“Our House” by Madness
About this episode
The episode discusses the song 'Our House' by Madness and its impact, particularly in the context of American music culture.
We start a lot of episodes by apologizing to our listeners in the UK, so we’ll go ahead and do that again…we realize that Madness were breaking UK singles chart records in the 80s, and yet we’re still calling them one hit wonders on our show. Here’s the thing though: we’re dumb Americans, and here in the US, they DID only have one hit. “Our House” went to #7 on the Hot 100 in 1983, and apparently, we couldn’t even handle the actual album it was on…we instead needed our own compilation of the band’s greatest hits. Have no fear though, listeners, as here at One Hit Thunder, we grew up on the ska-punk of the 90s, and we realize the importance and influence of this long-running English band. This week, we’ll dive into “Our House” (which we believe is one of the greatest songs of the 80s), and we’ll even go one step beyond that. One Hit Thunder is brought to you by DistroKid, the ultimate partner for taking your music to the next level. Our listeners get 30% off your first YEAR with DistroKid by signing up at http://distrokid.com/vip/onehitthunder Buy some Merch Join our…
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Topics covered
- Madness
- Our House
- one hit wonders
- 80s music
- ska-punk
- UK music history
Keywords
- Madness
- Our House
- one hit wonder
- 80s music
- ska-punk
- DistroKid
Sponsors
DistroKid
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Madness
Books & works: Our House
Places: UK, US
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