# One Step Beyond...
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{{Other uses|One Step Beyond (disambiguation){{!}}One Step Beyond}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = One Step Beyond...
| type = studio
| artist = [Madness](/source/Madness_(band))
| cover = Madness.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1979|10|19|df=yes}}[{{cite magazine |title=Releases |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |location=London |issn=0144-5804 |date=20 October 1979 |page=5}}]
| recorded = September 1979[{{cite web |url=http://www.madness.co.uk/time/1979/text.htm |title=The Madness Timeline – 1979 |publisher=Madness official website |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928002827/http://www.madness.co.uk/time/1979/text.htm |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}]
| studio =
* [Eden](/source/Eden_Studios_(recording_facility)), London
* T.W., London
| genre =
* [2 Tone](/source/2_Tone_(music_genre))
* [ska](/source/ska)[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/new-wave/the-best-new-wave-albums |title=The 50 Best New Wave Albums |magazine=[Paste](/source/Paste_(magazine)) |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=30 December 2019}}]
* [R&B](/source/Contemporary_R%26B)[{{cite magazine |title=The main pre-Christmas event, the release of a new single by Madness |magazine=[Music Week](/source/Music_Week) |location=London |issn=0265-1548 |date=15 December 1979 |page=26}}]
| single4 = [Night Boat to Cairo](/source/Night_Boat_to_Cairo)
| single4date = 21 March 1980 (from ''[Work Rest and Play](/source/Work_Rest_and_Play)'' EP)[{{cite magazine |title=Cheap Madness |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |location=London |issn=0144-5804 |date=15 March 1980 |page=4}}]
}}
}}
'''''One Step Beyond...''''' is the debut studio album by the English [ska](/source/ska) and [pop](/source/Pop_music) band [Madness](/source/Madness_(band)), released on 19 October 1979 by [Stiff Records](/source/Stiff_Records).[{{cite magazine |title=Releases |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |location=London |issn=0144-5804 |date=20 October 1979 |page=5}}] Recorded and mixed in about three weeks, the album peaked at number two and remained on the [UK Albums Chart](/source/UK_Albums_Chart) for more than a year. The album has received much critical praise. It was ranked 90th in a 2005 survey held by British television station [Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.
This was the first album produced by the team of [Clive Langer](/source/Clive_Langer) and [Alan Winstanley](/source/Alan_Winstanley), who would go on to produce more Madness albums and to work with artists including [Elvis Costello and the Attractions](/source/Elvis_Costello_and_the_Attractions), [Morrissey](/source/Morrissey), [Dexys Midnight Runners](/source/Dexys_Midnight_Runners), [They Might Be Giants](/source/They_Might_Be_Giants) and [David Bowie](/source/David_Bowie).
==Background==
The "Nutty Train" photo on the sleeve, shot by [Cameron McVey](/source/Cameron_McVey), was inspired by a photo of [Kilburn and the High Roads](/source/Kilburn_and_the_High_Roads) roadie Paul Tonkin that appeared on the back cover of the band's album ''Handsome''.[{{cite web |last=Simpson |first=Dave |title=Suggs and Mike Barson of Madness: how we made One Step Beyond |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/25/how-we-made-one-step-beyond-madness-suggs-mike-barson |work=The Guardian |date=25 November 2014}}]
The title track, released as a single, was originally written and recorded by the [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)n [ska](/source/ska) musician [Prince Buster](/source/Prince_Buster), and its "Don't watch that, watch this ..." introduction is adapted from another Prince Buster song, "The Scorcher". The track "[The Prince](/source/The_Prince_(song))" is a tribute to Buster and a re-recording of the band's debut single, originally released on the [2 Tone](/source/2_Tone_Records) label.[{{cite book |last=Edwards |first=Terry |date=2009 |title=Madness' One Step Beyond... (33 1/3) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK-x-n0GxOwC&dq=one+step+beyond+the+prince+rerecord&pg=PA67 |publisher=[Continuum](/source/Continuum_International_Publishing_Group) |isbn=978-0826429063 |page=67}}] Its [B-side](/source/B-side), "Madness", another Prince Buster song, was also re-recorded for the album. "Madness" and "Bed and Breakfast Man" were released as singles in North America through [Sire Records](/source/Sire_Records).[{{cite web |title=Madness – Discography |url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/madness/all |publisher=45cat.com |access-date=11 October 2021}}]
After the album's initial release, reissues were released in 2009 and 2014 by Union Square Music's collector's label Salvo,[{{cite web|url=http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/shop/labels.asp?label=Salvo|title=Salvo|publisher=Union Square Music |access-date=11 October 2021}}] each containing additional material such as video productions featuring the band.
