Madness - (My Name Is) Michael Caine video free download


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Duration: 03:57
Uploaded: 2011/09/05

Taken from their fifth studio album, Keep Moving, British band Madness released Michael Caine in February 1984 when it spent eight weeks in the UK chart, peaking at number 11. It is unusual for the fact that lead vocals are sung not by Suggs, but by Chas Smash, who wrote the song with drummer Woody.

More serious than most other Madness videos up to that point, the promo for Michael Caine was based on the actor's film The Ipcress File and the song tackles the subject of an IRA informer during the troubles in Northern Ireland. The 'my name is Michael Caine' sample was recorded by Caine himself, who was persuaded to do it by his daughter.

Comments

8 years ago

Enrico Mazzone

kind of epic

8 years ago

Alan Wright

See that wee laugh Woody does at 3.23!

8 years ago

londonguy007

A very good and clever song. Shame its not more widely recognized

9 years ago

5micky2

They're BRITISH and flaunting it! How good is that?.... in this age of American, American, American...

9 years ago

NannyWhip

Cathal Smyth (Chas Smash) has a great crooning voice on this. It's a pity he didn't do more lead vocals for the band. Mind you, he's really good at classy shouting as well.....see "One Step Beyond". Michael Caine initially refused to record on it until his daughter told him how massive Madness were!

9 years ago

Pastor Rex Cat

Madness - Michael Caine

9 years ago

Harry Lime

My guess is that most of those sharing here are from the U.K. Never did quite get why they weren't bigger on this side of the pond; too English I suppose, and no accounting for taste. I've been a fan of the Madness from the get go, and there some others of us still about. Cheers.

9 years ago

Matthew Pope

3:30-3:40 is the epitome of cool

9 years ago

JohnLutherable

does anybody think Chas resembles Chris Nolan here?

9 years ago

tree jones

im am micheal caine

9 years ago

JOHN PAUL Jones

I can see where Blur got the nose for Coffee & TV.

9 years ago

Eric Stefani

Hey Michael Caine couldn't remember his own name now Johnny!

9 years ago

Red Tick Alert

Brilliant - Brilliant

9 years ago

Pere Vidal

Madness - (My Name Is) Michael Caine: 

9 years ago

Mike Benson

Thanks to Michael caine himself for being a sport and doing the song with them! 

9 years ago

limboman9

Stop throwing bloody spears at me

9 years ago

Roberto d El Fraser

great song my name is ...

9 years ago

anon94707

OK thank you for clarifying. I've always LOVED this song but neither the lyrics OR the video made any sense to me. Obviously I need to see the movie. :)

9 years ago

tony belmar

And im a noisy neighbour

9 years ago

Thursday

... My name isn't Michael Caine .

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