Precious (the Jam song)

"Precious"
Single by The Jam
from the album The Gift
A-side "Town Called Malice"
Released 29 January 1982
Format 7-inch single
Recorded 1981
Genre Funk
Length 4:12
Label Polydor (UK)[1]
Songwriter(s) Paul Weller[1]
Producer(s) Peter Wilson and The Jam[2]
The Jam singles chronology
"Absolute Beginners"
(1981)		 "Town Called Malice" / "Precious"
(1982)		 "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
(1982)

"Absolute Beginners"
(1981)		 "Town Called Malice"/ "Precious"
(1982)		 "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
(1982)

"Precious" was a song composed by Paul Weller and performed by the British band the Jam.

It appears on the Jam's 1982 album The Gift and also as a double A-Side single along with "Town Called Malice". It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart,[3] but received much less airplay than "Malice". It was a departure for the band from their punk and mod roots, involving a funk like sound that the band had not previously explored. Some fans and critics have noticed the song contains similar resemblances to "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag", which was a relatively new release itself at the time. Weller himself was to admit in 1998 he had indeed used this song as part of the inspiration for Precious.[4]

References

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  2. ↑ "JAM | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ↑ "Last Man Standing". wellerworld.co.uk. 1998-05-01. Retrieved 2017-01-08.


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