Night Boat to Cairo

~ Recording by Madness

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
  • US1979-10-19
Sire RecordsSRK 6085
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
  • GB1979-10-19
Stiff RecordsSEEZ 17
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
  • DE1979-10-19
Stiff Records6.24174 AO
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
  • DE1979-10-19
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)207 373-270
1.1Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessNight Boat to CairoMadnessSingle
Stiff Records640 192
1.1Night Boat to Cairo3:26MadnessWork Rest & PlayMadnessEP
  • GB1980-04-30
Stiff RecordsBUY 71
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1982-04-23
Stiff RecordsHIT TV1
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)HITCD 1
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Stiff RecordsZHIT-TV1
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)HITCD 1
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)HITCD1
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)OVED 133
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDOVD133
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDOVD 133
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessDivine MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDV 2692
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:29MadnessDe Pre Historie 1980, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA (do not use this as an imprint!)261.780
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessDivine MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0777 7 86331 2 9, CDV 2692
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessDivine MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7863312, CDV 2692
1.1Night Boat to Cairo3:32MadnessNight Boat to CairoMadnessSingle
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 91077 2 2, VSCDT 1447
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessHet Museum, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)7243 8397342
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:29MadnessPlanète Ska : Le Meilleur du SkaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Déclic Communication682 387
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:29MadnessPlanete Ska: The Best of SkaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MMS (MMS Group Of Companies, Inc. Germany/the Netherlands)505047.2
1.1Nightboat to Caïro3:31MadnessGoing UndergroundVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)74321 291292
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessMade in England 2: Les Années New WaveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
MCA Music Entertainment S.A., MCA FranceMCD 32798
1.19Night Boat to Cairo3:32MadnessThe Best Ska Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD199
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessThe Heavy Heavy HitsMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDV 2862
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:32MadnessThe LotMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)MADBOX2
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
  • GB2000-05-29
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)MADCD1
1.4Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessDivine MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-06-05
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 48752 2 0, CDV 2905
2.18Night Boat to Cairo3:27MadnessYoung Guns Go for It: Heroes of the 80'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2000-09-18
BBC Music, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8 49806 2 7, VTDCD346
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:33MadnessUltimate CollectionMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-11-14
Hip‐O Records069 490 699-2
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:33MadnessUltimate CollectionMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Hip‐O Records069 490 699-2, D136847
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:32MadnessWas het nu 70, 80 of 90? File 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin Music Belgium8116182
1.14Night Boat to Cairo3:32MadnessOur House: The Best of MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2002-11-26
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)CDV2965
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-07-07
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)590901 2
2.20Nightboat to Cairo3:32MadnessOne Step Beyond: 45 Classic Ska HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-07-28
Virgin TVVTDCDX 546
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)590175 2
1.17Night Boat to Cairo3:33MadnessLes Tubes 80 introuvables, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music France (1994–2013)864 756-2
1.12Night Boat to Cairo3:33MadnessThe Best Album Tracks... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2005-05-09
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)00946 3 11258 2 9, VTDCD 714
2.17Nightboat to Cairo3:28MadnessFoute CD van Deckers en Ornelis, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ARS Entertainment (Belgium label)740950-2
1.15Night Boat to Cairo3:28MadnessThe Best of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-10-31
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
3.11Night Boat to Caïro3:29Madness100% 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)5099924311021, 5099924311120, 5099924311229, 5099924311328, 5099924311427
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2009-04-03
Union Square MusicUSM CD 016
1.23Night Boat to Cairo3:24MadnessTotal Madness: All the Greatest Hits & More!MadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-09-21
USMTV (sublabel of Union Square Music)USMTVCD001
1.23Night Boat to Cairo3:23MadnessTotal Madness: All the Greatest Hits & More!MadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-09-21
Union Square Music
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
  • DE2009-10-16
SalvoSALVOMDCD02
2.4Night Boat to Cairo3:33Madness80 was prachtig!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697488012
1.8Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessComplete MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicUSMCD016
5.6Night Boat to Cairo3:28MadnessFoute CD Box Van Q Music, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ARS Entertainment (Belgium label)5324093
4.12Night Boat to Cairo3:32Madness101 Running Songs Lap 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-09-13
Virgin TVVTDCDX 1005
1.11Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessA Guided Tour of MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-09-19
SalvoSALVOBX 408
4.12Night Boat To Cairo3:25MadnessThe Ultimate Collection: Running Songs – 100 HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal UMCULTIMBX025
1.23Night Boat to Cairo3:24MadnessTotal Madness: All the Greatest Hits & More!MadnessAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicUSMTVCD004
2.6Night Boat to Cairo3:28MadnessSka ExplosionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013-09-30
  • GB-
Rhino (reissue label)WMTV 206
2.1Night Boat to Cairo3:32MadnessThe Very Best OfMadnessAlbum + Compilation
Metro Select (sublabel of Union Square Music, METRSL cat prefix)METRSL080
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond... (35th anniversary edition)MadnessAlbum
  • GB2014-10-13
SalvoSALVOSVX034
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond… (35th anniversary)MadnessAlbum
  • GB2014-10-13
Salvo
3.9Night Boat to Cairo?:??Madness70s School Days: The Ultimate CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-01-01
  • GB2017-01-01
Universal UMCULTIM5CD008
1.5Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessFull House – The Very Best of MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-11-17
Union Square Music
1.5Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessFull House: The Very Best of MadnessMadnessAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2017-11-17
Union Square MusicUSMTVDCD018
4.19Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessDriven by the 70s: 100 Essential Driving SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2018-10-26
Universal UMCDRIVEBX003
3.1Night Boat to Cairo3:33MadnessThe Old Grey Whistle Test Cherry BombsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2018-11-09
Universal Music Catalogue (aka UMC)00600753853924, UMCOGWT02
3.21Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessNOW Yearbook Extra '80Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Now That’s What I Call Music LLP, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)CDYBENOW80
1.13Night Boat to Cairo3:34MadnessMastermix Classic Cuts 65: PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985)CC065
1.3Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessOne Step Beyond…MadnessAlbum
Rhino (reissue label)
Promotion
1.1Night Boat to Cairo3:31MadnessNight Boat to Cairo (jukebox only)MadnessSingle
Stiff RecordsBUY-JB-71

Relationships

producer:Clive Langer & Alan Winstanley
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness)
bass:Mark Bedford
drums (drum set) and percussion:Daniel Woodgate
guitar:Chris Foreman
keyboard:Mike Barson
background vocals:Chas Smash
vocals:Suggs
Lee “Kix” Thompson (Madness)
sampled by:What Evil Lurks by The Prodigy
recording of:Night Boat to Cairo

Related works

Night Boat to Cairo

writer:Mike Barson
Graham McPherson
publisher:EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
later translated versions:Nakht Shifl Ken Kayro