Start!
| "Start!" | ||||
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| Single by The Jam | ||||
| from the album Sound Affects | ||||
| B-side | "Liza Radley" | |||
| Released | 11 August 1980[1] | |||
| Genre | Mod revival, power pop | |||
| Length | 2:16 | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Weller | |||
| Producer(s) | Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Start!, back of single cover | ||||
"Start!" is the eleventh UK single release by the band The Jam and their second number-one, following "Going Underground"/"Dreams of Children".[2] Upon its release on 15 August 1980, it debuted at number three, and two weeks later reached number one for one week.[3] Written by Paul Weller and produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam, "Start!" was the lead single from the band's fifth album Sound Affects. The single's B-side is "Liza Radley".
"Start!" is based on both the main guitar riff and bass riff of the Beatles' 1966 song "Taxman" from the album Revolver, written by George Harrison.[4] "To be Someone" and "Liza Radley" also utilise the "Taxman" bassline as does "Dreams of Children", B-side to "Going Underground", played then as a lead guitar riff.[5][6]
The album version of the song runs at 2:30 and features trumpets in the final section.
Other versions and sampling[]
Beastie Boys covered the song on their 1999 single, "Alive".[7]
808 State sampled the song on their 1993 single, "10 X 10".
Manfred Mann's Earth Band covered the song on their 1987 album, "Masque" under the name "What You Give Is What You Get (Start)".
Bibliography[]
- Martin Roach (ed) (2008) The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Virgin Books, London.
References[]
- ^ "Single - Start! at The Jam Information Pages by Kevin Lock".
- ^ Martin Roach (ed) (2008) The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Virgin Books, London
- ^ "Jam - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Music – Review of The Jam – Sound Affects". BBC. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
- ^ songfacts.com
- ^ Feeling Like a Number One ISBN 978-1-326-52514-9 p. 138
- ^ whosampled.com
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