This was Blancmange’s third and most successful single, charting at number seven in the UK and at number five in Australia.
This track is perhaps best known, nowadays, at least, for being used in the 2006 video game ‘Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories’ on the station ‘Flash FM’.
Hey
You keep me running round and round
Well, that's alright with me
Up and down, I'm up the wall
I'm up the bloody tree
That's alright with me
Yeah, that's alright with me
Well, it feels alright to me
Yeah, it looks alright to me
And I'm so tall, I'm so tall
You raise me and then you let me fall
And I'm so small, I'm so small
Wrapped around your finger, see me fall
You keep me running round and round
Well, that's alright with me
Nothing, nothing, nothing's gonna
Step in my way
Living on the ceiling
No more room down there
Things fall into place
You get the joke, fall into place
And I'm so tall, I'm so tall
You raise me and then you let me fall
And I'm so small, I'm so small
Wrapped around your finger, see me fall
Here we go
You keep me running round and round
Well, that's alright with me
Up and down, I'm up the wall
I'm up the bloody tree
Hiding from your questions
Questions you won't ask
Why am I up the tree, you say
Why are you down there, I say
And I'm so tall, I'm so tall
You raise me and then you let me fall
And I'm so small, I'm so small
Wrapped around your finger, see me fall
Hey
Living on the Ceiling was written by Neil Arthur & Stephen Luscombe.
Living on the Ceiling was produced by Mike Howlett.
Blancmange released Living on the Ceiling on Fri Sep 24 1982.