# Happy Mondays — Wrote for Luck

Happy Mondays’s Wrote for Luck (1988) is No. 3 in our Madchester ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1988
- **Label:** Factory
- **On one list:** Madchester
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Happy Mondays](https://waxonia.com/artist/happy-mondays/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/happy-mondays--wrote-for-luck/

## What we say

### No. 3 in [Madchester](https://waxonia.com/genre/madchester/)

The album version is a shambling indie record; the remixes are a house record. Both are the same performance, which is exactly the point the whole scene was making.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Happy%20Mondays%20Wrote%20for%20Luck) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=YNn51e11_dQ)

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