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Funeral Pyre

1981 single by The Jam

Field	Value
name	Funeral Pyre
cover	Jam-funeralpyre1.jpg
type	single
artist	The Jam
B-side	Disguises
released
genre
length
label	Polydor
writer	Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton and Paul Weller
producer
prev_title	That's Entertainment
prev_year	1981
next_title	Absolute Beginners
next_year	1981
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| B-side = Disguises

"Funeral Pyre" is The Jam's thirteenth single released on 29 May 1981. Backed by the B-side "Disguises", a cover of a Who track, it reached No. 4 in the UK singles chart.{{cite book

"Funeral Pyre" is the only single co-written by the band, and only the second song which has writing credits for all three members, the other being "Music for the Last Couple" which featured on the Sound Affects album.

The song begins as a studio jam between drummer Rick Buckler and bassist Bruce Foxton, with Paul Weller's contribution coming later.

The song does not appear on any of the band's studio albums. In the US, it appeared on the five-track EP The Jam (Polydor PX-1-503), which peaked at No. 176 on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Music video

The video was shot at Horsell Common, near Woking. A sandpit (which had earlier featured in H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) was used for the location of the bonfire used to accompany the official music video.

References

"The Jam Singles – Funeral Pyre".
''That's Entertainment: My Life in The Jam'', {{ISBN. 978-1-783-05794-8, p. 152

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