There Ain't No Sanity Clause 3200079 204977775 2008-04-11T19:09:21Z Reverend X 6086715 Added cover. {{Infobox Single | Name = There Ain't No Sanity Clause | Cover = The Damned - There Ain't No Sanity Clause.jpg | Artist = [[The Damned]] | B-side = "Hit or Miss" <br/> "Looking at You (Live)" | Released = November [[1980]] | Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]] | Recorded = [[1980]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | Label = [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]] <br/> <small>CHIS 125</small> | Producer = [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]] | Last single = "[[The History Of The World Part 1]]" <br/> (1980) | This single = "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" <br/> (1980) | Next single = "[[Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (song)|Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde]]" <br/> (1981) }} '''There Ain't No Sanity Clause''' was a single by [[The Damned]]. The song was a tongue-in-cheek rock song released with an eye on the lucrative Christmas market, but failed to chart. The single was the last new material to be released by the band on [[Chiswick Records|Chiswick]]. However, [[Chiswick Records|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 (Damned)|Love Song]]" and "[[Smash It Up]]", and a remixed version of "There Ain't No Sanity Clause". The title of the song is derived from a scene in the [[Marx Brothers]]' 1935 movie ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''. Groucho Marx is attempting 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." ==Track listing== # "There Ain't No Sanity Clause" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Dadamo) # "Hit or Miss" (Scabies, Sensible, Vanian, Gray) # "Looking at You (Live)" ([[MC5]]) ==Production credits== * '''[[Record producer|Producer]]s''': ** [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]] * '''[[Musician]]s''': ** [[Dave Vanian]]: [[Singer|Vocals]] ** [[Captain Sensible]]: [[Guitar]] ** [[Rat Scabies]]: [[Drum]]s ** [[Paul Gray (musician)|Paul Gray]]: [[Bass guitar|Bass]] [[Category:1980 singles]] [[Category:The Damned songs]]