"In the City" was the debut single by English mod revival/punk rock band The Jam. It was released on 29 April 1977 and was from their album of the same title. It reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1977, making it their first Top 40 single and the beginning of their streak of 18 consecutive Top 40 singles.
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- "In the City" was the debut single by English mod revival/punk rock band The Jam. It was released on 29 April 1977 and was from their album of the same title. It reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart in May 1977, making it their first Top 40 single and the beginning of their streak of 18 consecutive Top 40 singles. While only a minor hit on the charts, the song was the UK's first introduction to The Jam, and was characteristic of Paul Weller's youth anthems — mod-influenced celebrations of British youth — that dominated The Jam's early output. These songs help catalyze the mod revival. Musically, the song is in the vein of the band's first album, a mod/punk number influenced by early Who music, but with an energy and attitude updated for the punk era. "In the City" borrowed its chord progression and some of its lyrical content from an obscure Who song of the same name, which was released in 1966 as the B-side of the "I'm a Boy" single (and which can now be found as a bonus track on most CD re-issues of their 1966 album A Quick One). The song's descending opening bass line resembles the bass line in the Sex Pistols' single "Holidays In The Sun", which was released a few months later). Lyrically, the song is a celebration of youth in the big city, and of what Paul Weller called the "young idea", reflecting Weller's optimism for the punk movement. There was also a direct reference to police brutality: "In the city there's a thousand men in uniform/And I've heard they now have the right to kill a man". The single, with the B-side of "Takin' My Love" was the only Jam single to hit the UK Top 40 on three different occasions, with a fourth near miss. After "Going Underground" became the band's first number one single in 1980, Polydor decided to re-issue all nine of the group's prior singles. The singles all performed respectably for recent reissues, but "In The City" was the only one to make the Top 40 again, peaking at #40 for a second time. After the band's break-up at the end of 1982, Polydor re-issued every single in the band's career in early 1983. Four of the re-issues made the top 40, but "In The City" fell just short at #47. In May 2002, Polydor Records decided to commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Jam by re-releasing their debut single in its original packaging, in its original 7" vinyl record format and at its original price of 75 pence. The limited pressing sold out immediately, and the song made the Top 40 one more time, peaking at #36; higher than it ever did in its original release and two subsequent reissues.
- イン・ザ・シティ (In the City) はイギリスのロックバンドザ・ジャムのデビューシングル。同名アルバム『イン・ザ・シティ』からのシングルカットとして、1977年4月29日にリリースされ、5月に全英シングルチャートの40位に到達。この曲以降18曲連続でシングルトップ40に入った、始まりの曲である。 この小さなヒットでザ・ジャムは全英への顔見せを果たした。またこの曲はザ・ジャム初期曲の根幹をなすポール・ウェラーの若者賛歌 —イギリスの若者のモッズ祭り— である。 これらの曲はモッズリバイバルへの触媒となった。 音楽的には、この曲は初期ザ・フーの影響を受けたモッズ/パンク（エネルギーと姿勢はパンク世代にアップデートされているが）で、ファーストアルバムの脈となっている。「イン・ザ・シティ」はコード進行と詞の内容をザ・フーのあまり知られていない同名曲（1966年の「アイム・ア・ボーイ」のB面曲。その後CDで再発売された『ア・クイック・ワン』にもボーナストラックで収録）から借りている。この曲のイントロの駆け降りるベースラインは、数か月後にリリースされたセックス・ピストルズの「さらばベルリンの陽」(Holidays In The Sun) に似ている。 歌詞は、ウェラーが「ヤング・イデア」と呼んだ大都市の若者への称賛であり、これはウェラーのパンクムーブメントへの楽天主義を反映している。 また "police brutality" からの引用「街には多くの制服を来た男がいる／彼らに人を殺す権利を持たないことを望む」も含まれる。 このシングルは3度のトップ40を獲得した唯一のシングルである（僅かなところで4度にはならなかった）。 「ゴーイング・アンダーグラウンド」が1980年にバンドとして初めての1位となった後、ポリドールはそれまでの9枚のシングルをすべて再発売した。これらは再発売としては上々の売り上げとなったが、「イン・ザ・シティ」だけは2度目の40位に達した。バンド解散後の1982年末、ポリドールは再度それまでの全シングルを再発売。4タイトルが40位に入ったが、「イン・ザ・シティ」は40位に僅かに届かない47位までであった。2002年、ポリドールレコードはザ・ジャム結成25周年記念としてデビューシングルを、当時のままの7インチシングル盤、75ペンスで再発売。この限定版はあっと言う間に売りきれ、再びトップ40に返り咲いた。最高位は36位までつけ、これはオリジナル盤および以前の2度の再発売盤を上回る。
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