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The Housemartins
The Housemartins
	From left: Dave Hemingway, Paul Heaton, Norman Cook, Stan Cullimore
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Also known as	The Fish City Five
Origin	Hull, England
Genres	Indie rock; jangle pop;
Years active	1983–1988
Labels	Go! Discs, Elektra
Past members	Paul Heaton; Stan Cullimore; Ted Key; Norman Cook; Justin Patrick; Chris Lang; Hugh Whitaker; Dave Hemingway;

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The Housemartins were an English indie rock group formed in Hull who were active in the 1980s^[1] and charted three top-ten albums and six top-twenty singles in the UK.^[2] Many of their lyrics conveyed a mixture of socialist politics and Christianity, reflecting the beliefs of the band^[3] (the back cover of their debut album, London 0 Hull 4, contained the message, "Take Jesus – Take Marx – Take Hope"). The group's a cappella cover version of "Caravan of Love" (originally by Isley-Jasper-Isley) was a UK Number 1 single in December 1986.

After breaking up in 1988, Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway formed The Beautiful South, while bassist Norman Cook became an electronic dance music DJ and music producer, founding the groups Beats International, Pizzaman, and Freak Power, before rebranding himself as Fatboy Slim.

Career

The band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton (vocals) and Stan Cullimore (guitar), initially as a busking duo. Throughout his tenure with the band, Heaton billed himself as "P.d. Heaton". Heaton and Cullimore recorded a demo tape with Ingo Dewsnap and Sharon Green of Les Zeiga Fleurs which brought them to the attention of Go! Discs. They then expanded by recruiting Ted Key (bass), former guitarist with The Gargoyles.^[4] Their first live performance as a band was at Hull University in October 1984.^[5] The band's membership changed considerably over the years. Key left at the end of 1985 and was replaced by Norman Cook (later known as Fatboy Slim). Drummer Chris Lang was replaced^[6] briefly by Dodger (Roger Wilde) on loan from local Hull band 3-Action! for their first few gigs as a 4 piece then by Hugh Whitaker, former drummer with the Gargoyles, who in turn was replaced with Dave Hemingway.^[1]^[7] The band often referred to themselves as "the fourth best band in Hull", with the best three bands being Red Guitars, Everything but the Girl, and the Gargoyles.^[1]

In 1986, having recorded two John Peel sessions, the band broke through with their third single "Happy Hour", which reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.^[8] The single's success was helped by a claymation animated pop promo of a type that was in vogue at the time, featuring a cameo by television comedian Phill Jupitus, who toured with the band under his stage name of "Porky the Poet". Their debut album, London 0 Hull 4, was released later in 1986 and contained their previous two singles as well as alternative versions of first single "Flag Day" and follow-up to Happy Hour, "Think for a Minute". At the end of 1986 they had their only UK No. 1 single on 16 December with a cover version of Isley-Jasper-Isley's "Caravan of Love".^[1] "Caravan of Love" was first performed by the band in their second Peel session in April 1986, before their initial chart success. At Peel's suggestion, the band then recorded another session (under the name the Fish City Five), consisting entirely of a cappella performances, and on at least one occasion (at The Tower nightclub in Hull, the same concert at which they were filmed as the Housemartins for the BBC programme, Rock Around the Clock), played support act for their own performance under this alternative name. The "Caravan of Love" single featured four a cappella gospel songs on the B-side.

The Housemartins' second album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death was released in September 1987, and included their two previous singles "Five Get Over Excited" and "Me and the Farmer". A third single from the album, "Build", was released in November; a Peel Session from the same month provided a recording used for their last single "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me" in 1988. A farewell compilation album, Now That's What I Call Quite Good was released later that year.

The band split in 1988, but the members have remained in contact and have worked on each other's projects. Norman Cook has enjoyed significant success with Beats International and then as Fatboy Slim, while Heaton, Hemingway and roadie Sean Welch formed the Beautiful South. In August 2009, Mojo magazine arranged for The Housemartins' original members to get together for a photo-shoot and interview, for the first time in many years, but in the interview all the members maintained that the band would not re-form.

