Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da

"Death of a Rude Boy"
Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da
Studio album by Madness
Released	29 October 2012
Recorded	2011—2012
Studio	Assault & Battery 2, London; Brando's Paradise, San Gabriel; Air Edel, London; Iguana Studio, London; Metropolis, London; The Premises Studios, London; Toe Rag Studios, London; The Yard, London
Genre	Ska; pop; 2 Tone; reggae;
Length	37:29
Label	Lucky 7 Records/Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Charlie Andrew, John Avila, Clive Langer, Owen Morris, Stephen Street, Liam Watson
Madness chronology
Singles from Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da
	"Death of a Rude Boy"; Released: 12 August 2012 (pre-release give away download); "My Girl 2 (official first single)"; Released: 30 September 2012 (download only); "Never Knew Your Name"; Released: January 2013 (MP3 from album); "How Can I Tell You"; Released: 8 April 2013 (download only);

Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da is the tenth studio album by the British band Madness, released on their own Lucky 7 Records label through Cooking Vinyl in the United Kingdom on 29 October 2012 and in the United States on 13 November 2012.[1] The album does not feature founding member and bassist Mark Bedford, who was on hiatus from the band at the time. The album cover is by Peter Blake and features rejected titles for the album crossed out.[1] The album was preceded by a 'teaser' song, "Death of a Rude Boy", available as a digital download from 12 August 2012 (along with a remix by Andrew Weatherall).

Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da debuted at number No. 10 in the UK Albums Chart on 4 November 2012, becoming Madness' seventh studio album out of ten to reach the top 10 in the UK. It received favourable reviews in Q, Mojo, The Arts Desk and London evening newspaper Evening Standard amongst others, the notable exception being a poor review in the NME.

Singles

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Daily Express	[4]
The Independent	[5]
Metro	[6]
The Montreal Gazette	[7]
NME	(2/10)[8]
The Observer	[9]
Punknews.org	[10]
The Scotsman	[11]
State	[12]

The first single from the album – "My Girl 2" – was released in September 2012.

"Never Knew Your Name" was the second single off the album, released in January 2013. Early that month it was added to the BBC Radio 2 A-list (high rotation), making the song their biggest airplay hit since 1999's Top 10 hit "Lovestruck". "Never Knew Your Name" reached UK Airplay Chart Top 25 and No. 88 in the UK Singles Chart. After performing the song on the Jonathan Ross Show on 19 January, the album stormed back into the Amazon Album Top 3 and iTunes Top 20. It re-entered the UK Album Top 75 at No. 16 on 27 January.

On 22 February 2013 Chris Evans debuted "How Can I Tell You" as the new (third) single from the album during his Breakfast Show in which Suggs was his guest, it soon joined "BBC Radio 2's and "106.9FM WHCR"'s playlists. It was released on Monday 8 April on iTunes with an extra live version and a demo version by Chas Smash. In the same week, the single landed on BBC Radio 2's A list.

The fourth single off the album – "Misery" – was released in July 2013, and landed on BBC Radio 2's C-list on 15 June 2013.

Deluxe 3-CD version

Guitar player Chris Foreman mentioned a planned box set version of the album, expected to be released in May 2013. On 28 February 2013, it was revealed the album would be re-released in a deluxe version, with an extra CD containing 20 songs in total including various original tracks not included on the album, a series of band demos and remixes and a John Lennon cover. This second CD's demo versions do not all feature Suggs on vocals, with "Black and Blue", "My Girl 2" and "Never Knew Your Name" having Mike Barson on vocals, "Death of a Rude Boy", "Misery" and "So Alive" feature Chas Smash on lead vocals, and "Rules of Deolali" and "Check Mate La Luna" being instrumentals, and the final demo, "I Got You (Kitchen Floor)" features Daniel Woodgate's brother Nick on vocals and a variety of instruments instead of Madness. A DVD of the band's performance of the album at the Butlins "House of Fun" Weekender from 2011, along with a live CD of the following year's gig is also included. The latter CD also features Foreman's karaoke version of the Beastie Boys' "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)" and Ian Dury's "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll".

The deluxe version features new artwork, featuring the band in various fancy dress costumes representing the different rejected titles for the album, in a similar vein to the cover of their The Rise and Fall album from 1982. It is also notable for being the first appearance of Sir Peter Blake on a record cover, who has never featured on any album artwork despite designing some of the most celebrated record sleeves in British music history.

