Town Called Malice

"Town Called Malice"
Single by the Jam
from the album The Gift
A-side"Precious"
Released29 January 1982 (1982-01-29)
Recorded1981
Genre
Length2:52
LabelPolydor (UK)[6]
Songwriter(s)Paul Weller[6]
Producer(s)Peter Wilson and the Jam[7]
The Jam singles chronology
"Absolute Beginners"
(1981)
"Town Called Malice" / "Precious"
(1982)
"Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
(1982)
Music video
"Town Called Malice" on YouTube

"Town Called Malice" is a 1982 song by British band The Jam and is the leading single from their sixth studio album The Gift. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, number 7 in the Netherlands, number 15 in Australia and number 14 in New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ "AllMusic - Town Called Malice - The Jam". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Egan, Barry (9 May 2021). "Modfather Paul Weller's fire still burns: 'He sings with a passion that his teenage self would surely have admired'". Independent.ie. Independent.ie. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. Various Artists - CMJ the Year in Alternative Music 1982 (1998) Review at AllMusic
  4. ↑ "New Wave Music Songs". AllMusic.
  5. ↑ Gerard, Chris (15 April 2024). "The 100 Best Alternative Songs of the 1980s". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 December 2024. The Jam are tight as nails on "Town Called Malice", a soulful rocker built around Bruce Foxton's thumping Motown-inspired bass...
  6. 1 2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 221–2. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  7. ↑ "JAM | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 29 March 2014.