began to frustrate him. Two songs on the album, "Alive" and "Light and Shade", are about making the most of your life and living in the moment, and are reminders to himself that there needs to be a happy medium between career and family life. In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald Sebastian said juggling his career and family life gave him the inspiration for the title of the album, "I found myself writing in planes and in dressing rooms and while I was rocking my kids to sleep. It was definitely a mad sort of time". Release and promotion The track listing, album cover art and release date were announced on 23 October 2014. "Madness" was released on 21 November 2014, a year after the first single "Like a Drum". Sebastian performed "Like a Drum" on the 2013 The X-Factor Grand Final. He performed "Come Home with Me" and "Mama Ain't Proud" during the 2014 series of The X-Factor. He also performed "Mama Ain't Proud" on the Grand Final of Dancing with the Stars and Seven Network's morning program Sunrise. In the weeks leading up to the release of the album Sebastian did a number of interviews with the printed media, and on radio and television programs. During the release week Sebastian launched the album with a concert at the opening of The X Studio. Lupe Fiasco who features on the song "Linger" travelled to Australia to perform at the concert which was broadcast live on the internet. Sebastian also did a series of national album signing events which were well attended. Singles "Like a Drum" was released as the lead single from Madness on 25 October 2013. Debuting at number four, it became Sebastian's 12th top ten single in Australia, and his tenth to reach the top five. The song spent ten weeks in the top ten and was certified 4× platinum. It peaked at number 13 in New Zealand and was certified gold there. The song also reached number 20 on the Billboard Dance Club Chart and 49 on the Swedish charts. It reached platinum certification in Sweden. "Come Home with Me" was released as the second single on 8 August 2014. It peaked at number 13 and was certified platinum. "Mama Ain't Proud" (featuring 2 Chainz) was released as the third single on 17 October 2014 and peaked at number 17 and achieved gold certification.