Madness discography

The discography of Madness, a British pop/ska band, comprises twelve studio albums, sixteen compilation albums, four live albums, two soundtrack albums, two extended plays, four box sets and forty-three singles.

Madness discography
Madness performing at Bimbos in 2005.
Studio albums12
Live albums4
Compilation albums16
Video albums5
EPs2
Singles43
Soundtrack albums2
Box sets4

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
SWE
[10]
US
[11]
One Step Beyond...
  • Released: 19 October 1979
  • Label: Stiff
2 29 14 22 27 24 12 128
Absolutely
  • Released: 26 September 1980
  • Label: Stiff
2 56 21 2 31 26 15 146
7
  • Released: 2 October 1981
  • Label: Stiff
5 35 5 41
The Rise & Fall
  • Released: 5 November 1982
  • Label: Stiff
10 28 15 29 34 1
Keep Moving
  • Released: 20 February 1984
  • Label: Stiff
6 94 66 47 29 109
Mad Not Mad
  • Released: 30 September 1985
  • Label: Zarjazz
16 66 42
The Madness
(as The Madness)
  • Released: 3 May 1988
  • Label: Virgin
65
Wonderful
  • Released: 1 November 1999
  • Label: Virgin
17
The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
  • Released: 1 August 2005
  • Label: V2
11 39 81 39 59
The Liberty of Norton Folgate 5 70 31 52 47
Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
  • Released: 29 October 2012
  • Label: Lucky Seven
10 140 25 37
Can't Touch Us Now
  • Released: 28 October 2016
  • Label: Lucky Seven
5 141 25
[14]

Live albums

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Dance Craze
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: 2-Tone / Chrysalis
  • Formats: LP
5
Madstock!
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Go! Discs
  • Formats: LP, CD
22
Universal Madness
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Golden Voice
  • Formats: CD
Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond (Inlay in The Mail on Sunday)
  • Released: 2006
  • Label: The Mail on Sunday
  • Formats: CD

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Our House
  • Released: October 2002
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
45
Take It Or Leave It
  • Released: October 2013
  • Label: Union Square
  • Formats: CD/DVD
77
The Get Up!
  • Released: November 2022
  • Label: Union Square
  • Formats: CD/DVD
97

Compilation albums

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
CAN
[4]
FRA
[15]
IRE
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
NOR
[9]
US
[11]
Complete Madness
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Stiff
1 2 7 11
Madness
  • Released: January 1983
  • Label: Geffen
48 41
Utter Madness
  • Released: November 1986
  • Label: Zarjazz/Virgin
29 24
It's... Madness
  • Released: September 1990
  • Label: Virgin
It's... Madness Too
  • Released: October 1991
  • Label: Virgin
Divine Madness
  • Released: February 1992
  • Label: Virgin
1 37 1 56 7
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[12]
  • SNEP: 2× Gold[13]
Total Madness
  • Released: September 1997
  • Label: Geffen
The Heavy Heavy Hits
  • Released: June 1998
  • Label: Virgin
19 20
Complete Madness (re-issue)
  • Released: April 2009
  • Label: Union Square
38
Total Madness
  • Released: October 2009
  • Label: Union Square
11 62
Ultimate Madness
  • Released: June 2010
  • Label: Union Square
27
Forever Young: The Ska Collection
  • Released: September 2012
  • Label: Union Square
99
The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: April 2014
  • Label: Union Square
Full House: The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: 17 November 2017
  • Label: Union Square
23
I Do Like To Be B-Side The A-Side
Our House: The Very Best of Madness
  • Released: March 2021
  • Label: BMG
I Do Like To Be B-Side The A-Side Volume 2
  • Released: Record Store Day 2021
  • Label: Warner Music/ADA
I Do Like To Be B-Side The A-Side Volume 3
  • Released: Record Store Day 2023
  • Label: BMG/Union Square

Extended plays

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
Work Rest and Play
  • Released: March 1980
  • Label: Stiff
  • Formats: 7", 12", CD
6
The Peel Sessions

Box sets

Title Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[1]
The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Lot (Box Set: First 6 studio albums)
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
The Singles Box: Vol. 1
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Virgin
  • Formats: CD
A Guided Tour of Madness
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Union Square / Salvo
  • Formats: CD/DVD

