"Precious"
Single by The Jam
from the album The Gift
A-side"Town Called Malice"
Released29 January 1982
Recorded1981
Genre
Length4:12
LabelPolydor (UK)[2]
Songwriter(s)Paul Weller[2]
Producer(s)Peter Wilson and The Jam[3]
The Jam singles chronology
"Absolute Beginners"
(1981)		 "Precious" / "Town Called Malice"
(1982)		 "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
(1982)

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

Details

It appeared 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,[4] although the song received much less airplay than "Town Called 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. Uncut described the track as "hypnotically itchy punk-funk". Some fans and critics have noticed the song contains a number of similarities 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 used that song as part of the inspiration for "Precious".[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Jam – The Gift: Super Deluxe Edition". Uncut.co.uk. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 Jo Rice (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 221/2. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  3. ↑ "JAM | Artist". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. ↑ "Last Man Standing". Wellerworld.co.uk. 1998-05-01. Retrieved 2017-01-08.


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