==Critical reception and legacy==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/one-step-beyond-mw0000318666 |title=One Step Beyond... – Madness |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=1 September 2016 |last=Greene |first=Jo-Ann}}]
| rev2 = ''[Christgau's Record Guide](/source/Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_The_'80s)''
| rev2score = B+[{{cite book |chapter=Madness: One Step Beyond |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5398 |access-date=6 July 2016 |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=[Pantheon Books](/source/Pantheon_Books) |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X |pages=255–256}}]
| rev3 = ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite magazine |title=Madness: One Step Beyond... |magazine=[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine)) |location=London |issn=1351-0193 |issue=192 |date=November 2009 |last=Harrison |first=Ian |page=112}}]
| rev4 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite magazine |title=Madness: One Step Beyond... |magazine=[Q](/source/Q_(magazine)) |location=London |issn=0955-4955 |issue=280 |date=November 2009 |last=Moody |first=Paul |page=118}}]
| rev5 = ''[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector)''
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{cite magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/one-step-beyond |title=One Step Beyond {{!}} Madness |magazine=[Record Collector](/source/Record_Collector) |location=London |issn=0261-250X |issue=369 |date=December 2009 |access-date=1 September 2016 |last=Wilson |first=Lois |page=99}}]
| rev6 = ''[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror)''
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{cite magazine |title=Heavy Monster Music |magazine=[Record Mirror](/source/Record_Mirror) |location=London |issn=0144-5804 |date=27 October 1979 |last=Ludgate |first=Simon |page=16}}]
| rev7 = ''[The Rolling Stone Album Guide](/source/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide)''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{cite book |chapter=Madness |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=[Simon & Schuster](/source/Simon_%26_Schuster) |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/508 508]}}]
| rev8 = ''[Smash Hits](/source/Smash_Hits)''
| rev8score = 6/10[{{cite magazine |title=Albums |magazine=[Smash Hits](/source/Smash_Hits) |location=Peterborough |issn=0260-3004 |volume=1 |issue=25 |date=15–28 November 1979 |last=Starr |first=Red |page=31}}]
| rev9 = ''[Sounds](/source/Sounds_(magazine))''
| rev9score = {{Rating|5|5}}[{{cite magazine |title=Chipmunks are go |magazine=[Sounds](/source/Sounds_(magazine)) |location=London |issn=0144-5774 |date=27 October 1979 |last=Bushell |first=Garry |author-link=Garry Bushell |page=38}}]
| rev10 = ''[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine))''
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{cite magazine |title=Madness: One Step Beyond... |magazine=[Uncut](/source/Uncut_(magazine)) |location=London |issn=1368-0722 |issue=151 |date=December 2009 |last=McKay |first=Alastair |page=103}}]
}}
In ''[Sounds](/source/Sounds_(magazine))'', [Garry Bushell](/source/Garry_Bushell) praised ''One Step Beyond...'' as "an intensely enjoyable album, a disc of many moods", writing that "Madness manage to add a [Billy Bentley](/source/Kilburn_and_the_High_Roads) [cockney](/source/cockney) stamp to their very own brand of [reggae](/source/reggae) crossed with sax embroidered, happy fairground nuttiness and it works surprisingly well."[{{cite magazine |title=Blue Feat |magazine=[NME](/source/NME) |location=London |issn=0028-6362 |date=27 October 1979 |last=Pearson |first=Deanne |page=47}}]
''One Step Beyond...'', along with the Specials' [self-titled debut](/source/The_Specials_(album))—released on the same day in October 1979—played an important part in popularising [2 tone](/source/2_Tone_(music_genre)) music in the UK. The albums were also a great influence on other bands of the genre.
