Madchester Rave On Explained

Madchester Rave On
Type:	EP
Artist:	Happy Mondays
Cover:	Happy Mondays Madchester Rave On EP Cover Artwork.jpg
Released:	November 1989
Genre:	House, Madchester, baggy
Label:	Factory
Producer:	Martin Hannett
Prev Title:	Bummed
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Hallelujah
Next Year:	1989

Madchester Rave On is the second EP by Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1989 on Factory Records. The track "Hallelujah" became the band's breakthrough release, reaching the top twenty in the UK and leading to the group's first Top of the Pops appearance.

Shortly afterwards, Happy Mondays released Madchester Rave On – The Remixes, a three-track EP of club DJ remixes. In the USA, three of the EP tracks and two of the subsequent remixes were compiled into the seven-track American EP Hallelujah.

Track listing

Madchester Rave On E.P.

• Limited 7"/12"/CD/Cassette

1. "Hallelujah"
2. "Holy Ghost"
3. "Clap Your Hands"
4. "Rave On"

• 7"

1. "Hallelujah (The MacColl Mix)"
2. "Hallelujah (In Out Mix)"

Madchester – Rave On (Remixes)

• CD/Cassette

1. "Hallelujah (Club Mix)" – Mix by Paul Oakenfold and Andy Wetherall (sic - misspelled on the tape credits)
2. "Rave On (Club Mix)" – Mix by Paul Oakenfold and Terry Farley
3. "Hallelujah (In Out Mix)" – Mix by Steve Lillywhite

• 12"

1. "Hallelujah (Club Mix)"
2. "Rave On (Club Mix)"

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart^[1]	19
UK Independent Singles Chart^[2]	1

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberts, David. 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited. London. 1-904994-10-5. 242–243.
2. Web site: Indie Hits "H" . Cherry Red Records . 2009-11-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010409214819/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/h.htm . 2001-04-09 .