The single was the last new material to be released by the band on Chiswick Records. However, Chiswick would continue to reissue singles by the Damned, culled from existing material on their Big Beat imprint, including "Wait for the Blackout", "Lively Arts", reissues of "Love Song" and "Smash It Up", and a remixed version of "There Ain't No Sanity Clause"[2] with new lyrics, which reached No. 97 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983.[3]
The title and chorus of the song were derived from a scene in the Marx Brothers' 1935 movie A Night at the Opera, in which Groucho Marx attempts to explain the intricacies of a business contract to Chico Marx. When Groucho mentions the "sanity clause", Chico responds, "You can't fool me. There ain't no sanity clause!"
"There Ain't No Sanity Clause" was written with Giovanni Dadamo of the Snivelling Shits, who also recorded a version of the song which was included on CD reissues of their I Can't Come album.[4]
^"There Ain't No Sanity Clause", Chart Stats, retrieved 2010-09-21
^Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN1-84195-335-0, p. 149
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"There Ain't No Sanity Clause" at Discogs (list of releases)
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there, sanity, clause, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, sept. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources There Ain t No Sanity Clause news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message There Ain t No Sanity Clause is a single by English rock band the Damned released on 24 November 1980 There Ain t No Sanity Clause Single by the DamnedB side Hit or Miss Looking at You Live Released24 November 1980 1980 11 24 1 Recorded1980GenreRockLabelChiswick CHIS 125Songwriter s Rat Scabies Captain Sensible Dave Vanian Giovanni DadamoProducer s Hugh JonesThe Damned singles chronology The History of the World Part 1 1980 There Ain t No Sanity Clause 1980 Dr Jekyll amp Mr Hyde 1981 The song was a tongue in cheek rock song released with an eye on the lucrative UK Christmas singles market but it failed to chart The single was the last new material to be released by the band on Chiswick Records However Chiswick would continue to reissue singles by the Damned culled from existing material on their Big Beat imprint including Wait for the Blackout Lively Arts reissues of Love Song and Smash It Up and a remixed version of There Ain t No Sanity Clause 2 with new lyrics which reached No 97 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1983 3 The title and chorus of the song were derived from a scene in the Marx Brothers 1935 movie A Night at the Opera in which Groucho Marx attempts to explain the intricacies of a business contract to Chico Marx When Groucho mentions the sanity clause Chico responds You can t fool me There ain t no sanity clause There Ain t No Sanity Clause was written with Giovanni Dadamo of the Snivelling Shits who also recorded a version of the song which was included on CD reissues of their I Can t Come album 4 Contents 1 Track listing 2 Track listing 1983 Version 3 Production credits 4 References 5 External linksTrack listing edit There Ain t No Sanity Clause Scabies Sensible Vanian Dadamo Hit or Miss Scabies Sensible Vanian Gray Looking at You Live MC5 Track listing 1983 Version edit7 Version There Ain t No Sanity Clause Remix Scabies Sensible Vanian Dadamo Looking at You Live MC5 12 Version There Ain t No Sanity Clause Remix Scabies Sensible Vanian Dadamo Looking at You Live MC5 Anti Pope Fiddling About Version Sensible Vanian Scabies Ward Production credits editProducerHugh JonesMusiciansDave Vanian vocals Captain Sensible guitar Rat Scabies drums Paul Gray bassReferences edit The Damned singles Damned Singles Discography Archived 2012 12 23 at archive today Damned Discography retrieved 2012 03 12 There Ain t No Sanity Clause Chart Stats retrieved 2010 09 21 Strong Martin C 2003 The Great Indie Discography Canongate ISBN 1 84195 335 0 p 149External links edit There Ain t No Sanity Clause at Discogs list of releases Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title There Ain 27t No Sanity Clause amp oldid 1182337888, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