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| title1 =[One Step Beyond](/source/One_Step_Beyond_(song))
| writer1 = [Cecil Campbell](/source/Prince_Buster)
| length1 = 2:18
| title2 = [My Girl](/source/My_Girl_(Madness_song))
| writer2 = [Mike Barson](/source/Mike_Barson)
| length2 = 2:44
| title3 = [Night Boat to Cairo](/source/Night_Boat_to_Cairo)
| writer3 = {{flatlist|
*[Graham McPherson](/source/Graham_McPherson)
*Barson
}}
| length3 = 3:31
| title4 = Believe Me
| writer4 = {{flatlist|
*John Hasler
*Barson
}}
| length4 = 2:28
| title5 = Land of Hope & Glory
| writer5 = [Lee Thompson](/source/Lee_Thompson_(saxophonist))
| length5 = 2:57
| title6 = [The Prince](/source/The_Prince_(song))
| writer6 = Thompson
| length6 = 3:18
| title7 = Tarzan's Nuts
| writer7 = {{flatlist|
*[Chas Smash](/source/Chas_Smash)
*Barson
*Sydney Lee
}}
| length7 = 2:24
}}
{{tracklist
| headline= Side two
| title8 = In the Middle of the Night
| writer8 = {{flatlist|
*[Chris Foreman](/source/Chris_Foreman)
*McPherson
}}
| length8 = 3:01
| title9 = Bed and Breakfast Man
| writer9 = Barson
| length9 = 2:33
| title10 = Razor Blade Alley
| writer10 = Thompson
| length10 = 2:42
| title11 = [Swan Lake](/source/Swan_Lake)
| writer11 = {{flat list|
* [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky)
* arranged by Barson
}}
| length11 = 2:36
| title12 = Rockin' in A♭
| writer12 = Willy "Wurlitzer" Smith
| length12 = 2:29
| title13 = Mummy's Boy
| writer13 = [Mark Bedford](/source/Mark_Bedford)
| length13 = 2:23
| title14 = Madness
| writer14 = Campbell
| length14 = 2:38
| title15 = Chipmunks Are Go!
| writer15 = {{flatlist|
*Brendan Smyth
*Smash
}}
|length15 = 0:51
}}
===Extra material===
The 2009 reissue also includes the music videos for "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "My Girl", "Night Boat to Cairo" and "Bed and Breakfast Man". The first four of these were also included on the version of ''One Step Beyond...'' issued as part of the [box set](/source/box_set) ''The Lot''.
The bonus disc contains B-sides as well as all three songs previously only released on the ''[Work Rest and Play](/source/Work_Rest_and_Play)'' [EP](/source/Extended_play) in April 1980.
A 35th-anniversary edition was released in 2014. It includes 14 of 20 tracks from a 1979 rehearsal tape entitled "Fab Toones" and a DVD featuring videos, ''[Top of the Pops](/source/Top_of_the_Pops)'' and ''[Old Grey Whistle Test](/source/Old_Grey_Whistle_Test)'' appearances and a [BBC](/source/BBC) documentary.[{{cite web|url=https://www.shieldsgazette.com/whats-on/music/album-review-madness-one-step-beyond-35th-anniversary-edition-1-6897462|title=ALBUM REVIEW: Madness – One Step Beyond (35th Anniversary Edition)|website=shieldsgazette.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
===2009 reissue===
;Disc 1
;The original album
*The first disc contains the fifteen tracks from the original album plus five promo videos.
;The promo videos:
{{track listing
| headline =
| title1 = The Prince
| title2 = One Step Beyond...
