''Madchester Rave On'' is the second EP by

Happy Mondays Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up was Shaun Ryder (vocals), his brother Paul Ryder (bass), Gary Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Mark "Bez" Berry later joine ...

. It was released in November 1989 on

Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, the Duru ...

. The track "Hallelujah" became the band's breakthrough release, reaching the top twenty in the UK and leading to the band's first ''

Top of the Pops ''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British Record chart, music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show ...

'' appearance. Shortly afterwards, Happy Mondays released ''Madchester Rave On – The Remixes'', a three-track EP of club DJ remixes. In the US, three of the EP tracks and two of the subsequent remixes were compiled into the seven-track American EP ''

Hallelujah ''Hallelujah'' ( ; he, ''haləlū-Yāh'', meaning "praise Yah") is an interjection used as an expression of gratitude to God. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four tim ...

''.

Track listing

''Madchester Rave On E.P.'' * Limited 7"/12"/CD/Cassette #"Hallelujah" #"Holy Ghost" #"Clap Your Hands" #"Rave On" *7" # "Hallelujah (The MacColl Mix)" # "Hallelujah (In Out Mix)" ''Madchester – Rave On (Remixes)'' * CD/Cassette # "Hallelujah (Club Mix)" – Mix by

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Mas ...

and Andy Wetherall (sic - misspelled on the tape credits) # "Rave On (Club Mix)" – Mix by Paul Oakenfold and

Terry Farley Terry Farley is a British DJ, remixer and producer from London, active since the mid-1980s. Career Farley started out going to clubs in the late 1970s and first visited Ibiza in 1982. He then started working as a DJ, performing at the same clubs ...

# "Hallelujah (In Out Mix)" – Mix by

Steve Lillywhite Stephen Alan Lillywhite, (born 15 March 1955) is a British record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited on over 500 records, and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including new wave acts XTC, Bi ...

*12" # "Hallelujah (Club Mix)" # "Rave On (Club Mix)"

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Madchester Rave On E.P. 1989 EPs Happy Mondays albums Madchester Factory Records EPs UK Independent Singles Chart number-one singles