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Caron Wheeler ( born 19 January 1963 ) is a British singer , songwriter , ___MASK42___ producer and musician . Born and raised in London , she performed in various singing competitions as a teenager and began her recording career as one of the founding members of Brown Sugar . She was also one of the founding member of the female backing vocalist group Afrodiziak . She officially rose to fame in the late 1980s as lead singer of R & B group Soul II Soul . Managed by her fellow bandmate , Jazzie B , the group became one of the London ' s best - selling groups of all time . Their debut ___MASK75___ , " Club Classics Vol . One " ( 1989 ), which established them as a global success worldwide , earned two Grammy Awards and featured the UK and Billboard number - one singles " Keep on Movin '" and " Back to Life ( However Do You Want Me )". Mad Not Mad is the sixth ___MASK31___ by the ___MASK23___ ska / ___MASK85___ band Madness . It was originally released in September 1985 , and was their first official release on their own label ___MASK72___ , which was a sub - label of Virgin Records . The album was recorded over a period of two months in 1985 , at Westside Studios in London , and at Air studios also in London . The album is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother , more adult - oriented sound of the band ' s later work . It features three prolific guest backing vocalists , including the female duo Afrodiziak ( composed of Caron Wheeler and Claudia Fontaine ), and Jimmy Helms . The album is notably the band ' s only album not to feature their keyboardist and founding member Mike Barson , who had left the group the previous year to spend more time with his now ex - wife Sandra in Amsterdam , Netherlands . Barson ' s keyboard parts were filled by synthesizers and Steve Nieve joined the band to take his place . Two years after the album Madness disbanded , but Barson did join them for the recording of their one - off single , "( Waiting For ) The Ghost Train ". The album was their last recording of original material until they officially reformed in 1992 . The album peaked at No . 16 in the UK charts , and achieved silver status from the BPI . However , the album remains the band ' s poorest selling ___MASK31___ to date . It featured the songs " Yesterday ' s Men ", " Uncle Sam ", and " Sweetest Girl " which were all released as singles , with corresponding music videos . The three singles that were released all reached the Top 40 in the UK charts , however the latter two failed to make the Top 20 , which was a first for any Madness single . The aforementioned " Sweetest Girl " was a cover version of a song by the British post - punk / new wave band Scritti Politti . Afrodiziak was a British singing group composed of Caron Wheeler , Claudia Fontaine , and later Naomi Thompson , that was active in the 1980s . As a duo , Wheeler and Fontaine were best known for performing backing vocals on The Jam ' s final single " Beat Surrender " in ___MASK40___ ( with whom they also performed on their final tour ) and Elvis Costello ' s 1983 album " Punch the Clock ", especially its single , the international hit " Everyday I Write the Book ". After the addition of a third member , Naomi Thompson , they went on to sing for acts such as Heaven 17 and Howard Jones . Afrodiziak performed backing vocals on the hit single Free Nelson Mandela , including the a cappella intro , staging it at The Tube ( Channel4 ) in March 1984 . Heaven 17 ' s 1984 album , " How Men Are ", featured them prominently , especially on the singles " Sunset Now " and " And That ' s No Lie ". In 1984 and 1985 they performed on Madness ' s albums " Keep Moving " and " Mad Not Mad " respectively , also appearing in the video for the Madness single " Sweetest Girl " . Also in 1985 , they performed backing vocals on the first two songs on Howard Jones ' second album , " Dream Into Action ", both of which (" Things Can Only Get Better " and " Life in One Day ") became worldwide hit singles ; later that year , they went on tour as part of Jones ' band . Other acts the group sang backup for include ___MASK86___ , Ian Gillan , Aztec Camera , Maxi Priest , Aswad , Sam Brown , and Julia Fordham . Besides " The Tube ", Afrodiziak also appeared on " Top of the Pops ", " The Old Grey Whistle Test ", " Solid Gold ", and " American Bandstand ". They performed live at the Montreux Jazz ___MASK83___ , Live Aid ___MASK86___ , Red Nose Day of Charity , and the first Free Nelson Mandela Concert . "( Waiting For ) The Ghost - Train " is a single by Madness . Released in 1986 shortly after the band announced it was to split , it was their last single prior to getting back together in 1992 . It spent nine weeks in the UK charts , peaking at number 18 . Although not on a ___MASK31___ , it was on the band ' s second singles compilation ___MASK75___ , " Utter Madness ". Post - punk ( originally " new