| title3 = Bed and Breakfast Man
| title4 = My Girl
| title5 = Night Boat to Cairo
}}
;Disc 2
;The John Peel Session
{{track listing
| headline =
| title1 = The Prince
| writer1 = Thompson
| length1 = 2:31
| title2 = Bed and Breakfast Man
| writer2 = Barson
| length2 = 3:24
| title3 = Land of Hope & Glory
| writer3 = Thompson
| length3 = 2:42
| title4 = Stepping into Line
| writer4 = {{flat list|
* Hasler
* McPherson
* Foreman
}}
| length4 = 2:38
}}
;The bonus tracks
{{track listing
| headline =
| title5 = One Step Beyond
| note5 = 7" single version
| writer5 = Campbell
| length5 = 2:17
| title6 = My Girl
| note6 = demo version with Mike Barson on vocals
| writer6 = Barson
| length6 = 2:58
| title7 = Mistakes
| note7 = B-side of "One Step Beyond"
| writer7 = {{flat list|
* Hasler
* Barson
}}
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = Un Paso Adelante
| note8 = "One Step Beyond" Spanish version
| writer8 = Campbell
| length8 = 2:33
| title9 = Nutty Theme
| note9 = B-side of "One Step Beyond" 12"
| writer9 = {{flat list|
* Thompson
* McPherson
}}
| length9 = 2:10
| title10 = My Girl
| note10 = ballad version) (from ''[Flexipop](/source/Flexipop)'' [flexi disc](/source/flexi_disc)
| writer10 = Barson
| length10 = 2:28
| title11 = Stepping into Line
| note11 = B-side of "My Girl"
| writer11 = {{flat list|
* Hasler
* McPherson
* Foreman
}}
| length11 = 2:15
| title12 = Un Passo Avanti
| note12 = "One Step Beyond" Italian version
| writer12 = Campbell
| length12 = 2:22
| title13 = Deceives the Eye
| note13 = ''[Work Rest and Play](/source/Work_Rest_and_Play)'' EP
| writer13 = {{flat list|
* Bedford
* Foreman
}}
| length13 = 2:00
| title14 = The Young and the Old
| note14 = ''Work Rest and Play'' EP
| writer14 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Barson
}}
| length14 = 2:04
| title15 = Don't Quote Me on That
| note15 = ''Work Rest and Play'' EP
| writer15 = {{flat list|
* Smyth
* Barson
* Foreman
* McPherson
* Bedford
* Thompson
* Woodgate
}}
| length15 = 4:31
| title16 = Razor Blade Alley
| note16 = ''[Dance Craze](/source/Dance_Craze)'' live version
| writer16 = Thompson
| length16 = 2:35
| title17 = Night Boat to Cairo
| note17 = ''Dance Craze'' live version
| writer17 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Barson
}}
| length17 = 3:12
| title18 = One Step Beyond
| note18 = ''Dance Craze'' live version
| writer18 = Campbell
| length18 = 2:53
}}
;Notes
*Tracks 1–4 recorded 14 August 1979 at [BBC](/source/BBC)'s [Maida Vale Studios](/source/Maida_Vale_Studios).
*Track 6 recorded at [Pathway Studios](/source/Pathway_Studios) during sessions for [2 Tone](/source/2_Tone_Records) single "The Prince".
===2014 reissue===
;Original album
*Contains the fifteen tracks from the original album plus fourteen bonus tracks.
;'Fab Toones!' rehearsal tape, 1979
{{track listing
| headline =
| title16 = Nutty Sounds
| writer16 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Thompson
* Bedford
* Foreman
}}
| length16 = 3:13
| title17 = Mistakes
| writer17 = {{flat list|
* Hasler
* Barson
}}
| length17 = 2:53
| title18 = Sunshine Voice
| writer18 = {{flat list|
* Hasler
* Barson
}}
| length18 = 3:32
| title19 = My Girl
| writer19 = Barson
| length19 = 2:50
| title20 = Memories
| writer20 = Foreman
| length20 = 2:31
| title21 = Believe Me
| writer21 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Barson
}}
| length21 = 2:39
| title22 = Lost My Head
| writer22 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Barson
}}
| length22 = 2:24
| title23 = Razorblade Alley
| writer23 = Thompson
| length23 = 2:33
| title24 = Land of Hope & Glory
| writer24 = Thompson
| length24 = 2:47
| title25 = Mummy's Boy
| writer25 = Bedford
| length25 = 2:21
| title26 = In the Middle of the Night
| writer26 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Foreman
}}
| length26 = 2:51
| title27 = You Said
| writer27 = {{flat list|
* McPherson
* Barson
}}
| length27 = 2:21
| title28 = Stepping into Line
| writer28 = {{flat list|
* Hasler
* McPherson
* Foreman
}}
| length28 = 2:29
| title29 = Bed and Breakfast Man
| writer29 = Barson
| length29 = 4:15
}}
*All bonus tracks are previously unreleased and recorded in [mono](/source/Monaural) on a portable [cassette recorder](/source/Cassette_deck) on 28 April 1979.
