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Happy Mondays in 1989 by Tom Sheehan
The Happy Mondays collection is released on December 5th.
Happy Mondays will celebrate 40 years with the release of a new compilation entitled The Factory Singles, comprising various era-defining tracks such as Step On, Kinky Afro and Hallelujah.
Along side the physical release is a digital series of remixes from the likes of Daniel Avery, Anna Prior and Shadow Child, while original producer Paul Oakenfold has revisited Step On.
“When I listen back to Step On now, it still sounds dangerous,” Oakenfold has said.
It still sounds alive. And it still gets dancefloors moving. That’s the test of real music—not how it charts, but how it feels decades later. To be able to come back to it 35 years on and give it a fresh spin is special. It’s not just nostalgia – it’s about showing that the spirit of the track still connects, still has that edge, and can still light up a dancefloor today.
“When I think back to working with the Happy Mondays, I don’t think about chaos first. I don’t think about the drugs or the headlines. I think about the music.”
“Because above all else – above the madness and the mayhem – was a sound that was utterly new. A sound that broke the rules. A sound that made your feet move before your brain caught up. A sound we helped shape, together.”
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