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| Length = 3:23 | Label = | Writer = | Producer = | Last single = "Driving in My Car" (1982) | This single = "Our House" (1982) | Next single = "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)"/"Madness (Is All in the Mind)" (1983) | Misc = }} "Our House" is a song by English ska and pop band Madness. It was released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, ''The Rise & Fall'', on 12 November 1982. The song charted within the top ten in multiple countries and won Best Song at the May 1983 Ivor Novello Awards. ==About== Released in November 1982, it peaked at #5 in the UK singles chart. In 1983, "Our House" was their biggest hit in the USA, reaching #7 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the USA dance chart the song peaked at #21. Though Madness produced many successful singles over a period of 20 years especially in their native United Kingdom, the enormous American popularity of "Our House" means that they are often regarded as a one hit wonder in the USA (though their version of "It Must Be Love" also subsequently entered the USA top 40). "Our House" won Best Song at the May 1983 Ivor Novello awards.〔http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3994606/bio〕 The satirical program ''Spitting Image'' did a version of "Our House" with the lyrics altered to be about the collapse of the real estate market, and a video parodying Madness' style. A musical called ''Our House'', featuring Madness songs, ran in London's West End between October 2002 and August 2003. A recording of the show was broadcast on BBC Three and was released as a DVD. An altered version of the song was used in a Maxwell House commercial and the real version was featured in a montage for an episode of the BBC comedy, ''My Family''. The original recording was also used as the theme for a 1998 ITV docusoap series, ''The Estate Agents'', as well as for a 2004 American reality game, ''House of Dreams''. The song also featured in a 2007-08 series of TV advertisements for Bird's Eye in which Suggs appeared, as well as an advertisement for the 2008 ABC reality game show ''Opportunity Knocks'', and in episode 4 of season 3 of US TV show ''Brothers & Sisters'', during the yard sale scene. In 2010, a mashup of "Jingle Bells" and "Our House", created by New York music and audio branding company Expansion Team, was used in a Christmastime commercial for Verizon. In 1985 "Our House" was the theme song for a children's drama series, ''Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest''. The version featured on the show was performed by the cast members. At the 2012 Olympic Games Madness performed "Our House" in the closing Olympic ceremonies during an elaborate light show with scores of dancers.〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUxvOYTKa2M〕 It receives constant airplay by radio stations. The B-side, "Walking With Mr. Wheeze", is an instrumental with occasional scratch mix effects. The title is a play on "Groovin' With Mr. Bloe", an instrumental hit of 1970 by the session group Mr. Bloe. In 1984, Madness performed ''Our House'' on the episode "Sick" of ''The Young Ones''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Our House (Madness song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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