Zadebiutowali singlem „The Prince”, dedykowanym Prince’owi Busterowi, piosenkarzowi z Jamajki, którego temat „Madness” posłużył za nazwę grupy. Piosenka, podobnie jak następna, skomponowana przez samego Bustera, nagrana dla wytwórni Stiff „One Step Beyond”, trafiła na brytyjskie listy przebojów. Album One Step Beyond łączył ska, pop i estradową zabawę opartą na absurdalnym słownictwie.
Madness bawili słuchaczy przez dwa lata (single „My Girl”, „Baggy Trousers", „Embarrassement”, „The Return Of Los Palmas Seven”, „Grey Day”, „Shut Up” i „It Must Be Love” autorstwa Labiego Siffry). Wprawdzie ich humor docierał głównie do nastolatków, potrafili jednak w tekstach poruszać poważniejsze sprawy. „Grey Day” i „Our House” mówiły o nowobogackim proletariacie, a Londyn nie miał tak bystrych obserwatorów obyczajów od czasów The Kinks w latach 60-tych. Łączenie dyskretnej ironii z melancholią dominowało w późniejszych nagraniach Madness, zwłaszcza na albumie The Rise And Fall z 1982r.
W tym samym roku Suggs poślubił piosenkarkę Bette Bright, a zespół wszedł na szczyt listy brytyjskich przebojów tematem „House Of Fun” z tekstem o łączeniu męskiego wieku z potencją młodzieńca. Popularnością cieszyły się też kolejne single, „Wings Of A Dove” i „The Sun And The Rain”, ale zwiastunem schyłku było odejście Barsona w 1983. Improwizowanym tematom „Michael Caine” i „One Better Day” towarzyszyło założenie wytwórni Zarjazz.
Debiutem było nagranie „Listen To Your Father” skomponowane dla Feargala Sharkeya. Późniejsze autorskie single Madness „Yesterday Man", „Uncle Sam” i wersja „The Sweetest Girl” Scritti Politi cieszyły się umiarkowanym powodzeniem.
W 1986 zespół zawiesił działalność. Po 18 miesiącach reaktywował się pod dawną nazwą, ale nie powtórzył sukcesów. Mark Bedford podjął współpracę z Terrym Edwardsem z grupy Higosn w efemerycznej formacji Butterfield 8. Lee Thompson i Chris Foreman wydali wspólny album Crunch jako Nitty Boys, występując równolegle w klubach i barach. W lipcu 1992 Madness wystąpili dwukrotnie w londyńskim parku Finsbury, czego efektem byt nagrany na żywo album Madstock i zaskakujący powrót nowych wersji starych tematów na listy przebojów („It Must Be Love”, „House Of Fun", „My Girl”, „The Harder They Come”). W 1993 piętnaście piosenek niezłomnych Madness zostało wykorzystanych w „homoseksualnym musicalu” Alana Gilbeya, „One Step Beyond” wystawionym na scenie teatru London Fringe.
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| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [UK] |
Komentarz |
| The Prince/Madness | Madness | 09.1979 | 16[11] | - | 2 Tone CHS TT 3 | [written by Lee Thompson][produced by Clive Langer] |
| One Step Beyond/Mistakes | Madness | 11.1979 | 7[14] | - | Stiff BUY 56 | [silver-UK][written by Colin Campbell][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| My Girl/Stepping Into Line | Madness | 01.1980 | 3[14] | - | Stiff BUY 62 | [silver-UK][written by Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Work Rest And Play EP. | Madness | 04.1980 | 6[8] | - | Stiff BUY 71 | [written by Graham McPherson/Mike Barson/Mark Bedford/Chas Forman][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| One Step Beyond...Madness | Madness | 05.1980 | - | - | - | [76[4].Hot Disco/Dance;Sire 6085 LP.] |
| Baggy Trousers/The Business | Madness | 09.1980 | 3[20] | - | Stiff BUY 84 | [gold-UK][written by Chris Foreman/Graham McPherson/Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Embarrassment/Crying Shame | Madness | 11.1980 | 4[12] | - | Stiff BUY 102 | [gold-UK][written by Lee Thompson/Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The Return Of The Los Palmas 7/That's The Way To Do It | Madness | 01.1981 | 7[11] | - | Stiff BUY 108 | [silver-UK][written by Mike Barson/Daniel Woodgate/Mark Bedford][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Grey Day/Memories | Madness | 04.1981 | 4[10] | - | Stiff BUY 112 | [silver-UK][written by Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Shut Up/ A Town With No Name | Madness | 09.1981 | 7[10] | - | Stiff BUY 126 | [silver-UK][written