The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)

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"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
Single by The Jam
B-side	"Pity Poor Alfie" "Fever"
Released	6 September 1982
Genre	Blue-eyed soul [1]
Length	3:34
Label	Polydor (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Paul Weller
Producer(s)	Peter Wilson
The Jam singles chronology
"Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?" (1982) "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" (1982) "Beat Surrender" (1982)
Rear cover
Rear cover of The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)

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