Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da

Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da
Studio album by Madness
Released	29 October 2012
Recorded	2011–2012
Studio	Assault & Battery 2, London Air Edel, London Iguana Studio, London Metropolis, London The Premises Studios, London Toe Rag Studios, London The Yard, London Brando's Paradise, San Gabriel Additional studios (bonus tracks): The Crypt, London Sonic Vista Studios, Ibiza
Genre	Ska pop 2 Tone reggae
Length	47:18
Label	Lucky 7/Cooking Vinyl
Producer	Owen Morris Charlie Andrew Stephen Street Clive Langer Liam Watson John Avila Additional producers (bonus tracks): Anthony Leung Madness
Madness chronology
Forever Young The Ska Collection (2012) Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da (2012) The Very Best of Madness (2014)
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 track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My Girl 2"	Mike Barson	Liam Watson	2:51
2.	"Never Knew Your Name"	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?"	McPherson, Cathal Smyth	Street	3:18
5.	"Kitchen Floor"	Daniel Woodgate, Nick Woodgate	Owen Morris	3:21
6.	"Misery"	Smyth	Morris	3:16
7.	"Leon"	D. Woodgate, N. Woodgate	Andrew	3:48
8.	"Circus Freaks"	Lee Thompson, D. Woodgate	Morris	3:15
9.	"So Alive"	Smyth	Morris	2:58
10.	"Small World"	D. Woodgate	Andrew	3:46
11.	"Death of a Rude Boy"	Smyth	Street	3:50
12.	"Powder Blue" (bonus track)	Barson, McPherson	Andrew, Clive Langer	3:47
13.	"Black and Blue" (bonus track)	Barson	Andrew	3:01
14.	"My Girl 2" (alternative version; bonus track)	Barson	Langer, Andrew	3:01
Total length:				47:18

• Note that tracks 12–14 appear on all versions of the album, but are nonetheless promoted as bonus tracks.

2013 deluxe edition

Disc 1 – Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da

• The first disc contains the fourteen tracks from the original album.

Disc 2 – Bonus tracks +

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Deolali"	Thompson, Foreman	Andrew	3:40
2.	"1978"	McPherson	Anthony Leung	3:56
3.	"My Obsession"	Thompson, Foreman	Andrew	3:44
4.	"Big Time Sister"	Thompson, Foreman	Andrew	2:46
5.	"Oh My Love"	John Lennon, Yoko Ono	Madness, Leung	4:02
6.	"Crying"	Thompson, Keith Finch	Madness, Andrew	3:02
7.	"(You) Can't Keep a Good Thing Down"	Thompson, Foreman	Madness, Andrew	2:34

The Misfit Mixes

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
8.	"Never Knew Your Name" (LA Discotheque Mix)	Barson	Andrew, Langer	4:24
9.	"La Luna" (Mix 6)	McPherson, Foreman	Morris	4:34
10.	"Circus Freaks" (Amy Mix)	Thompson, D. Woodgate	Andrew, Morris	3:13
11.	"Powder Blue" (Rehearsal Room Mix)	McPherson, Barson	Madness, Andrew	6:02

Band demos

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Death of a Rude Boy"	Smyth	4:11
13.	"My Girl 2"	Barson	3:01
14.	"Never Knew Your Name"	Barson	3:21
15.	"I've Got You (Kitchen Floor)"	D. Woodgate, N. Woodgate	3:13
16.	"Misery"	Smyth	2:46
17.	"Black and Blue"	Barson	4:10
18.	"So Alive"	Smyth	2:49
19.	"Check Mate La Luna"	McPherson, Foreman	3:27
20.	"Rules of Deolali"	Thompson, Foreman	2:29
Total length:			71:25

Disc 3 – Live from the House of Fun Weekender November 23rd 2012

• Recorded live at Butlin's Minehead, Minehead, Somerset, England.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" (introduction)		1:43
2.	"My Girl 2"	Barson	2:51
3.	"Never Knew Your Name"	Barson	3:49
4.	"La Luna"	McPherson, Foreman	4:03
5.	"How Can I Tell You"	McPherson, Smyth	3:54
6.	"Kitchen Floor"	D. Woodgate, N. Woodgate	3:51
7.	"Misery"	Smyth	3:47
8.	"Leon"	D. Woodgate, N. Woodgate	4:13
9.	"Circus Freaks"	Thompson, D. Woodgate	3:52
10.	"So Alive" (false start)	Smyth	1:13
11.	"So Alive"	Smyth	3:19
12.	"Small World"	D. Woodgate	4:03
13.	"Death of a Rude Boy"	Smyth	4:20
14.	"Black and Blue"	Barson	4:12
15.	"Fight for Your Right To Party"	Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, Michael Diamond, Rick Rubin	4:05
16.	"Big Time Sister"	Thompson, Foreman	3:21
17.	"Deolali"	Thompson, Foreman	3:59
18.	"Powder Blue"	Barson, McPherson	5:25
19.	"Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll"	Ian Dury, Chaz Jankel	3:49
20.	"Our House"	Smyth, Foreman	4:17
21.	"It Must Be Love"	Labi Siffre	3:59
Total length:			78:08

