One Step Beyond A tune written by Jamaican ska singer Prince Buster as a B-side for his single "Al Capone". It was made famous by Madness who covered it for their debut 1979 album - One Step Beyond..., also named after the song. Although Buster's version was mostly instrumental except for the song title shouted for a few times, the Madness version features a spoken intro by Chas Smash, the spoken line "Don't watch that, watch this", in the intro is from another Prince Buster song, "The Scorcher"

70's... "One Step Beyond" : célèbre reprise d'un titre ska initialement composé et enregistré par Prince Buster... C'était en 1979. #Madness | Nostalgies 60'-70'-80'

On this date in 1979, MADNESS released their second single ONE STEP BEYOND, a reworking of Prince Buster's 1964 B-side to "Al Capone." (Oct 26, 1979) The track would become one of their most enduring calling cards, opening virtually every live show since its inception. The recording itself came about almost by accident. "We used to play the Hawaii 5-0 theme as a novelty cover version to start our shows," Suggs told The Daily Mirror in 2009. "When we got bored we did this track instead, but the o