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The Prince (song)

"The Prince"
Single by Madness
from the album One Step Beyond...
B-side"Madness"
Released10 August 1979 (1979-08-10)
Recorded16 June 1979
StudioPathway (London)
Genre
Length2:30 (single version)
3:18 (album version)
Label2 Tone
Songwriter(s)Lee Thompson
Producer(s)Clanger
Madness singles chronology
"The Prince"
(1979)
"One Step Beyond"
(1979)
Audio
"The Prince" by Madness on YouTube

"The Prince" is a song by the English ska and pop band Madness. It was written by Lee Thompson,[1] and was the band's first single. The single was released through 2 Tone Records on 10 August 1979, and peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, spending a total of 11 weeks on the chart.[2]

"The Prince" is a tribute to Jamaican ska singer Prince Buster, who influenced Madness (the band took their name from one of his songs, "Madness", which they covered on the B-side of "The Prince").

  1. ^ Greene, Jo-Ann.""Allmusic.com One Step Beyond... Overview"". Retrieved 28 June 2007.
  2. ^ "The Madness Timeline: 1979". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.

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