Track listing

CD One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My Girl 2"	Mike Barson	Liam Watson	2:51
2.	"Never Knew Your Name"	Mike Barson	Stephen Street	3:28
3.	"La Luna" (a.k.a. La Luna El Mariachi)	Graham McPherson, Chris Foreman	John Avila, Charlie Andrew	3:38
4.	"How Can I Tell You?"	Graham McPherson, Cathal Smyth	Stephen Street	3:18
5.	"Kitchen Floor"	Daniel Woodgate, Nick Woodgate	Owen Morris	3:21
6.	"Misery"	Cathal Smyth	Owen Morris	3:16
7.	"Leon"	Daniel Woodgate, Nick Woodgate	Charlie Andrew	3:48
8.	"Circus Freaks"	Lee Thompson, Daniel Woodgate	Owen Morris	3:15
9.	"So Alive"	Cathal Smyth	Owen Morris	2:58
10.	"Small World"	Daniel Woodgate	Charlie Andrew	3:46
11.	"Death of a Rude Boy"	Cathal Smyth	Stephen Street	3:50

CD One – "Bonus tracks"
(Note that these tracks appear on all versions of the album, but are nonetheless promoted as bonus tracks)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Powder Blue"	Mike Barson, Graham McPherson	Charlie Andrew, Clive Langer	3:47
13.	"Black and Blue"	Mike Barson	Charlie Andrew	3:01
14.	"My Girl 2 (Clive Langer And Charlie Andréw Mix)"	Mike Barson	Clive Langer, Charlie Andrew	3:01

Deluxe Edition CD2

"Deolali"
"1978"
"My Obsession"
"Big Time Sister"
"Oh My Love" (John Lennon)
"Crying"
"(You) Can't Keep A Good Thing Down"
"Never Knew Your Name" (La Discothèque mix)
"La Luna" (mix Number Six)
"Circus Freaks" (Amy mix)
"Powder Blue (Rehearsal Room Mix)"
"Death of a Rude Boy" (Demo)
"My Girl 2" (Demo)
"Never Knew Your Name" (Demo)
"I've Got You (Kitchen Floor)" (Demo)
"Misery" (Demo)
"Black & Blue" (Demo)
"So Alive" (Demo)
"Check Mate La Luna" (Demo)
"Rules of Deolali" (Demo)

Deluxe Edition CD3 - House of Fun Weekender, Butlins Minehead 23.11.12

Intro
My Girl 2
Never Knew Your Name
La Luna
How Can I Tell You
Kitchen Floor
Misery
Leon
Circus Freaks
So Alive... False Start
So Alive
Small World
Death Of A Rude Boy
Black And Blue
Fight For Your Right To Party
Big Time Sister
Deolali
Powder Blue
Sex And Drugs And Rock N Roll
Our House
It Must Be Love

Chart positions

Chart (2012-2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	171
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14]	140
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15]	37
French Albums (SNEP)[16]	94
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	10
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[18]	1

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[19]

Madness

Suggs (Graham McPherson)
Chas Smash (Cathal Smyth)
Mike Barson
Chris Foreman
Lee Thompson
Daniel Woodgate

Additional personnel

Bass – Graham Bush
Brass – Mike Kearsey, Joe Auckland, Steve Turner
Percussion – Lenny Edwards, Charlie Andrew, Spider L
Backing vocals – John Avila, Ray Suen, Charlie Andrew, James Porter, Chris Schrier, Frank Marshall, Bob Walker, Vanessa Contenay-Quinones, Siobhan Fitzpatrick, Spider L
Trumpet – Brad Magers, Keith Douglas, Joe Auckland
Guitar – Joby Ford
Guitar andjarana – Ray Suen
Guitarron – Vincent Hidalgo
Melodica – Seamus Beaghen
Cocktail drum kit – Jorma Vik
Violin – Kerenza Peacock, Hayley Pomfrett, Jenny Sacha, Deborah Widdup, Anna Croad, Kirsty Mangan, Stephanie Benedetti, Ellie Fagg, Vicky Lyon, Martin Lissola, Amyn Merchant, David Juritz, Julian Leaper, Yuri Kalnits, Ray Suen
Viola – Emma Owens, Simon Tandree, Natalie Holt, Nick Barr, Garfield Jackson, Jon Thorn
Cello – Rosie Danvers, Rachael Lander, Nick Cooper, Tim Gill
Harp – Camilla Pay
Brass arrangements – Madness, Mike Kearsey
String arrangements – Rosie Danvers, Kirsty Mangan, Daniel Woodgate, Mike Barson, Mike Kearsey, Simon Hale
Mariachi trumpet and string arrangements – William V. Malpede, John Avila
Conductor – Mike Kearsey, Simon Hale

