House of Fun

House of Fun is the title of a song recorded and released by British group Madness in May 1982. It was a standalone single release although was included on the group's first hits compilation Complete Madness released in April of the same year.

It was written by band members Mike Barson and Lee Thompson and produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley.

Single release
The song went to no.1 shortly after its release and was their first and to date only no.1 single in the UK. It stayed at the top for two weeks (replaced by Adam Ant's Good Two Shoes, and stayed in the Top 40 for seven weeks.

House of Fun, a song about coming of age "16 today and up for fun" and entering the adult world, features on all Madness' hits compilations and was included on the 2012 re-issue of the 1982 album The Rise & Fall.

The B-side, Don't Look Back, written by Chris Foreman, was another new track and also features on the The Rise & Fall re-release.

1992 re-release
House of Fun was re-released as a single ten years later in 1992, also as a CD, with Un Paso Adelante! (One Step Beyond – Spanish version), Yesterday's Men and Gabriel's Horn (demos) as accompanying tracks. This re-issue reached no.40 in the UK on 19 April.