by Chris Foreman/Graham McPherson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| It Must Be Love/Shadow On The House | Madness | 12.1981 | 4[22] | 33[12] | Stiff BUY 134 | [gold-UK][written by Labi Siffre][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Cardiac Arrest/In The City | Madness | 02.1982 | 14[10] | - | Stiff BUY 140 | [written by Carl Smyth/Chris Foreman][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| House Of Fun/Don't Look Back | Madness | 05.1982 | 1[2][12] | - | Stiff BUY 146 | [silver-UK][written by Lee Thompson/Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Driving In My Car/Animal Farm | Madness | 07.1982 | 4[8] | - | Stiff BUY 153 | [silver-UK][written by Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Our House/Walking With Mr. Wheeze | Madness | 11.1982 | 5[15] | 7[19] | Stiff BUY 163 | [gold-UK][written by Carl Smyth/Chris Foreman][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer][21[13].Hot Disco/Dance;Geffen 29 667 12"] |
| Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)/Madness (Is All In The Mind) | Madness | 02.1983 | 8[9] | - | Stiff BUY 169 | [written by Chas Smyth/Mike Barson/Chris Foreman][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Wings Of A Dove (A Celebratory Song)/Behind The 8 Ball | Madness | 08.1983 | 2[11] | - | Stiff BUY 181 | [silver-UK][written by Carl Smyth/Graham McPherson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The Sun And The Rain/Fireball XL 5 | Madness | 11.1983 | 5[12] | 72[5] | Stiff BUY 192 | [written by Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Michael Caine/If You Think There's Something | Madness | 02.1984 | 11[8] | - | Stiff BUY 196 | [written by Chas Smyth/Daniel Woodgate][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| One Better Day/Guns | Madness | 06.1984 | 17[7] | - | Stiff BUY 201 | [written by Graham McPherson/Mark Bedford][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Yesterday's Men/All I Knew | Madness | 08.1985 | 18[7] | - | Zarjazz JAZZ 5 | [written by Chas Smyth/Daniel Woodgate][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Uncle Sam/Please Don't Go | Madness | 10.1985 | 21[11] | - | Zarjazz JAZZ 7 | [written by Lee Thompson/Chris Foreman][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Sweetest Girl/Jennie (A Portrait Of) | Madness | 02.1986 | 35[6] | - | Zarjazz JAZZ 8 | [written by Green Gartside][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| (Waiting For) The Ghost Train/Maybe In Another Life | Madness | 11.1986 | 18[9] | - | Zarjazz JAZZ 9 | [written by Graham McPherson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| I Pronounce You/Patience | Madness | 03.1988 | 44[4] | - | Virgin VS 1054 | [written by Lee Thompson/Chas Smyth/R.West][produced byThe Three Eyes] |
| What's That?/Be Good Boy | Madness | 06.1988 | 92[2] | - | Virgin VS 1078 | [written by Chas Smyth] |
| The Harder They Come | Madness | 11.1992 | 44[3] | - | Go! Discs GOD 93 | [written by Jimmy Cliff][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Night Boat To Cairo | Madness | 02.1993 | 56[2] | - | Virgin VS 1447 | [written by Mike Barson/Graham McPherson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The 2 Tone EP. | Special A.K.A. / Madness / The Selecter | 10.1993 | 30[3] | - | 2 Tone CHSTT 31 | [written by Lee Thompson/Henry Cosby/Smokey Robinson/Stevie Wonder/Jerry Dammers/Neol Davies][produced by Bob Sargeant/Roger Lomas/Special A.K.A./Clive Langer] |
| Lovestruck/We Are Love | Madness | 07.1999 | 10[13] | - | Virgin VSCDT 1737 | [written by Lee Thompson/Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Johnny The Horse/I Was The One | Madness | 11.1999 | 44[4] | - | Virgin VSCDT 1740 | [written by Chas Smyth][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Drip Fed Fred/Johnny The Horse [Madness] | Madness Feat. Ian Dury | 03.2000 | 55[5] | - | Virgin VSCDT 1768 | [written by Lee Thompson/Mike Barson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Shame & Scandal | Madness | 08.2005 | 38[5] | - | V2 VVR 5033243 | [written by Lord Tanamo/Lancelot Pinard][produced by Dennis Bovell/Steve Dub/Segs Jummings] |
