Editing Captain Sensible

{{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.

==Early life==
Raymond Ian Burns was born in [[Balham]], London, on 24 April 1954.<ref name="Bio"/> He went to [[Harris Academy South Norwood|Stanley Technical School for Boys]] in [[South Norwood]], [[Croydon]]. The first musical instrument he played was a [[Bontempi]] organ. Growing up, he listened to [[Brian Auger]], [[Syd Barrett]], [[Small Faces]], [[Egg (band)|Egg]], [[Stray (band)|Stray]], [[Soft Machine]] and [[the Groundhogs]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first= Ginger |last= Coyote |title= Captain Sensible Interview |magazine= [[Punk Globe]] |access-date= 6 January 2014 |url= http://www.punkglobe.com/captainsensibleinterview209.html |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083223/http://www.punkglobe.com/captainsensibleinterview209.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

==The Damned==
Originally a member of the [[Johnny Moped]] band, Captain Sensible joined the Damned in 1976 on the suggestion of his colleague [[Rat Scabies]], the band's drummer, filling a number of positions during his tenure (including bassist, lead guitarist and keyboardist), and eventually becoming the band's main songwriter following the departure of [[Brian James (guitarist)|Brian James]].

Captain Sensible left in the 1980s to concentrate on solo projects, and studied in West Sussex but rejoined in 1996 after Scabies left, and co-wrote ''[[Grave Disorder]]'', the band's first new studio album for 8 years, in 2001. He continues to tour and record with the band.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= The Damned Return with First Album Since 2001 |magazine= [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |access-date= 6 January 2014 |url= http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-damned/the-damned-return-with-first-album-since-2001-news |archive-date= 6 January 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140106181042/http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-damned/the-damned-return-with-first-album-since-2001-news |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first= Martin |last= Kielty |title= The Damned Announce New Album, 'Evil Spirits' |website= [[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date= 23 January 2018 |access-date= 21 October 2018 |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-damned-evil-spirits/ |archive-date= 21 October 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181021232437/http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-damned-evil-spirits/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

==Solo career==
Captain Sensible's first solo release came in 1978 with the single "[[Jet Boy, Jet Girl]]", an [[Elton Motello]] cover recorded while the Damned were on hiatus.<ref name="GID">{{cite book|first= Martin Charles |last= Strong |year= 2003 |title= The Great Indie Discography |publisher= [[Canongate Books|Canongate]] |pages= 23–24 |isbn= 1-84195-335-0}}</ref> He followed this in 1981 with the ''[[This Is Your Captain Speaking (EP)|This Is Your Captain Speaking]]'' [[Extended play|EP]] on [[Crass Records]].<ref name="GID"/> He signed to [[A&M Records]] and had a UK number one hit in 1982 with a cover of "[[Happy Talk (song)|Happy Talk]]", the Rodgers and Hammerstein song from ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', featuring backing by [[Dolly Mixture (band)|Dolly Mixture]] and a band including [[Robyn Hitchcock]] on guitar.<ref name="GID"/> This was later [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] for [[British hip hop]] artist [[Dizzee Rascal]]'s 2004 song "Dream".<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Happy Rascal |magazine= [[NME]] |access-date= 6 January 2014 |url= http://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/18254 |archive-date= 26 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131226023356/http://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/18254 |url-status= live }}</ref>

Other Captain Sensible songs that became hits in the UK and Europe were "[[Wot (song)|Wot]]", "One Christmas Catalogue" and anti-[[Falklands War]] "Glad It's All Over", which was co-written and produced by [[Tony Mansfield]]. After quitting A&M Records he continued recording for various independent labels, including Deltic Records and Humbug Records. He has also toured with his solo band Punk Floyd.

Captain Sensible's recording of "The Snooker Song" from [[Mike Batt]]'s musical ''[[The Hunting of the Snark (musical)|The Hunting of the Snark]]'' was used as the theme music for the [[BBC]] gameshow ''[[Big Break]]'', and he also wrote and performed a song called "Brain's Theme" for the movie ''Skinned Deep'' in 2004.

