Living on the Ceiling

Name: Living on the Ceiling
Uploaded: 1982-01-01
Duration: 5 min 29 s
Description: Written by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, this synth-pop track became Blancmange's first UK Top 40 hit, peaking at number 7 and earning Silver certification for sales exceeding 200,000 copies. The BBC required the lyric "Up the bloody tree" to be edited to "Up the cuckoo tree" for radio and Top of the Pops broadcasts, though the original lyric was later left in when used as a play-out track.

Blancmange Play Mix

1982 80s

Written by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, this synth-pop track became Blancmange's first UK Top 40 hit, peaking at number 7 and earning Silver certification for sales exceeding 200,000 copies. The BBC required the lyric "Up the bloody tree" to be edited to "Up the cuckoo tree" for radio and Top of the Pops broadcasts, though the original lyric was later left in when used as a play-out track.