In December 2009, Cullimore co-wrote songs for (and appeared in) a pre-school music series called The Bopps, which first showed on Nick Jr. in the UK in April 2010. Cullimore and Whitaker joined Heaton on stage during a show by Heaton and Jacqui Abbott in 2014 at Hull's The New Adelphi Club, on the stage where the band had signed their Go-Discs record contract, although it was not a Housemartins reunion. The trio performed the Housemartins hit "Me and the Farmer", and Cullimore and Heaton closed the show with a performance of "Caravan of Love".^[9]

Musical style and lyrics

The band's early releases saw them described as jangle pop, which brought comparisons with bands such as the Smiths and Aztec Camera.^[10]^[11] David Quantick, writing for Spin, described them in 1986 as playing "traditional '60s-style guitar pop overlaid with soul vocals".^[12] Cook described the band as "religious, but not Christians", and the band's repertoire included gospel songs.^[10]^[12]

Many of the band's lyrics have socialist themes, with Cook stating that "Paul realised that he hated writing about love...and that writing politically came easier to him", describing some of their songs as "angrily political".^[12]^[13]

Band Members

Final Lineup

Paul Heaton - Vocals, Guitar, Trombone, Harmonica (1983 - 1988)
Stan Cullimore - Guitar, Vocals (1983 - 1988)
Norman Cook - Bass, Vocals (1985 - 1988)
Dave Hemingway – Drums, Vocals (1987–1988)

Former Members

Ted Key – Bass, Vocals (1984–1985)
Justin Patrick – Drums (1985)
Chris Lang – Drums (1985)
Roger "Dodger" Wilde – Drums (1985)
Hugh Whitaker – Drums (1985–1987)

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
Year	Album details	UK ^[2]	AUS ^[14]	NZL	SWE	NOR	US
1986	London 0 Hull 4 Released: October 1986 Label: Go! Discs	3	35	21	3	9	124 ^[15]
1987	The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death Released: September 1987 Label: Go! Discs	9	56	34	25	–	177 ^[15]

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions									Album
Year	Title	UK ^[2]	NZL ^[16]	NLD ^[17]	BEL ^[18]	SWI ^[19]	AUT ^[20]	SWE ^[21]	NOR ^[22]	AUS ^[14]^[23]	Album
1985	"Flag Day"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	London 0 Hull 4
1986	"Sheep"	56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	97
	"Happy Hour"	3	38	25	23	—	—	—	—	—
	"Think for a Minute"	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Caravan of Love"	1	2	3	5	2	7	1	2	24	Non-album single
1987	"Five Get Over Excited"	11	—	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
	"Me and the Farmer"	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Build"	15	41	65	27	—	—	—	—	—
1988	"There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Now That's What I Call Quite Good
2003	"Change the World" (as Dino Lenny vs The Housemartins)	51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single

Compilation albums

The Housemartins Christmas Box Set (November 1986) UK #84^[2]
Now That's What I Call Quite Good (April 1988) UK #8^[2]
The Best of The Housemartins (2004, Go! Discs/Mercury Records), released in two discs (1 CD and 1 DVD)
Live at the BBC (2006, Universal)
Soup (December 2007) UK # 15^[2]

Videography

(does not include "live" appearances on TV programmes)

"Sheep"
"Happy Hour"
"Think for a Minute"
"Caravan of Love"
"Five Get Over Excited"
"Me and the Farmer"
"Build"
"There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"
"We're Not Deep"

