Funeral Pyre

"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.[1][2]

This article is about the single. For the structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite, see pyre.

"Funeral Pyre"
Single by The Jam
B-side"Disguises"
Released29 May 1981 (1981-05-29)
Genre
Length3:24
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton and Paul Weller
Producer(s)
The Jam singles chronology
"That's Entertainment"
(1980)		 "Funeral Pyre"
(1981)		 "Absolute Beginners"
(1981)
Alternative cover
Music video
"Funeral Pyre" on YouTube

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 features 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.[3] A sandpit (which had earlier featured in H.G. Wells War of the Worlds) was used for the location of the bonfire used to accompany the official music video.[4]

References
  1. "The Jam Singles - Funeral Pyre". Thejam.org.uk. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  2. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. That's Entertainment: My Life in The Jam ISBN 978-1-783-05794-8 p. 152
  4. That's Entertainment: My Life in the Jam ISBN 978-1-783-05794-8 p. 152
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