musick ") is a broad type of ___MASK10___ that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s , in which artists departed from punk rock ' s raw , accessible style to pursue a variety of avant - garde sensibilities . Attempting to break from rock tradition , post - punk artists experimented with sources such as electronic music , black dance music and the avant - garde , as well as novel recording technology and production techniques . The movement also saw the frequent intersection of music with art and politics , as artists incorporated ideas from sources such as modernist literature , critical theory , cinema , and performance art . Accompanying these musical developments were communities that produced independent record labels , visual art , multimedia performances and fanzines in conjunction with the music . Claudia Fontaine ( born 26 August 1960 ) is an ___MASK23___ backing vocalist from Bethnal Green , London , England . She has sung with artists such as Betty Boo , Dusty Springfield , Claudia Brücken , Julia Fordham , Marilyn , and the bands Pink Floyd and The Beatmasters . She is also a recurring vocalist for Incognito . Mike Barson ( born 21 April 1958 ) is a Scottish - born ___MASK23___ multi - instrumentalist , songwriter , and composer . In a career spanning nearly 40 years , Barson came to prominence in the late 1970s as the keyboardist for the band Madness . The Official Charts Company ( previously known as the Chart Information Network ( CIN ) The Official UK Charts Company and also referred to Official Charts ) is a British inter - professional organisation that compiles various " official " ___MASK42___ charts in the ___MASK20___ , including the UK Singles Chart , the UK Albums Chart , the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart , as well as genre - specific and music video charts . The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Millward Brown , and claims to cover 99 % of the singles market and 95 % of the album market , and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week . The ___MASK89___ ( currently entitled Official Singles Chart ) is compiled by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ), on behalf of the British ___MASK42___ industry , listing the top - selling singles in the ___MASK20___ , based upon physical sales , paid - for downloads and streaming . To be eligible for the chart , a single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company ( OCC ) as either a ' single bundle ' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one ___MASK90___ audio track not longer than 15 minutes with a minimum sale price of 40 pence . The rules have changed many times as technology has developed , the most notable being the inclusion of ___MASK90___ downloads in 2005 and streaming in 2014 . The ___MASK20___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK20___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western ___MASK43___ . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in ___MASK43___ . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the ___MASK29___ . ___MASK72___ was a record label and sub - label of Virgin Records . Ska ( Jamaican ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and was the precursor to rocksteady and ___MASK92___ . Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues . It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the off - beat . Ska developed in Jamaica in the 1960s when Prince Buster , Clement " Coxsone " Dodd , and Duke Reid formed sound systems to play American rhythm & blues and then began recording their own songs . Some suggest ska dates to earlier times , however . In the early 1960s , ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods . Later it became popular with many skinheads . ___MASK69___ is a major record ___MASK35___ first founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson , Simon Draper , Nik Powell and musician Tom Newman in 1972 . The company grew to be a worldwide phenomenon over time with the success of its platinum performers such as Janet Jackson , Roy Orbison , Devo , Genesis , Keith Richards , the Human League , Culture Club , Simple Minds , Lenny Kravitz , dc Talk , the Smashing Pumpkins , Mike Oldfield , Spice Girls and more on their list of artists . It was later sold to Thorn ___MASK6___ in 1992 . Steve Nieve ( born Steven Nason , 19 February 1958 ) is an ___MASK23___ musician and composer . In a career spanning more than 30 years , Nieve has been a member of Elvis Costello and the Attractions , the Imposters and Madness . He has also experienced success as a prolific session musician , featured on a wide array of other artists ' recordings . `` Yesterday ' s Men '' is a single by British band Madness from their 1985 ___MASK75___ Mad Not Mad . The song spent 7 weeks on the UK Singles Chart peaking at number 18 . The song was edited for release as a single , the ___MASK75___ version being some thirty seconds longer .