The Mad Lads were an American 1960s doo wop group from Memphis, Tennessee.Featuring the tenor of John Gary Williams, the group were still in high school when they were signed to Stax in late 1964. In the mid-1960s, they enjoyed solid R&B hits with "Don"t Have to Shop Around," "I Want Someone," and "I Want a Girl," although they never would cross over to the pop audience. Williams and fellow Mad Lad William Brown were drafted in 1966, and their recording career was suspended while they were in the service (although they carried on live with replacements). After their discharge, Williams and Brown were told by fellow original members Julius Green and Robert Philips that they did not want Brown in the group; Brown and Stax co-owner Jim Stewart forced them to reinstate Williams, but their subsequent efforts were more in the Stax soul/funk formula, and not as their more atypical mid-1960s singles. They did return to the Top 30 in the US Billboard R&B chart in 1968, with "Whatever Hurts You."The song "Pass the Word (Love"s the Word)" was sampled by the Australian hip-hop group Hilltop Hoods on their song "Chase That Feeling." (excerpt from Wikipedia)