Cardiac Arrest (Madness song)

"Cardiac Arrest"
Single by Madness
from the album 7
B-side"In the City"
Released12 February 1982 (1982-02-12)
Recorded1981
Genre
Length2:58
LabelStiff
ComposerChris Foreman
LyricistCarl Smyth
Producers
Madness singles chronology
"It Must Be Love"
(1981)
"Cardiac Arrest"
(1982)
"House of Fun"
(1982)
Music video
"Cardiac Arrest" on YouTube

"Cardiac Arrest" is a song by the English ska band Madness from their third studio album 7 (1981) and other compilation album called Complete Madness (1982). It spent 10 weeks in UK charts peaking at number 14. The song also spent 6 weeks in the Irish Singles Charts, peaking at number 4.

In the Netherlands the single was released as a double A-side, and peaked at number 15 in the Dutch Top 40. In the US, "Cardiac Arrest" was released on the compilation album Madness and the B-side of their "Our House" single.