having fun . Madness were /are terrific! 💖
They made music to suit themselves but it's the fact that everyone else loves it too that made them so unbelievably good
You can`t beat this stuff..Terrific era for music especially Ska.
one reason to love England (and i'm french:-P)
wow I forgot for nearly 20 years how insanely happy this makes me!!!!!!
Brilliant stuff. They made this years ahead of how people dance to gabba (trance/techno) style music.
/sign
I saw them Live, this was absolutely incredible!
everybody was merry and dancing crazily, I will never forget that night.
madness forever!
saw them in manchester a few months ago..great band and squeeze supporting were better...
What a tune.... Brings a lot back... Brilliant
Good.. solid... happy music and a great sax player. Love it.
The best part about real English music is their accents... I'm so in love with British accents on a song, they have such s unique sound. like the specials, madness etc etc :)
greets from The Netherlands
Cockney, there isn't a British accent. Scottish sound different to Irish, who sound different to Wales and numerous parts of England (Scouse, mancunian, Geordie and many more)
Think they just mean in general, which still doesn't mean much. Europe is known for having the greatest amount of ethnic diversity in the world in such a relatively small region, and Britain is the biggest example of that. For such a tiny nation to have such a range of accents isn't to be found anywhere else in the world.
strange cause i love the Dutch. lol
zeg makker
I wonder why you would like it, its uncomprehensible for people who are not good at english, they're the same like Flanders if you're really a Dutch, you can't understand stuffs they say
I preffer American accent for singing, but nonethtless i still love Madness and this song
Still as fresh sounding after all these years,, love madness ,,,,
whoa,,,, all I can say is,, The Beat. ,Madness, selector, etc what a great time to be young. no Downloading, go and buy a 45 at your local record shop, I know I'm showing my age, but hey music is a part of life.;-)
Or recording on a Sunday afternoon the charts from the radio!
Total blast dancing to it in clubs!
@Duc de Richleau Sorry but I do not miss the days of being ripped off by record stores you guys are just overtaken by nostalg it's much better these days. Instant access to any kind of music, no matter how obscure it is. Even the best stores in the past couldn't come close to matching that.
An amazing and original sound. 80s on the best!!!
They really are fantastic, classic Band, just love em! really they cant do wrong, good music and they make you feel so good! happy! thanks Madness xx
Le plaisir de bénéficier de l'audition d'un titre des Monstres du Ska.
That's what is missing from music these days. The sheer joy. Everything is so processed and engineered. Have fun instead. It's infectious!
ce clip est une œuvre d'art en fait.
Madness always brings a smile to my face
Ahh school disco's back in the day...pure magic.
One of my best nights ever……watching these lads in Thetford forest with my brother and my son……..next time with my nephew…..then educate my grandson.
saw them play Festival Hall Melbourne in 1981 on their first Oz tour..they opened with this song and the full house crowd went absolutely B A L M Y
Absolutely, positively one of the greatest songs ever!
Still sound great after all these years. They were sublime in Manchester last night.
What dull world we are leaving today..Please give us back bands like Madness
These guys really did nail it. They could muck about, make great music and have respect from the general public and the music industry while having career longevity. Plus their greatest trick was that when anyone mentions Madness, it's always with fondness. Thanks for posting the video.
I miss all those 80's videos!! they tried to entertain you while you listened.
Classic!!! I'm skanking at my desk right now!!!
Jesse Rothbeind
the difference between us because of the difference between us because of your life dumb ass options are available for you to say I've
Duc de Richleau
Me too. Oh....or did you say skanking?
I remember at school party's when ska was big we were dancing crazy like this; so much fun. The girls partied just as hard, they liked it too
+MarkVL I was one of those girls...........36 years later.......i still am
***** I I saw dance craze.........and i danced in the theatre !!!!
+SUE H was it edinburgh playhouse?
Steve Mcniel No Nottingham
im 13 cant relate
The best years to be a young teenager and to grow up in xx
When the British Trick an African king into giving away all of his land because he can't read what the treaty says:
man.. as a 10 year old I was obsessed by Madness. But damn they were big talents. what a "mad" song.
Still are! Saw them two days ago, still incredible live and mixing in new music with the classics :)
No one knows Ska anymore but indeed it was uniquely fun
I hope new générations will discover ska
WOW!
I was 12 when i discovered ska
This song is in one of the Just Dance games. The sad part was that I was the only one who genuinely enjoyed it because I'm batshit crazy about Ska . . . there wasn't a spread of skanking in the video that the game had in the background xP.
I wish I was part of this video. Looks like they had a blast.
+rockabillylaker Probably a lot of work, with multiple takes.
+alworkedup Well of course in the parts where they're actually playing but the whole congo/dancing act seems like pure one-take improv.
+Br0ccoliface You just pretend play to the recorded version of the track.
+alworkedup you know they were progressively drunk during filming each scene.
They need to make music videos like this more often!!! This one is so fun just to watch the band mess around.
God I love this song / video - the days of Ska! - they must have had a blast making this! thanks for posting as it brings a smile to my face :)
This band is insane and I love it.
any nations other than Brits love Madness?
when you understand this band, you will be rewarded with great catchy music
In Colombia we love it
New Yorker here through & through & always loved Madness
Australians love Brits humour
Baltimore. Mom was a rik Mayall fan thru the young ones I was introduced to the madness
so cool of you all to represent your areas and to enjoy the same music and humour as each other around the world.
colombia,new,york,italy,australia,baltimore..
i love you all, thank you
still as good today as they were then.
Such a great tune!
Saw these guys live tonight. Thought they were brilliant!!! Well done guys :D!
I've got bi polar and everytime I listen to madness I'm on top of the world
And then you listen to Radiohead ?