*The remaining six tracks from "Fab Toones!" were not included on the CD due to space constraints. However, these tracks were available as downloads.
;Downloads
{{track listing
| headline =
| title30 = Madness
| writer30 = Campbell
| length30 = 2:20
| title31 = My Mates
| writer31 = {{flat list|
* Bedford
* Barson
}}
| length31 = 2:40
| title32 = [Shop Around](/source/Shop_Around)
| writer32 = {{flat list|
* [Smokey Robinson](/source/Smokey_Robinson)
* [Berry Gordy](/source/Berry_Gordy)
}}
| length32 = 3:01
| title33 = [There's Always Something There to Remind Me](/source/There's_Always_Something_There_to_Remind_Me)
| writer33 = {{flat list|
* [Burt Bacharach](/source/Burt_Bacharach)
* [Hal David](/source/Hal_David)
}}
| length33 = 4:05
| title34 = Swan Lake
| writer34 = {{flat list|
* Tchaikovsky
* arranged by Barson
}}
| length34 = 2:49
| title35 = Rockin' in A♭
| writer35 = Wurlitzer
| length35 = 2:09
}}
==Singles==
* "The Prince" b/w "Madness" (2-Tone single version), August 1979
* "One Step Beyond" (single mix) b/w "Mistakes" on the 7" single, "One Step Beyond" (12" Mix) b/w "Mistakes", "Nutty Theme" on the 12" single, October 1979
* "My Girl" b/w "Stepping into Line" (plus "In the Rain" as an extra track on the UK 12" single), December 1979
* ''Work Rest and Play'' EP ("Night Boat to Cairo", "Deceives the Eye", "The Young and the Old" and "Don't Quote Me on That"), March 1980
* "Madness" b/w "Mistakes", US, March 1980
* "Bed and Breakfast Man" b/w "Night Boat to Cairo", Canada, April 1980
* "Tarzan's Nuts" b/w "Night Boat to Cairo" (Stiff 4338), The Netherlands, May 1980
* "Don't Quote Me on That" (4:08 Mix) b/w "Swan Lake", 1980
== Music videos ==
Five promotional music videos were filmed to promote the singles during the album's release. All of these, with the exception of "The Prince" (which was in fact a ''[Top of the Pops](/source/Top_of_the_Pops)'' performance only released in the UK and used the single version for the video) were in rotation on [MTV](/source/MTV) during its first few years. Some of these promo videos were also featured in other music TV outlets, such as ''Top of the Pops''. However, in 2022 Madness released two new videos for the album versions of "The Prince" and "Madness", with footage taken from the 1981 Madness' documentary movie ''[Take It or Leave It](/source/Take_It_or_Leave_It_(1981_film))''.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Video
!Director
|-
|rowspan="4"|1979
|"The Prince" (single version & ''Top of the Pops'' performance clip)
|Unknown
|-
|"One Step Beyond"
|rowspan="2"|[Dave Robinson](/source/Dave_Robinson_(music_executive))
|-
|"Bed and Breakfast Man"
|-
|"My Girl"
|Unknown
|-
|1980
|"Night Boat to Cairo"
|Unknown
|-
|rowspan="2"|2022
|""The Prince" (album version)
|rowspan="2"|Dave Robinson
|-
|"Madness"
|}
==Personnel==
* [Graham "Suggs" McPherson](/source/Suggs_(singer)) – lead vocals
* [Mike Barson](/source/Mike_Barson) – keyboards
* [Chris Foreman](/source/Chris_Foreman) – guitars
* [Mark Bedford](/source/Mark_Bedford) – bass
* [Lee Thompson](/source/Lee_Thompson_(saxophonist)) – saxophones, backing vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5 and 10
* [Dan Woodgate](/source/Dan_Woodgate) – drums, percussion
'''Additional personnel'''
* [Cathal "Chas Smash" Smyth](/source/Chas_Smash) – backing vocals, "various shouts and fancy footwork", lead vocals on tracks 1 and 15
:NOTE: Smyth was not an official member of the band at the time of the album's recording or release. He would formally join Madness only a few weeks after ''One Step Beyond...'' was issued in October 1979.