DVD disc 4 – Live from the House of Fun Weekender November 25th 2011

• Filmed live at Butlin's Minehead, Minehead, Somerset, England.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Death of a Rude Boy"	Smyth
2.	"Black and Blue"	Barson
3.	"Big Time Sister"	Thompson, Foreman
4.	"Deolali"	Thompson, Foreman
5.	"My Girl 2"	Barson
6.	"La Luna"	McPherson, Foreman
7.	"(You) Can't Keep a Good Thing Down"	Thompson, Foreman
8.	"Kitchen Floor"	D. Woodgate, N. Woodgate
9.	"Never Knew Your Name"	Barson
10.	"Misery"	Smyth
11.	"1978"	McPherson
12.	"Crying"	Thompson, Finch
13.	"So Alive"	Smyth
14.	"How Can I Tell You"	McPherson, Smyth
15.	"Powder Blue"	McPherson, Barson
16.	"House of Fun"	Thompson, Barson
Total length:			55:51

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. ^{[14] [15]}

Madness

• Graham "Suggs" McPherson
• Cathal Smyth
• Mike Barson
• Chris Foreman
• Lee Thompson
• Daniel Woodgate

Additional personnel

• Bass guitar – Graham Bush
• Brass – Mike Kearsey, Joe Auckland, Steve Turner
• Percussion – Charlie Andrew (2, 4, 11, 13, 14), Lenny Edwards (5, 6, 8, 9), Spider L (1)
• Backing vocals – Charlie Andrew (7, 10, 14), James Porter (6, 9), Chris Schrier (6, 9), Frank Marshall (6, 9), Bob Walker (6, 9), Vanessa Contenay-Quinones (12, 14), Siobhan Fitzpatrick (10), Spider L (1), John Avila (3), Ray Suen (3)
• Trumpet – Brad Magers (3), Keith Douglas (3), Joe Auckland (10)
• Guitar – Joby Ford (3)
• Guitar andjarana – Ray Suen (3)
• Guitarron – Vincent Hidalgo (3)
• Cocktail drum kit – Jorma Vik (3)
• Melodica – Seamus Beaghen (11)
• Programming – Daniel Woodgate (10)
• Violin – Kirsty Mangan (5, 8, 10), Stephanie Benedetti (5, 8), Ellie Fagg (5, 8), Vicky Lyon (5, 8), Martin Lissola (5, 8), Amyn Merchant (7, 12), David Juritz (7, 12), Julian Leaper (7, 12), Yuri Kalnits (7, 12), Kerenza Peacock (2), Hayley Pomfrett (2), Jenny Sacha (2), Deborah Widdup (2), Anna Croad (2), Ray Suen [3]
• Viola – Natalie Holt (5, 8), Nick Barr (5, 8), Garfield Jackson (7, 12), Jon Thorn (7, 12), Emma Owens (2), Simon Tandree (2)
• Cello – Rachael Lander (5, 8), Nick Cooper (7, 12), Tim Gill (7, 12), Rosie Danvers (2)
• Harp – Camilla Pay (2)
• Brass arrangements – Madness, Mike Kearsey
• String arrangements – Daniel Woodgate (5, 7, 8), Mike Kearsey (5, 8), Simon Hale (12), Rosie Danvers (2), Kirsty Mangan (7), Mike Barson (5)
• Mariachi trumpet and string arrangements – William V. Malpede, John Avila (3)
• Strings conductor – Mike Kearsey (5, 8), Simon Hale (7, 12)

Technical personnel

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

Deluxe edition

• Mark Bedford – bass (2, 5)
• Baluji Shrivastav – sitar (2)
• Mike Kearsey, Joe Auckland, Steve Turner, Steve Hamilton – brass (3–9)
• Simon Hale, Julian Leaper, Amyn Merchant – string arrangements and conductors (11)
• Nick Woodgate – vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar (15)
• Daniel Woodgate – drums, programming (15)
• Michael McEvoy – bass (15)
• Charlie Brown, Sali-Wyn Ryan, Sarah Chapman, Nerys Richards – strings (15)
• Charlie Andrew – pre-production and additional tracking (2, 9), mixing (8)
• Louis Henry Sarmiento II – additional tracking (2)
• Anthony Leung – mixing (3–7, 10, 11), additional tracking (3, 4, 6, 7, 10), recording (5), additional recording (11), mixing (disc 3)
• Madness – mixing, recording (5)
• Clive Langer – mixing (8)
• John Avila – additional tracking (9)
• Peter Miles – audio mixing (DVD)
• John Davies – mastering
• Peter Blake – album title text
• Paul Agar – design, layout
• Perou – photography

Chart positions

Chart performance for Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da

Chart (2012–2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16]	171
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17]	140
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18]	37
French Albums (SNEP) [19]	94
UK Albums (OCC) [20]	10
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [21]	1

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [22]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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14. Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da liner notes. Lucky 7 Records/Cooking Vinyl. 2012.
15. Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da (Special Edition) liner notes. Lucky 7 Records/Cooking Vinyl. 2013.
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External links

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