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1][18]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[19]
CAN
[20]
FRA
[21][22]
IRE
[23]
NED
[24]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[25]
US
[26]
1979 "The Prince" 16 One Step Beyond...
"One Step Beyond" 7 1 28 29 3
1980 "My Girl" 3 3 46
"Night Boat to Cairo" 6 25 12 29
"Baggy Trousers" 3 30 23 30 5 6 3 Absolutely
"Embarrassment" 4 11 4 4
1981 "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" 7 13
"Grey Day" 4 82 28 4 18 7
"Shut Up" 7 38 3 25
"It Must Be Love" 4 6 5 43 33 Complete Madness
1982 "Cardiac Arrest" 14 24 4 26 7
"House of Fun" 1 5 1 34 23 Complete Madness
"Driving in My Car" 4 20 3 stand-alone single
"Our House" 5 17 15 1 3 49 4 7 The Rise & Fall
1983 "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"/
"Madness (Is All in the Mind)"
8 98 2
"Wings of a Dove" 2 72 32 41 1 stand-alone single (UK)
Keep Moving (US version)
"The Sun and the Rain" 5 8 72
1984 "Michael Caine" 11 3 Keep Moving
"One Better Day" 17 8
1985 "Yesterday's Men" 18 54 28 7 41 38 Mad Not Mad
"Uncle Sam" 21 17
1986 "Sweetest Girl" 35 29
"(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" 18 9 Utter Madness
1992 "It Must Be Love" (re-issue) 6 48 14 21 Divine Madness
"House of Fun" (re-issue) 40 73 27
"My Girl" (re-issue) 27
"The Harder They Come" 44 Madstock!
1993 "Night Boat to Cairo" (re-issue) 56 Divine Madness
1999 "Lovestruck" 10 Wonderful
"Johnny the Horse" 44
2000 "Drip Fed Fred" 55
2005 "Shame & Scandal" 38 56 12 100 69 The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1
"Girl Why Don't You"
2007 "Sorry" 23 non-album single
2008 "NW5" 24 The Liberty of Norton Folgate
2009 "Dust Devil" 64
"Sugar and Spice"
2010 "Forever Young" 199
2012 "Our House" (digital re-entry) 132 Divine Madness
"My Girl 2" Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da
2013 "Never Knew Your Name" 88 174
"How Can I Tell You"
"Misery"
"La Luna"
2016 "Mr Apples" Can't Touch Us Now
"Can't Touch Us Now"
2017 "Another Version of Me"
2019 "The Bullingdon Boys" non-album single

Video albums

See also

References

  1. "UK Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  2. Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 100 (Kent Music Report) peaks to 12 June 1988: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.
    • Top 50 (ARIA) peaks from 13 June 1988: "australian-charts.com > Madness in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
    • Top 100 (ARIA) peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 174.
  3. "Belgian Albums". ultratop.be Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. "Canadian Albums". RPM Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. "German Albums". Charts.de. Media Control. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  6. "Irish Albums". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  7. "Dutch Albums". GfK Dutch Charts Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  8. "charts.nz > Madness in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  9. "Norwegian Albums". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  10. "Swedish Albums". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. "Madness > Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  12. "British certifications – Madness". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 13 August 2022. Type Madness in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  13. "French album certifications – Madness" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Select MADNESS and click OK. 
  14. "IRMA - Irish Charts".
  15. "French Albums". infodisc. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  16. "Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)". Retrieved 26 December 2022 via Imgur.com.
  17. The Peel Sessions - Madness at Discogs Retrieved 19 June 2013
  18. "Madness UK charts". zobbel.de. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  19. Hung, Steffen. "Belian Chart". Belgium Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  20. "Canadian Chart". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  21. "French Charts". lescharts.com. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  22. "French Charts". infodisc.fr. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  23. "Irish Charts". Irish Charts. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  24. "Dutch Chart". Dutch Top 100. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  25. "Swiss Charts" (in German). Charts.de Media Control. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  26. "Madness > Chart History > Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  27. "French single certifications – Madness" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Select MADNESS and click OK. 
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