Biography

Swift, Nick (1988). The Housemartins: Now That's What I Call Quite Good. ISBN 0-7119-1517-2.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 460–461. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Official Charts > Housemartins". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
^ "Musical Messages". Marxism Today (Interview). March 1987. pp. 45–47.
^ "The Gargoyles – Hull Adelphi Club 1986". Sheffield Tape Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Frame, Pete (1999). Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland. Omnibus Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0711969735.
^ Swift 1988, p. 15.
^ "The Housemartins". Beautiful South and Paul Heaton Fans. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 261. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Longhorn, Danny (6 October 2014). "Housemartins reunite for Adelphi Caravan of Love as Paul Heaton joined on stage by Stan Cullimore and Hugh Whitaker". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
^ ^a ^b Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (2004). Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415969987.
^ Fletcher, Tony (2012). A Light that Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths. William Heinemann Ltd. p. 548. ISBN 978-0434022182.
^ ^a ^b ^c Quantick, David (December 1986). "Blinded by Gospel". Spin. p. 16.
^ Lamie, Maria (2003). Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Housemartins. Rough Guides. pp. 509–510. ISBN 978-1843531050. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ ^a ^b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 142. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
^ ^a ^b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Housemartins". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^ "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DUTCH CHARTS". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "DISCOGRAFIE THE HOUSEMARTINS". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER SCHWEIZER HITPARADE". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN HITPARADE". Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN SWEDISH CHARTS". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NORWEGIAN CHARTS". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
^ "Australian chart positions pre 1989". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

External links

The Housemartins' channel on YouTube

[The_Great_Rock_Discography-1] Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 460–461. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.

[uk-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Official Charts > Housemartins". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

[3] "Musical Messages". Marxism Today (Interview). March 1987. pp. 45–47.

[4] "The Gargoyles – Hull Adelphi Club 1986". Sheffield Tape Archive. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[5] Frame, Pete (1999). Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland. Omnibus Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0711969735.

[FOOTNOTESwift198815-6] Swift 1988, p. 15.

[Beautiful_South_Fans_Housemartins_Page-7] "The Housemartins". Beautiful South and Paul Heaton Fans. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-8] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 261. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[9] Longhorn, Danny (6 October 2014). "Housemartins reunite for Adelphi Caravan of Love as Paul Heaton joined on stage by Stan Cullimore and Hugh Whitaker". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2016.

[Cooper-10] Cooper, Kim; Smay, David (2004). Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415969987.

[Fletcher-11] Fletcher, Tony (2012). A Light that Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths. William Heinemann Ltd. p. 548. ISBN 978-0434022182.

[Quantick-12] Quantick, David (December 1986). "Blinded by Gospel". Spin. p. 16.

[Lamie-13] Lamie, Maria (2003). Buckley, Peter (ed.). The Housemartins. Rough Guides. pp. 509–510. ISBN 978-1843531050. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[aus-14] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 142. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

[stephenthomaserlewine-15] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Housemartins". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2015.

[16] "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS". charts.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[17] "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DUTCH CHARTS". Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[18] "DISCOGRAFIE THE HOUSEMARTINS". Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[19] "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER SCHWEIZER HITPARADE". Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[20] "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN HITPARADE". Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[21] "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN SWEDISH CHARTS". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[22] "THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NORWEGIAN CHARTS". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 December 2013.

[23] "Australian chart positions pre 1989". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 18 March 2014.