* John Hasler – minder
'''Technical'''
* [Clive Langer](/source/Clive_Langer) – producer
* [Alan Winstanley](/source/Alan_Winstanley) – producer
* [Stiff Records](/source/Stiff_Records) – cover artwork
* Julian Balme – cover artwork
* Eddie King – cover artwork
* [Cameron McVey](/source/Cameron_McVey) – front cover and band photography
* Chris Gabrin – back cover photography
'''2009 reissue'''
* Tim Turan – remastering
* [Bob Sargeant](/source/Bob_Sargeant) – producer on [John Peel](/source/John_Peel) sessions
* Malcolm Brown – engineer on John Peel sessions
* Bob Jones – engineer on John Peel sessions
* Madness – producer on bonus tracks 6 and 10
* Martin "Cally" Callomon – design, art direction
* Kerstin Rodgers – photography
* [Irvine Welsh](/source/Irvine_Welsh) – liner notes
'''2014 reissue'''
* Tim Turan – remastering
* Stevie Chick – liner notes
==Chart performance==
===Original album===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1979)
!Peak
position
!Total
weeks
|-
|align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart[{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.austriancharts.at/ |title=Austria Top 40 – Hitparade Österreich |publisher=austriancharts.at |access-date=7 January 2012}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|11
| style="text-align:center;"|10
|-
|Finnish Albums Chart[{{cite book |last=Nyman |first=Jake |title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja |publisher=Tammi |year=2005 |isbn=951-31-2503-3 |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |page=178|language=fi}}]
|style="text-align:center;"|23
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart[[http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Madness&titel=One+Step+Beyond%2E%2E%2E&cat=a ''One Step Beyond ...'' at ''Dutch Charts''] Retrieved 18 June 2013]
| style="text-align:center;"|22
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
|align="left"|German Albums Chart[{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Madness&title=One+Step+Beyond%2E%2E%2E&cat=a&country=de |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140707094550/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Madness&title=One+Step+Beyond...&cat=a&country=de |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 July 2014 |title=Media Control Charts |publisher=charts.de |access-date=18 September 2013}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand Albums Chart[{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=https://charts.nz/ |title=New Zealand charts portal |publisher=charts.nz |access-date=7 January 2012 }}]
| style="text-align:center;"|27
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
|align="left"|Norwegian Albums Chart[{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.norwegiancharts.com/ |title=Norwegian charts portal |publisher=norwegiancharts.com |date=15 June 2006 |access-date=7 January 2012}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|24
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart[{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://www.swedishcharts.com/ |title=Swedish Charts Portal |publisher=swedishcharts.com |access-date=7 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172051/http://www.swedishcharts.com/ |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}]
| style="text-align:center;"|12
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart[{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/ |title=UK Singles & Albums Official Charts Company |publisher=[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company) |access-date=7 January 2012 }}]
| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|78
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 200[{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/ |title=AllMusic |publisher=AllMusic |date=2 January 2012 |access-date=7 January 2012}}]
| style="text-align:center;"|128
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak
position
|-
! scope="row"| Greek Albums ([IFPI](/source/IFPI_Greece))[{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|title=Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 11/2025|publisher=[IFPI Greece](/source/IFPI_Greece)|access-date=19 March 2025|lang=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319080845/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html|archive-date=19 March 2025|url-status=dead}}]
| 76
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===30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (2009)
!Peak
position
!Total
weeks
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart[[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/madness/ ''Madness'' at ''Official Charts Company''] Retrieved 21 June 2013]
| style="text-align:center;"|67
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" | Chart (1980)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1980|publisher=[GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts)|language=de|access-date=3 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021191905/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1980|archive-date=21 October 2021}}]
| 46
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Single
!Chart
!Position