[[File:CaptainSensible02.jpg|thumb|upright|Captain Sensible performing live in [[Abergavenny]], 1994]]
Captain Sensible is also a member of [[Dead Men Walking]], a [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] featuring [[Mike Peters (musician)|Mike Peters]], [[Kirk Brandon]] ([[Spear of Destiny (band)|Spear of Destiny]]) and [[Slim Jim Phantom]],<ref>{{cite web|title= Dead Men Walking |publisher= [[BBC Online]] |date= 5 October 2006 |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2006/10/05/louder_deadmenwalking_feature.shtml |archive-date= 10 February 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090210004937/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2006/10/05/louder_deadmenwalking_feature.shtml}}</ref> and the Sensible Gray Cells with current Damned mate [[Paul Gray (English musician)|Paul Gray]].

==Politics==
{{quote box|width=20%|align=right|quote="I always wanted to put a brick through the TV when I saw Blair pop his head up. It's quite easy to write lyrics when politicians are so corrupt. I had to start my own political party I was so angry. I called it the Blah Party. It was 50 per cent joke, 50 per cent serious but was my way of dealing with it."|source=Burns in November 2008<ref>{{cite news|title= The Damned are back |date= 28 November 2008 |newspaper= [[Derby Telegraph]] |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Damned/story-11642436-detail/story.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923223935/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Damned/story-11642436-detail/story.html |archive-date= 23 September 2015}}</ref>}}
In September 2006, Captain Sensible formed a new British political party known as the Blah! Party,<ref>{{cite web|title= The Blah! Party |url= http://www.blahparty.org/ |archive-date= 12 November 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061112110954/http://www.blahparty.org/}}</ref> saying, "We believe that voting is an important part of the democratic process, and we want the Blah! Party to be the party of protest, a channel through which the people of the U.K. can vent their dissatisfaction at nonsensical everyday things, and protest against the government and the current crop of political parties."<ref>{{cite web|title= Captain Sensible Starts Political Party |access-date= 6 January 2014 |url= http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=7346}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

The Blah! Party was largely modelled on the principle of [[direct democracy]], with suggestions being made by anyone on the party website. These suggestions would then be voted on by the membership, resulting in a "rolling [[manifesto]]."<ref>{{cite news |first= Katie |last= Campling |title= It's a load of Blah! as punk and politics mix |date= 10 August 2007 |newspaper= [[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/its-load-blah-punk-politics-5049205 |archive-date= 24 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924042102/http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/its-load-blah-punk-politics-5049205 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="apathy">{{cite news |first= Angela |last= Balakrishnan |title= Voter apathy? Here's the Sensible solution |date= 3 May 2007 |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/may/03/otherparties.musicnews |archive-date= 3 October 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141003130830/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/may/03/otherparties.musicnews |url-status= live }}</ref> The party was launched on 24 September 2006 at a conference in [[Manchester]].<ref name="argus"/> Initial policies included stopping "chav culture and the idolisation of airhead celebrities like the [[David Beckham|Beckhams]], [[Paris Hilton]] and [[Jade Goody]]", alongside more serious policies of opposing the [[Iraq War]] and [[Identity Cards Act 2006|ID cards]], instead spending money on public transport, hospitals and [[renewable energy]].<ref name="apathy"/>

The Blah! Party entered into a sponsorship deal with [[Seabrook Potato Crisps|Seabrook Crisps]] in September 2006, with the party logo and details on joining for free printed on their packets.<ref name="argus">{{cite news |first= Jenny |last= Loweth |title= Crisp firm backs the new force in politics! |newspaper= [[Telegraph & Argus]] |date= 27 September 2006 |access-date= 2 October 2007 |url= http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/941438.crisp_firm_backs_the_new_force_in_politics/ |archive-date= 8 February 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090208225330/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/941438.crisp_firm_backs_the_new_force_in_politics/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first= Melinda |last= Varley |title= Seabrook sponsors political party |website= Mad.co.uk |date= 29 September 2006 |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/Home/Articles/b0544d72cae54be1b2f0cfaf91f49c02/Seabrook-sponsors-political-party.html |archive-date= 9 March 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120309060944/http://www.mad.co.uk/Main/Home/Articles/b0544d72cae54be1b2f0cfaf91f49c02/Seabrook-sponsors-political-party.html |url-status= live }}</ref> The party also received non-financial support from PR company Propaganda. The party received £168,309 in the last quarter of 2006.<ref>{{cite news |title= Tories' donations outstrip rivals |date= 26 February 2007 |work= [[BBC News Online]] |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6396965.stm |archive-date= 28 February 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070228095620/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6396965.stm |url-status= live }}</ref> The party was debt-free in 2008, with a membership of 8,544, up from 5,000 in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title= Atticus |first= Roland |last= White |date= 1 June 2008 |newspaper= [[The Times]] |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/article4040060.ece |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515094006/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status= dead }}</ref>

