The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death was the second and last studio album by
The Housemartins. It was released in 1987, and produced three singles - "Five Get Over Excited", "Me and the Farmer" and "Build". The title song is about the British
Royal Family, which found them gaining controversy in the tabloid papers similar to that of other bands such as the
Sex Pistols,
The Smiths and
The Stone Roses.