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+| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}}</ref> and charted three top-ten albums and six top-twenty singles in the UK.<ref name=uk/> Many of their lyrics conveyed a mixture of [[socialist]] politics and [[Christianity]], reflecting the beliefs of the band<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Musical Messages|magazine=Marxism Today|date=March 1987|pages=45–47|type=Interview}}</ref> (the back cover of their debut album, ''[[London 0 Hull 4]]'', contained the message, "Take [[Jesus]] – Take [[Marx]] – Take Hope"). The group's [[a cappella]] cover version of "[[Caravan of Love]]" (originally by [[Isley-Jasper-Isley]]) was a UK Number 1 single in December 1986.
 After breaking up in 1988, [[Paul Heaton]] and [[Dave Hemingway]] formed [[The Beautiful South]], while bassist [[Fatboy Slim|Norman Cook]] became an [[electronic dance music]] DJ and music producer, founding the groups [[Beats International]], [[Pizzaman (band)|Pizzaman]], and [[Freak Power]], before rebranding himself as Fatboy Slim.
 ==Career==
-The band was formed in late 1983 by [[Paul Heaton]] (vocals) and [[Stan Cullimore]] (guitar), initially as a [[busking]] duo. Throughout his tenure with the band, Heaton billed himself as "P.d. Heaton".<!-- Yes, Capital P, small d. P.d. Heaton, not p.d. or P.D., is how it is spelled on ALL Housemartins singles and albums. Do not change this. --> Heaton and Cullimore recorded a demo tape with Ingo Dewsnap and Sharon Green of Les Zeiga Fleurs which brought them to the attention of [[Go! Discs]]. They then expanded by recruiting [[Ted Key (musician)|Ted Key]] (bass), former guitarist with The Gargoyles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sheffieldtapearchive.bandcamp.com/album/the-gargoyles-hull-adelphi-club-1986 |title=The Gargoyles - Hull Adelphi Club 1986 |publisher=Sheffield Tape Archive |access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> Their first live performance as a band was at [[Hull University]] in October 1984.<ref>Frame, Pete (1999) ''Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|978-0711969735}}, p. 204</ref> The band's membership changed considerably over the years. Key left at the end of 1985 and was replaced by Norman Cook (later known as [[Fatboy Slim]]). Drummer Chris Lang was replaced <ref>ISBN 0-7119-1517-2 p15</ref> briefly by Dodger (Roger Wilde) on loan from local Hull band 3-Action! for their first few gigs as a 4 piece then by [[Hugh Whitaker]], former drummer with the Gargoyles, who in turn was replaced with [[Dave Hemingway]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/><ref name="Beautiful South Fans Housemartins Page">{{cite web |url=http://www.beautifulsouthfans.co.uk/the-housemartins.html |title=The Housemartins |work=Beautiful South and Paul Heaton Fans |access-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226232247/http://www.beautifulsouthfans.co.uk/the-housemartins.html |archive-date=26 December 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The band often referred to themselves as "the fourth best band in Hull", with the best three bands being [[Red Guitars]], [[Everything but the Girl]], and the Gargoyles.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>
+The band was formed in late 1983 by [[Paul Heaton]] (vocals) and [[Stan Cullimore]] (guitar), initially as a [[busking]] duo. Throughout his tenure with the band, Heaton billed himself as "P.d. Heaton".<!-- Yes, Capital P, small d. P.d. Heaton, not p.d. or P.D., is how it is spelled on ALL Housemartins singles and albums. Do not change this. --> Heaton and Cullimore recorded a demo tape with Ingo Dewsnap and Sharon Green of Les Zeiga Fleurs which brought them to the attention of [[Go! Discs]]. They then expanded by recruiting [[Ted Key (musician)|Ted Key]] (bass), former guitarist with The Gargoyles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sheffieldtapearchive.bandcamp.com/album/the-gargoyles-hull-adelphi-club-1986 |title=The Gargoyles – Hull Adelphi Club 1986 |publisher=Sheffield Tape Archive |access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> Their first live performance as a band was at [[Hull University]] in October 1984.<ref>{{cite book|last=Frame |first=Pete |year=1999 |title=Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland |publisher= Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0711969735 |page= 204}}</ref> The band's membership changed considerably over the years. Key left at the end of 1985 and was replaced by Norman Cook (later known as [[Fatboy Slim]]). Drummer Chris Lang was replaced{{sfn|Swift|1988|p=15}} briefly by Dodger (Roger Wilde) on loan from local Hull band 3-Action! for their first few gigs as a 4 piece then by [[Hugh Whitaker]], former drummer with the Gargoyles, who in turn was replaced with [[Dave Hemingway]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/><ref name="Beautiful South Fans Housemartins Page">{{cite web |url=http://www.beautifulsouthfans.co.uk/the-housemartins.html |title=The Housemartins |work=Beautiful South and Paul Heaton Fans |access-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226232247/http://www.beautifulsouthfans.co.uk/the-housemartins.html |archive-date=26 December 2016 }}</ref> The band often referred to themselves as "the fourth best band in Hull", with the best three bands being [[Red Guitars]], [[Everything but the Girl]], and the Gargoyles.<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/>