The first Blah! Party candidate was Carl Finlan, who stood in the 2007 local elections in [[Thornton and Allerton]] ward, [[Bradford]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Election hopefuls line up for ballot |first= Jo |last= Winrow |date= 9 April 2007 |newspaper= Telegraph & Argus |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1316820.election_hopefuls_line_up_for_ballot/ |archive-date= 1 April 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090401052746/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1316820.election_hopefuls_line_up_for_ballot/ |url-status= live }}</ref> He gained 69 votes (1.6%).<ref>{{cite web|title= District Council Election |date= 3 May 2007 |publisher= City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |access-date= 18 February 2010 |url= http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/555182AF-258E-4C76-B9FD-04359B469AF8/0/LocalElectionResults2007.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110615103849/http://www.bradford.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/555182AF-258E-4C76-B9FD-04359B469AF8/0/LocalElectionResults2007.pdf |archive-date= 15 June 2011}}</ref> Deputy leader Melodie Staniforth stood in the Holme Valley North ward of [[Kirklees]] as 'Boney Maroney' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title= Candidates for the 01 May 2008 District Council Election by party |year= 2008 |publisher= Kirklees Council |url= http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/kmc-howcouncilworks/election/party11.shtml |archive-date= 5 May 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080505061225/http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/kmc-howcouncilworks/election/party11.shtml}}</ref> She gained 38 votes (0.68%).<ref>{{cite web|title= Results for the 01 May 2008 District Council Election |year= 2008 |publisher= Kirklees Council |url= http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/kmc-howcouncilworks/election/result11.shtml |archive-date= 5 May 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080505050047/http://www2.kirklees.gov.uk/you-kmc/kmc-howcouncilworks/election/result11.shtml}}</ref> She resigned shortly afterwards.<ref name="new"/>

On 11 September 2007, Propaganda handed total control of the Blah! Party to Captain Sensible, former [[Official Monster Raving Loony Party]] deputy leader Melodie Staniforth, Robert Staniforth, Sadie Ingoldby, Shaun Nightingale and Gary Spate.<ref name="new">{{cite web|title= Welcome to your new home |work= Blah! Party |date= 13 December 2008 |url= http://www.theblahparty.co.uk/?p=3 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090318190014/http://www.theblahparty.co.uk/?p=3 |archive-date= 18 March 2009}}</ref> In December 2008, Propaganda closed the website. The party ended its association with Propaganda and Seabrook, launching a new website. At the same time it de-registered from the register of political parties, deciding to instead be a protest group.<ref name="new"/>

==Personal life==
Captain Sensible was previously in a long term relationship with Rachel Bor of [[Dolly Mixture (band)|Dolly Mixture]].<ref name="DM">{{cite news |first= Lisa |last= De Silva |title= Almost Famous: Dolly Mixture |newspaper= South Downs Living |issue= 47 |date= April 2009 |access-date= 23 December 2013 |url= http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1frnm/SouthDownsLivingmaga/resources/48.htm |archive-date= 24 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131224091832/http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1frnm/SouthDownsLivingmaga/resources/48.htm |url-status= live }}</ref> The couple have three children together.<ref name="DM"/> He is currently married to Mayumi.<ref name="DM"/><ref>{{cite news |first= Tony |last= Dewhurst |title= The Damned, Clitheroe Grand |newspaper= [[Lancashire Telegraph]] |date= 11 July 2013 |access-date= 23 December 2013 |url= http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/10542308.Captain_Sensible_and_The_Damned_set_for_Clitheroe/ |archive-date= 24 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131224102602/http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/leisure/whats_on/10542308.Captain_Sensible_and_The_Damned_set_for_Clitheroe/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

