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| "Pyjamarama" | ||||
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| Single by Roxy Music | ||||
| B-side | "The Pride and the Pain" | |||
| Released | 23 February 1973 | |||
| Recorded | February 1973 at AIR Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Art rock, glam rock | |||
| Length | 3:00 (Original Island version) 2:52 (Polydor remix) | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bryan Ferry | |||
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| Roxy Music singles chronology | ||||
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"Pyjamarama" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as a single in February 1973. It reached a peak of number 10 on the UK Singles Chart after a twelve-week charting stint. [1] The song was written by Bryan Ferry, and it was the first one he wrote with the guitar as his instrument. [2] It was backed by an instrumental non-LP track called "The Pride and the Pain" written by Andy Mackay.
In 1977, it was re-released as a single, together with "Virginia Plain", to promote their Greatest Hits album, and reached number 11. However, the 1977 release was a different mix with fewer sax treatments on it, and the closing guitar refrain was edited differently from the original Island 7" version. [3] The original version (along with "The Pride and the Pain") was re-released on the box set The Thrill of It All, while the 1977 version can be found on the Street Life: 20 Great Hits compilation. In 2012, both mixes were included in the ten-disc boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings 1972–1982 on the bonus compilation Singles, B-sides and Alternative Mixes.
A live version appears on Viva! Roxy Music.