-In 1986, having recorded two [[John Peel]] sessions, the band broke through with their third single "[[Happy Hour (The Housemartins song)|Happy Hour]]", which reached No. 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |first= David |last= Roberts |year= 2006 |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |location= London |isbn= 1-904994-10-5 |page= 261}}</ref> The single's success was helped by a [[claymation]] animated pop promo of a type that was in vogue at the time, featuring a [[Cameo appearance|cameo]] by television comedian [[Phill Jupitus]], who toured with the band under his stage name of "Porky the Poet". Their debut album, ''London 0 Hull 4'', was released later in 1986 and contained their previous two singles as well as alternative versions of first single "[[Flag Day (song)|Flag Day]]" and follow-up to Happy Hour, "[[Think for a Minute]]". At the end of 1986 they had their only UK No.&nbsp;1 single on 16 December with a cover version of [[Isley-Jasper-Isley]]'s "[[Caravan of Love]]".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> "Caravan of Love" was first performed by the band in their second [[List of Peel sessions|Peel session]] in April 1986, prior to their initial chart success. At Peel's suggestion, the band then recorded another session (under the name the Fish City Five), consisting entirely of a cappella performances, and on at least one occasion (at The Tower nightclub in Hull, the same concert at which they were filmed as the Housemartins for the BBC programme, ''Rock Around the Clock''), played support act for their own performance under this alternative name. The "Caravan of Love" single featured four a cappella gospel songs on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].
+In 1986, having recorded two [[John Peel]] sessions, the band broke through with their third single "[[Happy Hour (The Housemartins song)|Happy Hour]]", which reached No. 3 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |first= David |last= Roberts |year= 2006 |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |location= London |isbn= 1-904994-10-5 |page= 261}}</ref> The single's success was helped by a [[claymation]] animated pop promo of a type that was in vogue at the time, featuring a [[Cameo appearance|cameo]] by television comedian [[Phill Jupitus]], who toured with the band under his stage name of "Porky the Poet". Their debut album, ''London 0 Hull 4'', was released later in 1986 and contained their previous two singles as well as alternative versions of first single "[[Flag Day (song)|Flag Day]]" and follow-up to Happy Hour, "[[Think for a Minute]]". At the end of 1986 they had their only UK No.&nbsp;1 single on 16 December with a cover version of [[Isley-Jasper-Isley]]'s "[[Caravan of Love]]".<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> "Caravan of Love" was first performed by the band in their second [[List of Peel sessions|Peel session]] in April 1986, before their initial chart success. At Peel's suggestion, the band then recorded another session (under the name the Fish City Five), consisting entirely of a cappella performances, and on at least one occasion (at The Tower nightclub in Hull, the same concert at which they were filmed as the Housemartins for the BBC programme, ''Rock Around the Clock''), played support act for their own performance under this alternative name. The "Caravan of Love" single featured four a cappella gospel songs on the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]].
 The Housemartins' second album ''[[The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death]]'' was released in September 1987, and included their two previous singles "[[Five Get Over Excited]]" and "[[Me and the Farmer]]". A third single from the album, "[[Build (song)|Build]]", was released in November; a Peel Session from the same month provided a recording used for their last single "[[There Is Always Something There to Remind Me]]" in 1988. A farewell compilation album, ''[[Now That's What I Call Quite Good]]'' was released later that year.
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 The band split in 1988, but the members have remained in contact and have worked on each other's projects. Norman Cook has enjoyed significant success with [[Beats International]] and then as [[Fatboy Slim]], while Heaton, Hemingway and roadie [[Sean Welch]] formed [[the Beautiful South]]. In August 2009, ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'' magazine arranged for The Housemartins' original members to get together for a photo-shoot and interview, for the first time in many years, but in the interview all the members maintained that the band would not re-form.
-In December 2009, Cullimore co-wrote songs for (and appeared in) a pre-school music series called ''[[The Bopps]]'', which first showed on [[Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland)|Nick Jr.]] in the UK in April 2010. Cullimore and Whitaker joined Heaton on stage during a show by Heaton and [[Jacqui Abbott]] in 2014 at Hull's [[The New Adelphi Club]], on the stage where the band had signed their Go-Discs record contract, although it was not a Housemartins reunion. The trio performed the Housemartins hit "Me and the Farmer", and Cullimore and Heaton closed the show with a performance of "Caravan of Love".<ref>{{cite news |last=Longhorn |first=Danny |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Housemartins-reunite-Adelphi-Caravan-Love-Paul/story-23049884-detail/story.html |title=Housemartins reunite for Adelphi Caravan of Love as Paul Heaton joined on stage by Stan Cullimore and Hugh Whitaker |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010043514/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Housemartins-reunite-Adelphi-Caravan-Love-Paul/story-23049884-detail/story.html |archive-date=10 October 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
