Strange Town

"Strange Town"
"Strange Town"
Single by The Jam
B-side	"The Butterfly Collector"
Released	9 March 1979
Recorded	1978
Genre	Mod revival, power pop
Length	3:48
Label	Polydor (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Paul Weller
Producer(s)	Vic Coppersmith-Heaven
The Jam singles chronology
Rear cover
	Rear cover of Strange Town

Last updated April 14, 2025

↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 40: 08 April 1979 – 14 April 1979". Official Charts Company. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
↑ "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry.
↑ "Oasis to give away free live CD". NME. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
↑ "StackPath". Oasisinet.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
↑ Baillie, Russell (30 June 2000). "Various: Fire & Skill – The Songs of The Jam". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
↑ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
↑ "Paul Weller: I've Written Three Perfect Songs in my Life". Radiox.co.uk. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[2] "Official Singles Chart Top 40: 08 April 1979 – 14 April 1979". Official Charts Company. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

[3] "BRIT Certified". British Phonographic Industry.

[4] "Oasis to give away free live CD". NME. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[5] "StackPath". Oasisinet.com. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

[6] Baillie, Russell (30 June 2000). "Various: Fire & Skill – The Songs of The Jam". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

[7] "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.

[8] "Paul Weller: I've Written Three Perfect Songs in my Life". Radiox.co.uk. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

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Paul Weller Rick Buckler Bruce Foxton
Studio albums	In the City This Is the Modern World All Mod Cons Setting Sons Sound Affects The Gift
Live albums	Dig the New Breed Live Jam The Jam at the BBC Fire and Skill – The Jam Live Live at the 100 Club
Compilations	Snap! Greatest Hits Extras Wasteland Collection The Very Best of The Jam The Sound of the Jam
Box sets	Direction Reaction Creation 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977–1979 45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982
Singles	"In the City" "All Around the World" "The Modern World" "News of the World" "David Watts" "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" "Strange Town" "When You're Young" "The Eton Rifles" "Going Underground" "Start!" "That's Entertainment" "Funeral Pyre" "Absolute Beginners" "Town Called Malice" / "Precious" "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" "Beat Surrender"
Related articles	Discography Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam From the Jam