Songs Not Mentioned On Album Track Listings - Madness – They Call It Madness

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Madness, nicknamed The Nutty Boys, debuted in the UK in 1979 with a sensational counter-punk album – One Step Beyond that included a hidden track that effectively names the band, though it was a cover version of a song by Ska founder, Prince Buster as were several of the songs on the album. Madness revered him as a veritable deity. The song as recorded by Madness exists in several different versions, with the album take differing from the version that went out as the B-Side to the single, The Prince, another unashamed open tribute to Prince Buster. Worries that fans might not appreciate the variation or the album’s obsessive saturation infatuation with their idol might have inspired the track’s obfuscation in early issues of the album, though the listing is fully restored in later issues. The song on Youtube Arthur Chappell