+In December 2009, Cullimore co-wrote songs for (and appeared in) a pre-school music series called ''[[The Bopps]]'', which first showed on [[Nick Jr. (UK & Ireland)|Nick Jr.]] in the UK in April 2010. Cullimore and Whitaker joined Heaton on stage during a show by Heaton and [[Jacqui Abbott]] in 2014 at Hull's [[The New Adelphi Club]], on the stage where the band had signed their Go-Discs record contract, although it was not a Housemartins reunion. The trio performed the Housemartins hit "Me and the Farmer", and Cullimore and Heaton closed the show with a performance of "Caravan of Love".<ref>{{cite news |last=Longhorn |first=Danny |url=http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Housemartins-reunite-Adelphi-Caravan-Love-Paul/story-23049884-detail/story.html |title=Housemartins reunite for Adelphi Caravan of Love as Paul Heaton joined on stage by Stan Cullimore and Hugh Whitaker |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |date=6 October 2014 |access-date=4 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010043514/http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Housemartins-reunite-Adelphi-Caravan-Love-Paul/story-23049884-detail/story.html |archive-date=10 October 2014 }}</ref>
 ==Musical style and lyrics==
-The band's early releases saw them described as [[jangle pop]], which brought comparisons with bands such as [[the Smiths]] and [[Aztec Camera]].<ref name="Cooper">Cooper, Kim & Smay, David (2004) ''Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed'', Routledge, {{ISBN|978-0415969987}}</ref><ref name="Fletcher">Fletcher, Tony (2012) ''A Light that Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths'', William Heinemann Ltd, {{ISBN|978-0434022182}}, p. 548</ref> [[David Quantick]], writing for ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', described them in 1986 as playing "traditional '60s-style guitar pop overlaid with soul vocals".<ref name="Quantick">Quantick, David (1986) "[https://books.google.com/books?id=FL-rqqrDxb8C&dq=%22the+housemartins%22&pg=PA16 Blinded by Gospel]", ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', December 1986, p. 16. Retrieved 15 July 2013</ref> Cook described the band as "religious, but not Christians", and the band's repertoire included gospel songs.<ref name="Cooper" /><ref name="Quantick" />
+The band's early releases saw them described as [[jangle pop]], which brought comparisons with bands such as [[the Smiths]] and [[Aztec Camera]].<ref name="Cooper">{{cite book|last=Cooper |first=Kim |last2=Smay|first2= David |year=2004 |title=Lost in the Grooves: Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed |publisher=Routledge  |isbn=978-0415969987}}</ref><ref name="Fletcher">{{cite book|last=Fletcher |first=Tony |year=2012 |title=A Light that Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths |publisher=William Heinemann Ltd |isbn=978-0434022182 |page=548}}</ref> [[David Quantick]], writing for ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'', described them in 1986 as playing "traditional '60s-style guitar pop overlaid with soul vocals".<ref name="Quantick">{{cite magazine|last=Quantick |first=David |title= Blinded by Gospel |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date= December 1986 |page= [https://books.google.com/books?id=FL-rqqrDxb8C&dq=%22the+housemartins%22&pg=PA16 16] <!--|accessdate= 15 July 2013-->}}</ref> Cook described the band as "religious, but not Christians", and the band's repertoire included gospel songs.<ref name="Cooper" /><ref name="Quantick" />
-Many of the band's lyrics have [[socialism|socialist]] themes, with Cook stating that "Paul realised that he hated writing about love...and that writing politically came easier to him", describing some of their songs as "angrily political".<ref name="Quantick" /><ref name="Lamie">Lamie, Maria "The Housemartins" in Buckley, Peter (ed.) (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', Rough Guides, {{ISBN|978-1843531050}}, pp. 509–510</ref>
+Many of the band's lyrics have [[socialism|socialist]] themes, with Cook stating that "Paul realised that he hated writing about love...and that writing politically came easier to him", describing some of their songs as "angrily political".<ref name="Quantick" /><ref name="Lamie">{{cite book|last=Lamie |first=Maria |title=The Housemartins |editor-last=Buckley |editor-first=Peter  |year=2003 |work=The Rough Guide to Rock |series=Rough Guides |isbn=978-1843531050 |pages= 509–510}}</ref>
 ==Band Members==
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 * [[Stan Cullimore]] - Guitar, Vocals (1983 - 1988)
 * [[Fatboy Slim|Norman Cook]] - Bass, Vocals (1985 - 1988)
-* [[Dave Hemingway]] - Drums, Vocals (1987 - 1988)
+* [[Dave Hemingway]] – Drums, Vocals (1987–1988)
 ===Former Members===
-* [[Ted Key (musician)|Ted Key]] - Bass, Vocals (1984 - 1985)
+* [[Ted Key (musician)|Ted Key]] – Bass, Vocals (1984–1985)
-* Justin Patrick - Drums (1985)
+* Justin Patrick – Drums (1985)
-* Chris Lang - Drums (1985)
+* Chris Lang – Drums (1985)
-* Roger "Dodger" Wilde - Drums (1985)
+* Roger "Dodger" Wilde – Drums (1985)
-* [[Hugh Whitaker]] - Drums (1985 - 1987)
+* [[Hugh Whitaker]] – Drums (1985–1987)
 ==Discography==
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-!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[UK Album Chart|UK]]<br><ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23094/housemartins/|title=Official Charts > Housemartins|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref>
