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Norman Cook has hand signed this copy of The Housemartins “Five Get Over Excited” 12″ single on the front cover in black ink.
Five Get Over Excited is a song by The Housemartins released as a single from their album The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. The followup to their #1 UK hit “Caravan of Love” (although it was preceded by the US-only release of “Flag Day”), it peaked at #11 on the UK Singles Chart in June 1987. Although it was the first single without drummer Hugh Whitaker, who left the band before this song and album was recorded, Whitaker appears in the music video for the track, where he is kidnapped by new drummer Dave Hemingway.
The Housemartins were an English Alternative rock band that was active in the 1980s. Many of the Housemartins’ lyrics were a mixture of Marxistpolitics and Christianity, reflecting singer Paul Heaton’s beliefs at the time (the back cover of London 0 Hull 4 contained the message, “Take Jesus – Take Marx – Take Hope”).