Madness Quizzes & Polls
Seven Nutty Boys from Camden who conquered the UK charts with 17 top-10 singles — but knowing "Our House" and "Baggy Trousers" is just the price of entry here. Across quizzes like Madness Songs Quiz, Band Members, and The Rise & Fall deep-dive, the community is scoring around 93% on the well-worn hits but completely falling apart on the deeper cuts — only 25% cracked the dark lyrical theme of "Calling Cards," and half the fanbase couldn't name their 2023 UK number-one album. Think you're built different? Prove it.
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The Madness The Rise & Fall Album Quiz is the band's toughest challenge by a mile, with fans scoring just 56% — but flip over to the Madness Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Punk Band? and that same fanbase rockets up to 95%. Hits? Nailed. Deep album cuts? Trickier than you'd think!
Quiz Insights
Based on community quiz performance
Q:Which Madness question totally stumped fans in the Songs Quiz?
A:What 'House of Fun' is really about — only 17% got it right!
A whopping 80% thought it was about coming of age, but the song is actually about the financial troubles of buying contraception. Sneaky, Madness, very sneaky!
Q:How do Madness fans compare to the 80s category overall?
A:Madness fans score 93% vs. the 80s average of just 77%.
That's a 16-point lead! Madness fans don't just love the era — they've clearly done their homework way beyond the average 80s buff.
Madness Profile
| Inception | Formed in London, England in 1976. |
| Members | Suggs, Chas Smash, Chris Foreman, Mike Barson, Lee “Kix” Thompson, Mark Bedford, Daniel Woodgate |
| Key Albums | The Rise & Fall (1982), One Step Beyond… (1979), Absolutely (1980), 7 (1981), The Liberty of Norton Folgate (2009), Keep Moving (1984), Wonderful (1999), Can’t Touch Us Now (2016), Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da (2012), Mad Not Mad (1985). |
| Key Tracks | Our House (1982), It Must Be Love (1981), Baggy Trousers (1980), One Step Beyond (1979), House of Fun (1982), Night Boat to Cairo (1979), My Girl (1979), One Step Beyond... (1979), Embarrassment (1980), Wings of a Dove (1983). |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 1 Top-10 Hit |
| UK Singles Chart | 1 Number One Hit 17 Top-10 Hits |