Production personnel

Cenzo Townshend – mixing on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 & 11
Charlie Andrew – pre-production on tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 & 11
Owen Morris – vocal production on track 3
Peter Blake – cover art
Tony McGee – photography
Luke Insect – design

References

"Madness uses Sgt. Pepper artist". The Daily Telegraph. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
"Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation.
Gage, Simon (26 October 2012). "CD Review: Madness: Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". The Daily Express. Missing or empty |url= (help)
Gill, Andy (27 October 2012). "Album: Madness, Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da (Lucky Seven)". The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
"Madness's Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da is wistful yet young at heart". Metro. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
Perusse, Bernard (11 November 2012). "New music review: Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da, Madness (eOne Music)". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
Hewitt, Ben (26 October 2012). "Review: Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". NME. London, England: IPC Media. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
Carnwath, Ally (28 October 2012). "Review: Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". The Observer. London, England: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"Madness - Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da". Punknews.org. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
Shepherd, Fiona (29 October 2012). "Album review: Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da by Madness". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
Higgins, Dara (20 November 2012). "Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". State. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
"Ultratop.be – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
"Ultratop.be – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
"Lescharts.com – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
"Madness | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
"Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da liner notes. Lucky 7 Records/Cooking Vinyl. 2012.

External links

Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da at Discogs (list of releases)

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[telegraph20120912-1] "Madness uses Sgt. Pepper artist". The Daily Telegraph. 12 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[Metacritic-2] "Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[Allmusic-3] Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation.

[Daily_Express-4] Gage, Simon (26 October 2012). "CD Review: Madness: Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". The Daily Express. Missing or empty |url= (help)

[The_Independent-5] Gill, Andy (27 October 2012). "Album: Madness, Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da (Lucky Seven)". The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[Metro-6] "Madness's Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da is wistful yet young at heart". Metro. 1 November 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[Montreal_Gazette-7] Perusse, Bernard (11 November 2012). "New music review: Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da, Madness (eOne Music)". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[8] Hewitt, Ben (26 October 2012). "Review: Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". NME. London, England: IPC Media. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[9] Carnwath, Ally (28 October 2012). "Review: Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". The Observer. London, England: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[Punknews.org-10] "Madness - Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da". Punknews.org. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[Scotsman-11] Shepherd, Fiona (29 October 2012). "Album review: Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da by Madness". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[Statereview-12] Higgins, Dara (20 November 2012). "Madness – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da". State. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[ac_Flanders_Madness-13] "Ultratop.be – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[ac_Wallonia_Madness-14] "Ultratop.be – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[ac_Netherlands_Madness-15] "Dutchcharts.nl – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 June 2013.

[ac_France_Madness-16] "Lescharts.com – Madness – Oui oui si si ja ja da da". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[ac_UK_Madness-17] "Madness | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[ac_UKIndependent_-18] "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[booklet-19] Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da liner notes. Lucky 7 Records/Cooking Vinyl. 2012.

Madness
Chris Foreman Mike Barson Lee Thompson Suggs Dan Woodgate Mark Bedford Chas Smash
Studio albums	One Step Beyond... Absolutely 7 The Rise & Fall Keep Moving Mad Not Mad The Madness Wonderful The Dangermen Sessions Vol. 1 The Liberty of Norton Folgate Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da Can't Touch Us Now
Compilation albums	Complete Madness Madness Utter Madness It's... Madness It's... Madness Too Divine Madness The Business Total Madness (1997) Our House Total Madness (2009) Ultimate Madness A Guided Tour of Madness Forever Young: The Ska Collection
Live albums	Madstock! Universal Madness Madness Live: To the Edge of the Universe and Beyond
Box sets	The Business A Guided Tour of Madness
Singles	"The Prince" "One Step Beyond" "My Girl" "Work Rest and Play EP" "Baggy Trousers" "Embarrassment" "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" "Grey Day" "Shut Up" "It Must Be Love" "Cardiac Arrest" "House of Fun" "Driving in My Car" "Our House" "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" / "Madness (Is All in the Mind)" "Wings of a Dove" "The Sun and the Rain" "Michael Caine" "One Better Day" "Yesterday's Men" "Uncle Sam" "Sweetest Girl" "(Waiting For) The Ghost Train" "Night Boat to Cairo" "The Harder They Come" "Lovestruck" "Johnny the Horse" "Drip Fed Fred" "Shame & Scandal" "Girl Why Don't You" "Sorry" "NW5" "Dust Devil" "Sugar and Spice" "Forever Young" "My Girl 2" "Never Knew Your Name"
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