Living on the Ceiling is a song by Blancmange

Blancmange (band)

Blancmange are a British synthpop band who came to prominence with a string of hits in the early to mid 1980s.-Biography:Blancmange was formed in Harrow, Middlesex in 1979 by singer Neil Arthur and instrumentalists Stephen Luscombe and Laurence Stevens...

 which appeared as the fifth track on their 1982 album Happy Families

Happy Families (album)

Happy Families is the debut album by Blancmange.-Side one:# "I Can't Explain" – 4:00# "Feel Me" – 5:07# "I've Seen the Word" – 3:00# "Wasted" – 4:17# "Living on the Ceiling" – 4:11-Side two:# "Waves" – 4:07# "Kind" – 3:56...

. It was released in 1982 as the third single from the album. It was a surprise hit for the band, reaching #7 on the UK charts and #5 on the Australian Singles Chart (Kent Music Report).

Blancmange performed the song on Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops

Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

. (For broadcast on BBC radio and Top of the Pops, the track was edited to replace the lyrics "Up the bloody tree" with "Up the cuckoo tree".)

Music video

A promotional video was made to accompany the song. The video seems to be set in Cairo.

In popular culture

• During the 1980s and through the late 1990s, the main theme of "Living on the Ceiling" was used as the intro for the Arabic news program on Israel's Channel One television.
• In 1999, "Living on the Ceiling" was sampled by the German techno group Scooter
  Scooter (band)
  Scooter are a German hard dance band founded in Hamburg, who have sold over 25 million records and earned over 80 gold and platinum awards. Scooter are considered the most successful single-record German act with 23 top ten hits. The band is currently composed of members H.P. Baxxter, Rick J....
  
   on the song "Kashmir", from the album Back to the Heavyweight Jam
  Back to the Heavyweight Jam
  Back to the Heavyweight Jam is the sixth studio album by German techno band Scooter, released in 1999. It contains two singles, "Faster Harder Scooter" and "Fuck the Millennium"....
  
  .
• In the videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is a 2006 sandbox-style action video game developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North. It was published by Rockstar Games for the PlayStation Portable in late 2006 and later for the PlayStation 2 in March 2007. The game is the eighth...
  
  , "Living on the Ceiling" was used in the Flash FM radio station.
• From 2008, "Living on the Ceiling" was used in a television advertisement for Berocca
  Berocca
  Berocca is a tablet containing a combination of B group vitamins and Vitamin C. Berocca is available in the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, Uruguay, Peru, the European Union, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines,...
  
   vitamin tablets.

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
UK	7
Australia	5

Compilation appearances

• Second Helpings
  Second Helpings
  Second Helpings is a compilation of Blancmange singles, album and non album tracks.-CD: 828 043-2:# "God's Kitchen" – 2:55# "I've Seen the Word" – 3:05# "Feel Me" – 5:06# "Living on the Ceiling" – 4:01# "Waves" – 4:07...
  
   (1990)
• Heaven Knows (Blancmange album) (1992)
• Best of Blancmange
  Best of Blancmange
  The Best of Blancmange is a compilation of Blancmange singles, album and non album tracks.-CD: VSOP CD226:# "God's Kitchen" – 2:55# "I've Seen the Word" – 3:05# "Feel Me" – 5:04# "Living on the Ceiling" – 4:00# "Running Thin" – 2:21...
  
   (1996)
• The Platinum Collection
  The Platinum Collection
  -Albums:*The Platinum Collection *The Platinum Collection *The Platinum Collection *The Platinum Collection *The Platinum Collection...
  
  (2006)