The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)

"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"

Single by The Jam

B-side

"Pity Poor Alfie"
"Fever"

Released

6 September 1982

Length

3:34

Label

Polydor (UK)

Writer(s)

Paul Weller

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)

The Bitterest Pill, back of single cover

"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" is a single that was released by The Jam in September 1982. It reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.^[1]^[2]

The man on the cover of this single is the late Vaughan Toulouse, singer of Department S who used to DJ at Jam gigs. Paul Weller's love interest in this video is Lee Kavanagh who provided the vocals on the phone for Department S's biggest hit "Is Vic There?".^[3]

References

↑ "Jam: Singles". Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "45cat - discographies, discussions, discoveries". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.

The Jam

Paul Weller Rick Buckler Bruce Foxton Steve Brookes Dave Waller

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

Compilations	Snap! Greatest Hits Extras Collection Direction Reaction Creation The Very Best of The Jam 45 rpm: The Singles, 1977-1979 45 rpm: The Singles, 1980–1982 The Sound of the Jam

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" / "Dreams of Children" "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 and Skill: The Songs of the Jam Mod revival Polydor Records The Style Council The Merton Parkas Vic Coppersmith-Heaven

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