One Better Day

One Better Day is a single from 1984 of the British ska-pop band Madness . It was written by singer Suggs and bassist Mark Bedford and was in England nineteenth top 20 hit in a row.

History [ edit ]
One Better Day, the story of two amorous homeless, was in the autumn of 1983 recorded in three different versions; final, ornamented with strings and percussion, took the album Keep Movingin February 1984 was released. Originally, Victoria Gardens, the successor of the single Michael Caine, but unbeknownst to the band chose to record Stiff at the last minute for One Better Day.Madness was not happy with this knowledge and because their faith was embarrassed anyway decided the men not to renew their expiring contract. Includes the 12-inch version as a bonus the remixed Victoria Gardens and Sarah, an unfinished song saxophonist Lee Thompson . The B-side of One Better Day's Guns, Suggs by a written complaint against the use of weapons inAmerica .

Because Stiff refused to pay for a video Madness decided to do it themselves; especially for this occasion came up stepped pianist Mike Barson flown in from Amsterdam . Because of the opening "Arlington House, address no fixed abode" shots were made ​​in the vicinity of known homeless shelter ; in some scenes the men wore appropriate clothing and singer Bette Bright, with whom Suggs since 1981 is married, got a shine (free) role.

To our knowledge One Better Day in the 80's never played live, was called the geplaybackt in various television programs and the Golden Rose Festival in Montreux . In an announcement sketch for the clip collector Utter Madness from 1986 Suggs and Thompson properly reflected in a subway station the unreleased jazzy version. From 1993, a year after the first reunion concerts, One Better Day has long been a fixed number in the setlist. In 2005 Madness played at the 100th anniversary of Arlington House, which was reopened in 2010 after extensive renovation.