Burns adopted his stage name Captain Sensible ironically because he described himself as a "debauched maniac" who had fun "regardless of the consequences."<ref name="wbur">{{cite web |first= Jim |last= Sullivan |title= 40 Years and Counting: The Damned and Captain Sensible Still Rock the Stage |publisher= [[WBUR-FM]] |date= 21 October 2014 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |url= http://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/10/21/the-damned-royale-boston |archive-date= 8 September 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015732/http://www.wbur.org/artery/2014/10/21/the-damned-royale-boston |url-status= live }}</ref> However, after living at [[Dial House, Essex|Dial House]] (the [[Intentional community|commune]] where the [[anarcho-punk]] band [[Crass]] lived) for a week to record an EP in 1981, his life changed and he became a [[vegetarianism|vegetarian]] who adhered to Crass' pacifist and creative aims.<ref name="wbur"/><ref>{{cite web |first= John |last= Gentile |title= The Damned's Captain Sensible on "punk," Lemmy, and the band's new LP |website= Punknews.org |date= 1 November 2016 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |url= https://www.punknews.org/article/62315/interviews-the-damneds-captain-sensible-on-punk-lemmy-and-the-bands-new-lp |archive-date= 8 September 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180908015808/https://www.punknews.org/article/62315/interviews-the-damneds-captain-sensible-on-punk-lemmy-and-the-bands-new-lp |url-status= live }}</ref> Captain Sensible has written several songs about [[animal rights]], including "[[Dozen Girls|Torture Me]]" and most notably the 1985 single "Wot! No Meat?".<ref>{{cite web |title= Damned : "Torture Me" |website= La Terre d'abord ! |date= 23 September 2015 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |url= https://laterredabord.fr/?p=19680 |language= fr |archive-date= 7 September 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180907205734/https://laterredabord.fr/?p=19680 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first1= Jeff |last1= Tamarkin |author-link1= Jeff Tamarkin |first2= Deirdre |last2= Rockmaker |title= Greening of Rock |magazine= [[Vegetarian Times]] |date= November 1985 |pages= 32–36 |issue= 99 |issn= 0164-8497 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |access-date= 7 September 2018 |archive-date= 16 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210416040551/https://books.google.com/books?id=gwcAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |url-status= live }}</ref>

He is a supporter of [[Crystal Palace F.C.]]

Burns is a [[railfan]], particularly enjoying diesel locomotives after being rescued from a stranded service in cold weather by one as a child.<ref name="trains"/> He later named Deltic Records after the [[British Rail Class 55|Deltic locomotives]].<ref name="trains"/> [[British Rail Class 47|Class 47]] diesel locomotive ''47810'' was previously named ''Captain Sensible'' after Burns.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=16 February 2007 |title=Notable Workings Pictoral |url=https://www.railwayherald.com/magazine/download/72 |journal=[[Railway Herald]] |issue=72 |pages=16}}</ref><ref name="trains"/>

==Discography==
===Solo===
;Albums
*''[[Women and Captains First]]'' (1982), [[A&M Records|A&M]] – UK No. 64<ref name="GID"/>
*''[[The Power of Love (Captain Sensible album)|The Power of Love]]'' (1983), A&M
*''[[Revolution Now]]'' (1989), Deltic
*''[[The Universe of Geoffrey Brown]]'' (1993), Humbug
*''[[Live at the Milky Way]]'' (1994), Humbug
*''[[Meathead (album)|Meathead]]'' (1995), Humbug
*''[[Mad Cows and Englishmen]]'' (1996), Scratch