| Sorry | Madness | 03.2007 | 23[2] | - | Lucky Seven LUCKY 701CDS | [written by Mallone/Tim Liken/Madness][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer/Tim Liken] |
| NW5 | Madness | 01.2008 | 24[3] | - | Lucky Seven LUCKY 7002CDS | [written by Lee Thompson/Mike Barson][produced by Clive Langer] |
| Dust Devil | Madness | 05.2009 | 64[2] | - | Lucky Seven LUCKY 7004CDS | [written by Lee Thompson/Daniel Woodgate][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Forever Young | Madness | 01.2010 | 199[1] | - | Lucky Seven | [written by Graham McPherson][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Never Knew Your Name | Madness | 02.2013 | 88[1] | - | Cooking Vinyl GBCEJ 1200403 | - |
Albumy
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| Tytuł | Wykonawca | Data wydania | UK | US | Wytwórnia [UK] |
Komentarz |
| One Step Beyond... | Madness | 11.1979 | 2[84] | 128[9] | Stiff SEEZ 17 | [platinum-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Absolutely | Madness | 10.1980 | 2[47] | 146[4] | Stiff SEEZ 29 | [platinum-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| 7 | Madness | 10.1981 | 5[30] | - | Stiff SEEZ 39 | [gold-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Complete Madness | Madness | 05.1982 | 1[3][173] | - | Stiff HIT-TV1 | [platinum-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The Rise & Fall | Madness | 11.1982 | 10[23] | - | Stiff SEEZ 46 | [gold-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Keep Moving | Madness | 03.1984 | 6[20] | 109[8] | Stiff SEEZ 53 | [silver-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Mad Not Mad | Madness | 10.1985 | 16[10] | - | Zarjazz JZLP 1 | [silver-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Utter Madness | Madness | 12.1986 | 29[8] | - | Zarjazz JZLP 2 | [gold-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The Madness | Madness | 05.1988 | 65[1] | - | Virgin V 2507 | [produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Divine Madness | Madness | 03.1992 | 1[3][202] | - | Virgin CDV 2692 | [3x-platinum-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Madstock! | Madness | 11.1992 | 22[11] | - | Go! Discs 8283672 | [produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The Heavy Heavy Hits | Madness | 06.1998 | 19[29] | - | Virgin CDV 2862 | [gold-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Wonderful | Madness | 11.1999 | 17[9] | - | Virgin CDV 2889 | [produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Our House | Madness | 11.2002 | 45[9] | - | Virgin CDV 2965 | [silver-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 | Madness | 08.2005 | 11[5] | - | V2 VVR 1033232 | [produced by Madness/Dub/Segs/Dennis Bovell/Thackeray] |
| The Liberty of Norton Folgate | Madness | 05.2009 | 5[27] | - | Lucky 7 LUCKY 7003CD | [gold-UK][produced by Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley/Liam Watson] |
| Total Madness | Madness | 10.2009 | 11[28] | - | Union Square Music USMTVCD 001 | [platinum-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Ultimate Madness | Madness | 06.2010 | 27[21] | - | Union Square Music USMCD 021 | [silver-UK][produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| A Guided Tour of Madness | Madness | 10.2011 | 181[1] | - | Union Square Music | - |
| Forever Young: The Ska Collection | Madness | 04.2012 | 99[10] | - | Salvo SALVOCD 052 | [produced by Alan Winstanley/Clive Langer] |
| Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da | Madness | 11.2012 | 10[8] | - | Cooking Vinyl COOKCD 573X | [gold-UK][produced by Charlie Andrew/Clive Langer/Owen Morris/Stephen Street/Liam Watson] |
| Take It Or Leave It | Madness | 10.2013 | 77[1] | - | Salvo SALVOSVX 010 | - |
| One Step Beyond -35th Anniversary | Madness | 10.2014 | 54[1] | - | Salvo Sound & Vision SALVOSVX 034 | - |
| Can't Touch Us Now | Madness | 11.2016 | 5[11] | - | UMC 4797617 | [silver-UK][produced by Clive Langer, Liam Watson, Charlie Andrew, Madness] |
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