+!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[UK Album Chart|UK]]<br /><ref name=uk>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23094/housemartins/|title=Official Charts > Housemartins|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref>
-!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name=aus/>
+!style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br /><ref name=aus/>
 !style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|NZL]]
 !style="width:4em;font-size:75%"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]
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-| style="text-align:center;"| 124 <ref name="stephenthomaserlewine">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-housemartins-mn0000078886/awards|title=The Housemartins|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>
+| style="text-align:center;"| 124 <ref name="stephenthomaserlewine">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-housemartins-mn0000078886/awards|title=The Housemartins|first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine|work=AllMusic|access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>
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 | 1987
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-! <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref name=uk/>
+! <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br /><ref name=uk/>
-! <small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZL]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZL]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[Dutch Top 40|NLD]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DUTCH CHARTS|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Dutchcharts.nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Dutch Top 40|NLD]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DUTCH CHARTS|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Dutchcharts.nl|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[Ultratop|BEL]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAFIE THE HOUSEMARTINS|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Ultratop|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Ultratop|BEL]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=DISCOGRAFIE THE HOUSEMARTINS|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Ultratop|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER SCHWEIZER HITPARADE|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Swiss Music Charts|SWI]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER SCHWEIZER HITPARADE|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN HITPARADE|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Austriancharts.at|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN HITPARADE|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Austriancharts.at|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN SWEDISH CHARTS|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Swedishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN SWEDISH CHARTS|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Swedishcharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[VG-lista|NOR]]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NORWEGIAN CHARTS|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Norwegiancharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
+! <small>[[VG-lista|NOR]]</small><br /><ref>{{cite web|title=THE HOUSEMARTINS IN NORWEGIAN CHARTS|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Housemartins|work=Norwegiancharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2013}}</ref>
-! <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=142|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Australian chart positions pre 1989|url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=34759|website=Australian-charts.com|access-date=18 March 2014}}</ref>
+! <small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br /><ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St. Ives, New South Wales|year=1993|edition=Illustrated|page=142|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} N.B. the Kent Report chart was licensed by [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Australian chart positions pre 1989|url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=34759|website=Australian-charts.com|access-date=18 March 2014}}</ref>
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 | 1985
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 * ''The Housemartins Christmas Box Set'' (November 1986) [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] #84<ref name=uk/>
 *''[[Now That's What I Call Quite Good]]'' (April 1988) UK #8<ref name=uk/>
-*''The Best of The Housemartins'' (2004,[[Go! Discs]]/[[Mercury Records]]), released in two discs  (1 CD and 1 DVD)
+*''The Best of The Housemartins'' (2004, [[Go! Discs]]/[[Mercury Records]]), released in two discs  (1 CD and 1 DVD)
 *''[[Live at the BBC (The Housemartins album)|Live at the BBC]]'' (2006, Universal)
 *''[[Soup (The Housemartins and The Beautiful South album)|Soup]]'' (December 2007) UK # 15<ref name=uk/>
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 ==Biography==
-* ''The Housemartins: Now That's What I Call Quite Good'' by Nick Swift (1988) {{ISBN|0-7119-1517-2}}
+* {{cite book|title=The Housemartins: Now That's What I Call Quite Good |first= Nick |last=Swift |year=1988 |isbn=0-7119-1517-2}}
 ==References==