;Compilations
*''Sensible Singles'' (1984), A&M
*''A Day in the Life of ...'' (1984), A&M 
*''A Slice of Captain Sensible'' (1997), Humbug
*''The Captain's Box'' (1997), Humbug – [contains ''A Slice of Captain Sensible'' and ''Meathead'']
*''Sensible Lifestyles: The Best of Captain Sensible'' (1997), Cleopatra
*''The Masters'' (1998), Eagle [reissue of ''Mad Cows and Englishmen'', including bonus tracks]
*''The Collection'' (2003), Spectrum Music

;EPs
*''[[This Is Your Captain Speaking (EP)|This Is Your Captain Speaking]]'' (1981), [[Crass Records|Crass]] – UK Indie No. 3<ref>{{cite book|first= Barry |last= Lazell |title= Indie Hits 1980-1989 |date= 1997 |publisher= Cherry Red Books |access-date= 14 October 2020 |url= http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm |archive-date= 5 June 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605132906/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/c.htm}}</ref> 
*''The Universe of Captain Sensible'' (1998), Jarmusic [contains 5 tracks from ''Revolution Now'' and ''The Universe of Geoffrey Brown'']

;Singles
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!rowspan="2"|Year
!rowspan="2"|Single
!colspan="9"|Peak chart positions
|-
!<small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br/><ref name="UK">{{cite web |title= Captain Sensible |publisher= [[Official Charts Company]] |date= 18 November 2012 |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19619/captain-sensible/ |archive-date= 19 April 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210419065252/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19619/captain-sensible/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[Kent Music Report|AUS]]</small><br/><ref name="AUS">{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |authorlink= David Kent (historian) |year= 1993 |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition= illustrated |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, N.S.W.]] |page= 54 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
!<small>[[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |title= Raymond Burns |website= Austriancharts.at |publisher= Hung Medien |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://austriancharts.at/showperson.asp?name=Captain+Sensible |language= de |archive-date= 9 October 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161009235113/http://austriancharts.at/showperson.asp?name=Captain+Sensible |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[Ultratop|BE]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |title= Captain Sensible |publisher= [[Ultratop]] |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Captain+Sensible |language= nl |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515094006/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Captain+Sensible |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[GfK Entertainment charts|GER]]</small><br/><ref>*{{cite web |title= Captain Sensible |website= Offiziellecharts.de |publisher= GfK Entertainment charts |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche/person-944 |language= de |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515094004/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche/person-944 |url-status= live }}
*{{cite web |title= Raymond Burns |website= Offiziellecharts.de |publisher= GfK Entertainment charts |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche/person-8713 |language= de |archive-date= 15 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220515094005/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche/person-8713 |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRE]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |title= The Irish Charts – All There Is to Know |website= Irishcharts.ie |access-date= 5 February 2021 |url= http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |archive-date= 21 July 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125210/http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |title= Captain Sensible |publisher= [[Single Top 100]] |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Captain+Sensible |language= nl |archive-date= 22 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160422033704/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Captain+Sensible |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|NZ]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |title= Captain Sensible |website= Charts.org.nz |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Captain+Sensible |archive-date= 13 March 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200313100443/https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Captain+Sensible |url-status= live }}</ref>
!<small>[[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web |title= Captain Sensible – Wot! |website= Hitparade.ch. |access-date= 16 February 2021 |url= https://hitparade.ch/song/Captain-Sensible/Wot!-903 |language= de |archive-date= 30 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191030054713/https://hitparade.ch/song/Captain-Sensible/Wot!-903 |url-status= live }}</ref>
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|1978
|align="left"|"[[Jet Boy, Jet Girl]]" <small>(Netherlands-only release)</small>{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Credited to 'Captain Sensible and the Softies'. The song also appeared as the B-side to the Damned's 1982 single "[[Wait for the Blackout]]"}}
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|rowspan="2"|1980
|align="left"|"Millionaire"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Credited to 'Magic Michael with [[Rat Scabies]] & Captain Sensible'}}
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|align="left"|"Disco Girls" / "Blu Shoes"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|There were three different simultaneous releases, which had different credits: 'The Sunset Boys + Captain Sensible', 'Maxims Trash with Captain Sensible', and 'Maximum Mania with Captain Sensible'}}
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|rowspan="4"|1982
|align="left"|"Hey Jo"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Split promo single with [[Dead Kennedys]], [[Infa Riot]] and [[Flux of Pink Indians]] titled "Extracts from Wargasm"}}
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|align="left"|"[[Happy Talk (song)|Happy Talk]]"
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|align="left"|"[[Wot (song)|Wot]]"
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|align="left"|"Croydon"
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|rowspan="2"|1983
|align="left"|"Stop the World"
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|align="left"|"I'm a Spider"
|177
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|rowspan="3"|1984
|align="left"|"Glad It's All Over" / "Damned on 45"
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|align="left"|"There Are More Snakes Than Ladders"
|57
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|align="left"|"One Christmas Catalogue" / "[[Relax (song)|Relax]]"
|79
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|rowspan="2"|1985
|align="left"|"Wot, No Meat?"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Credited to 'Captain Sensible & the Missus' (duet with Rachel Bor of [[Dolly Mixture (band)|Dolly Mixture]])}}
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|align="left"|"Come On Down"
|116
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|1987
|align="left"|"Revolution Now"
|120
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|rowspan="3"|1988
|align="left"|"The Snooker Song"
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|align="left"|"The Toys Take Over"
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|align="left"|"I Get So Excited"
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|1990
|align="left"|"Smash It Up (Part 4)"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Split single with [[Martin Newell (musician)|the Brotherhood of Lizards]]}}
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|rowspan="2"|1993
|align="left"|"Holiday in My Heart"
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|align="left"|"Wot '93"
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|1994
|align="left"|"The Hokey Cokey"
|71
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|align="left"|"Flip Top World"
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|1997
|align="left"|"While Wrecking the Car" <small>(Germany-only release)</small>
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|1998
|align="left"|"Cigarette Sandy"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Split single with [[the Real People]]}}
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|1999
|align="left"|"Missing the Boat"
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|2005
|align="left"|"Wot (I Say Captain)"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|Credited as 'Erkan & Stefan feat. Captain Sensible & Trooper Da Don'}}
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|2014
|align="left"|"Wot"{{Efn|group=upper-alpha|with [[LaBrassBanda]]}}
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|colspan="11" style="font-size:8pt"|"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released
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'''Notes'''
{{notelist-ua}}

