Going Underground

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"Going Underground" is a politically charged 1980 single by British mod revival band The Jam that became one of their most iconic and commercially successful songs.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Going Underground canonical 2
Going Underground (music video) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Jam ⓘ
bSide Dreams of Children ⓘ
chartedIn UK Singles Chart ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
composer Paul Weller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre mod revival ⓘ
new wave ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hasCatalogNumber Polydor POSP 113 ⓘ
linked to: Polydor Records
hasLiveVersion Going Underground (live) ⓘ
hasMelodyInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
hasMusicalArtistMember Bruce Foxton ⓘ
Paul Weller ⓘ
Rick Buckler ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Going Underground (music video) ⓘ
linked to: Going Underground
hasTheme disillusionment with political system ⓘ
youth alienation ⓘ
hasType political song ⓘ
includedIn various The Jam compilation albums ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2:50 ⓘ
lyricist Paul Weller ⓘ
notableFor being one of The Jam's most commercially successful singles ⓘ
being one of The Jam's most iconic songs ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOf The Jam discography ⓘ
performer The Jam ⓘ
producer The Jam ⓘ
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven ⓘ
recordedIn 1979 ⓘ
recordLabel Polydor Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1980-03-14 ⓘ
singleNumberOneIn United Kingdom ⓘ
subjectMatter politics ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
writer Paul Weller ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1980 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Jam → notableWork → Going Underground ⓘ
The Jam → notableSingle → Going Underground ⓘ
Going Underground → hasMusicVideo → Going Underground (music video) ⓘ
linked to: Going Underground