v t e The Housemartins
Norman Cook Stan Cullimore Paul Heaton Dave Hemingway Ted Key Hugh Whitaker
Studio albums	London 0 Hull 4 The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
Live albums	Live at the BBC
Compilations	Now That's What I Call Quite Good Soup Happy Hour: The Collection
Singles	"Flag Day" "Sheep" "Happy Hour" "Think for a Minute" "Caravan of Love" "Five Get Over Excited" "Me and the Farmer" "Build" "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"

v t e Paul Heaton
Discography
Albums	Fat Chance The Cross Eyed Rambler Acid Country What Have We Become? Wisdom, Laughter and Lines Crooked Calypso Manchester Calling N.K-Pop
Related	The Housemartins The Beautiful South

v t e Fatboy Slim
Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Better Living Through Chemistry You've Come a Long Way, Baby Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars Palookaville
Live albums	On the Floor at the Boutique Live on Brighton Beach Big Beach Boutique II
Soundtrack albums	Here Lies Love
Compilation albums	The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection A Break from the Norm The Greatest Hits – Why Try Harder Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim
EPs	My Game Illuminati Camber Sands The Pimp
Singles	"Everybody Needs a 303" "Going Out of My Head" "The Rockafeller Skank" "Gangster Trippin" "Praise You" "Right Here, Right Now" "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" "Demons" "Star 69" / "Weapon of Choice" "Song for Shelter/Ya Mama" "Drop the Hate" "Retox" "Talkin' bout My Baby" "Slash Dot Dash" "Wonderful Night" "The Joker" "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" "That Old Pair of Jeans" "Champion Sound" "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat"
Featured singles	"Praising You"
Video releases	The Greatest Hits – Why Make Videos
Notable remixes	"Renegade Master '98" "Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)" "I See You Baby"
Concerts	Big Beach Boutique II
Related articles	Norman Cook discography The Housemartins Beats International Pizzaman Freak Power Southern Fried Records Torrance Rises I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

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