Editing Captain Sensible (section)

{{Short description|British musician (born 1954)}}
{{For|the 1950s singer|Ray Burns (singer)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Captain Sensible
| image             = Captain Sensible of The Damned onstage 2015.jpg
| caption           = Captain Sensible performing live with [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]] at [[The Ritz (Manchester)|the Ritz]] in [[Manchester]], 2015
| landscape         = yes
| birth_name        = Raymond Ian Burns<ref>{{cite news |first= Keith |last= Valcourt |title= The Damned's Captain Sensible: 'What Is Punk?' |newspaper= [[The Washington Times]] |date= 4 May 2017 |access-date= 29 August 2020 |url= https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/4/captain-sensible-english-band-damned-tour-40th-ann/ |archive-date= 12 November 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023836/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/4/captain-sensible-english-band-damned-tour-40th-ann/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1954|4|24|df=y}}<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|title= Captain Sensible Official Site – Bio |url= http://www.captainsensible.com/bio.html |archive-date= 4 June 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140604075921/http://www.captainsensible.com/bio.html}}</ref>
| birth_place       = [[Balham]], London, England
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|bass|keyboards|vocals}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]<ref name="trains">{{cite web |title= The Damned's Captain Sensible on Why He Likes Trains |first= Luke |last= Turner |work= [[The Quietus]] |access-date= 6 January 2014 |date= 10 November 2009 |url= http://thequietus.com/articles/03195-the-damned-s-captain-sensible-on-why-he-likes-trains |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515094005/https://thequietus.com/articles/03195-the-damned-s-captain-sensible-on-why-he-likes-trains |url-status= live }}</ref>|[[New wave music|new wave]]<ref>{{cite book |first= Norman |last= Abjorensen |year= 2017 |title= Historical Dictionary of Popular Music |chapter= New wave music |pages= 367–368 |publisher= [[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn= 978-1-538-10215-2 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZyrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA367 |access-date= 21 July 2019 |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515094002/https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZyrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA367 |url-status= live }}</ref>}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| years_active      = 1976–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|Deltic|Humbug}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]|[[Dead Men Walking|the Jack Tars]]|the Sensible Gray Cells}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Johnny Moped]]|[[Dead Men Walking]]|[[Masters of the Backside]]}}
| website           = 
}}
'''Raymond Ian Burns''' (born 24 April 1954), known by the stage name '''Captain Sensible''', is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He co-founded the [[punk rock]] band [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]] in 1976, originally playing bass before switching to guitar. He is known for his distinctive appearance including a red [[beret]] and sunglasses, typically with white frames. Sensible embarked on a solo career during the 1980s, achieving a [[UK Singles Chart|UK number one hit]] with his version of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s "[[Happy Talk (song)|Happy Talk]]" (1982) and further hits with "[[Wot (song)|Wot]]" (1982) and "Glad It's All Over" (1984). In 2006, Sensible founded the [[Captain Sensible#Politics|Blah! Party]]. He continues to perform in the Damned.