Your nuts
And hello to ian
Bruh same
I just can't sit still listening to this song!
It's impossible isn't it!
One of the best madness songs.
I love madness, i cant believe they have nearly been forgotten, but the people who like good music will remember them always!
Never took themselves too seriously, had so much energy, even now they still seem to enjoy what they do nearly 40 years on. Madness are the sane ones, brilliant!
ooooooooooo loove this song in 2020 who is listening this in 2020 ?
I´listening,in Portugal
Meeeeee ! De de de de deeeee ,
Du du du duuuuuuu I was going to do all the sax bits but I’m too hyper and neeeeeed to dance to this!
Yup here in 2020
It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
Here comes the boat
Only half-afloat
Oarsman grins a toothless smile
Only just one more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile
Doesn't seem to care
No more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
Floats off down the river Nile
It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
Here comes the boat
Only half-afloat
Oarsman grins a toothless smile
Only just one more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile
Doesn't seem to care
No more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
Floats off down the river Nile
not hard to understand that it is better than all the shits they shit now
Epic tune (10/10)......
after this song I can never pronounce it "nile"
it's "ny-ow"
It’s NIL’
Nyal
Me to mate and i'm Welsh!
Naiol
Back in the day.....saw these guys live.....Complete madness
Imádom, ahogy táncikolnak. Ez tényleg egy filléres videó volt, de nagyon jó lett.
Love abit of Madness........Fantastic 👍👍👍
I love Madness! The dance in this vid is nearly as epic as the one on the bus in Cardiac Arrest.
madness is so much fun
+Marvin Staal vind in ook!
Madness just had this style all their own that pulls the listener in and makes them feel welcome on their magical music carpet ride.
I just came across Madness doing Lovestruck on a video the other day. I thought they were new. My kids told me no Mom, remember OUR HOUSE, that was Madness. I didn't know they were called Madness. I like their videos. I have to say those Brits are pretty good.
Madness, they call it madness.!! Ansome mate. If ya down in the dumps, bung it on and wollop, happy again.!!! Goes well with fish and chips to.!! Baboom.
There's something Monty Python-esque about this video :) :) :)
alworkedup exactly
alworkedup That explains why it's not funny😝...
Dlighted 1 wanker. You must be something else at a party.
Doesn't have enough unladen swallows for that.
Bedad yer Right
Literally one of the best uk bands
Charlotte Munroe fantastic Charlotte the music was for real people 😉😉
Ever
Love it. Madness videos all look like they've been made for 20 quid on a friday afternoon while they're all on the skive from moving sofas or servicing Ford Cortinas. Night Boat to Cairo is special because it looks like they all had a happy couple of hours mucking around in the legendary Laurence Corner surplus shop as well....
I'm impressed they went all the way to Egypt to film this video.
"How much sand do should we get for the set?"
"Hmm. Good question.... Not quite enough"
"Perfect."
2019 - I will never stop watching this.
They're playing in Jersey, at ''Jersey Live''..right now!
They were fantastic times, I bet he had a great life back then, just as I did. I want to tell you, I like many types of music, but Ska is at the top of the lot. Good luck to you and thumbs up to your Dad. Keep dancing.
Que excelente canción, México presente!
They're like a desert squad of Skasoldiers!
Did anybody else noticed the Dog running across the Room ? at 3:00 ? 😭🙈
Get down Shep.
Are you sure it wasn't a man in a gorilla suit?
Nice catch😀
it is very late in my country and im watching this. strange, but good strange
Absolutely LOVE this tune!! Memorys from my teens..lol..when they sang it live at THE TOON ARENA..I weent TOTALLY MAD!! God it always makes me smile this vid..!!
Wud luv to see Madness again..need lots os pennies though.com!!
What a fantastic story - thank you for sharing it! Big up MADNESS!!
this band were and still are AWESOME 🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
"This is madness!
- Madness? THIS-IS-MADNESS!!!"
*everyone rolling joints around*
Madness?!THIS-IS-SPARTSKA!!!
Love this group great times the best of British
This is the most British thing ever. This is more British than Queen Elizabeth having tea and crumpets with David Beckham.
que de souvenirs. C'était trop génial ces sonorités, ces mélodies. On a jamais fait mieux depuis
I LOVE THEM AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE 80S CRAZY DAYS AND NIGHTS WITH SKA MUSIC. THEU ARE THE BEST!
Many Fez's were harmed in the making of this video
Sloakz Fezzes are cool !
Sloakz lol
Sloakz Shame on you. You totally left out the suffering of the Pith Helmets!!!!!!!!!!
***** Sorry i am slightly hatist
+Sloakz no worries, you were only taking the pith.
Can we all acknowledge that this has been on here for 9.8 years?
more like 16 now
@@CaptianDerp69 thats even better!
@@TymphaRedbreaduwuowo damn you’re still active 😭
@@Radrred oh heavens, yes
@@Radrred you mistake me for someone whos going somewhere
im gonna buy a Hat like this and wear it everywhere i go
Love it! Takes me right back to my youth! Madness they call it madness!!
Showed this to my kids they thought it was hilarious. Reminder from times gone by an oldie but a goodie! I love it!
Muito bom, muito bom, muito bom!!!
Me! I was a NumanRomantic and my mate's were this then.
Respect it was ok really but I couldn't bow then but I do now.
Hear me out: a Madness cover of We are Number one
We Are Number *One Step Beyond*
British Empire is the real Number One
saw madness at Finsbury park years ago . when they came on stage the crowd literally rocked the Richter scale!...Ian duty and the blockheads supported them.what a great day and evening😂
Madness always puts a smile on my face.