===The Damned===
{{See also|The Damned discography}}
*''[[Damned Damned Damned]]'' (1977)
*''[[Music for Pleasure (The Damned album)|Music for Pleasure]]'' (1977)
*''[[Machine Gun Etiquette]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Black Album (The Damned album)|The Black Album]]'' (1980)
*''[[Strawberries (album)|Strawberries]]'' (1982)
*''[[Grave Disorder]]'' (2001)
*''[[So, Who's Paranoid?]]'' (2008)
*''[[Evil Spirits (album)|Evil Spirits]]'' (2018)
*''[[The Rockfield Files]]'' (2020)
*''[[Darkadelic]]'' (2023)

===Dead Men Walking===
*''Live At CBGB New York City'' (2005), Resistance
*''Graveyard Smashes Volume 1'' (2006), Resistance 
*''Easy Piracy'' (2015), Slimstyle Records

===The Sensible Gray Cells===
*''[[A Postcard from Britain]]'' (2013), Easy Action
*''[[Get Back into the World]]'' (2020), [[Damaged Goods (record label)|Damaged Goods]]

===The Jack Tars===
*''The Jack Tars'' EP (2015)<ref>{{cite news |first= Dave |last= Woodhall |title= Ahoy there Jim lad!!! |newspaper= The Birmingham Press |date= 1 December 2015 |access-date= 19 January 2021 |url= http://thebirminghampress.com/2015/12/ahoy-there-jim-lad/ |archive-date= 29 September 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200929210738/http://thebirminghampress.com/2015/12/ahoy-there-jim-lad/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000545328}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0784483}}
* [http://www.rockerzine.com/index.php/2011/10/the-damned-35-years-of-evil/ Interview with Captain Sensible] (includes video of interview, and of The Damned's 35th anniversary tour), Rocker Magazine, 2011.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041207211705/http://idiot-dog.com/music/captain.sensible/ Captain Sensible discography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040110093020/http://www.idiotbox.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Extended discography]

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