Listen to Your Father

{{Infobox song

| name = Listen to Your Father

| cover = Feargal-Sharkey-Listen-To-Your-Father-Single.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Feargal Sharkey

| album =

| B-side = Can I Say I Love You

| released = 1 October 1984

| recorded =

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| genre = Pop

| length = 3:14

| label = *Virgin

• Zarjazz

| writer = Carl Smyth

| producer = Feargal Sharkey
Liquidator Productions

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Loving You

| next_year = 1984

}}

"Listen to Your Father" is a song by the Northern Irish singer Feargal Sharkey, released as his standalone debut single on 1 October 1984.{{cite magazine |title=News |magazine=Record Mirror |date=22 September 1984 |page=6 |issn=0144-5804}} It was written by Carl Smyth, and produced by Sharkey and Liquidator Productions (i.e. the English ska and pop band Madness). The song reached No. 23 in the UK and No. 22 in Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22054/feargal-sharkey/ |title=FEARGAL SHARKEY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com |access-date=2018-03-02}}{{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |website=The Irish Charts |access-date=2018-03-02|title=The Irish Charts - All there is to know }} The B-side, "Can I Say I Love You", was written by Smyth and Sharkey.

The single was the first to be released on Zarjazz, a sub-label of Virgin Records which had been formed that year by Madness. All members of Madness performed on the record minus lead vocalist Suggs. When "Listen to Your Father" became a hit, Sharkey left the label to sign with Virgin as Madness had not required him to sign a contract with their label.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nd1gBQAAQBAJ&dq=listen+to+your+father+feargal+sharkey&pg=PT164 |title=That Close - Suggs - Google Books |date= 24 October 2013|isbn=9780857389541 |access-date=2018-03-02|author1=Suggs }}

A music video was created to promote the song. Sharkey performed the song on popular UK music chart television programme Top of the Pops with members of Madness as backing musicians.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-Hv8qE32Qc |title=Madness with Feargal Sharkey Listen to Your Father |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-11-08 |access-date=2012-06-23}} Madness members Smyth and Mark Bedford also appeared with Sharkey on UK show Saturday Starship to promote the single and the Zarjazz label.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2NS4c58csA |publisher=youtube.com|title=YouTube |access-date=2016-11-09}}

On 24 November 1985, the song was performed live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, during Madness' tour to promote their Mad Not Mad album. Sharkey performed lead vocals, with Madness singer Suggs introducing Sharkey as "Mr Teenage Kicks", referring to the Sharkey's hit song with his ex-band the Undertones.{{cite web|url=http://www.madnesstradingring.com/tourmadness/Madness/1985/85.10.22.html |access-date=2011-07-02 |title=Madness/1985/85.10.22|url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204121537/http://www.madnesstradingring.com/tourmadness/Madness/1985/85.10.22.html |archive-date=2010-12-04 }}