The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)

The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)

Infobox Single
Name = The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)


Artist = The Jam
from Album =
B-sides = Pity Poor Alfie, Fever
Released = 1982-09-10
Format =
Recorded =
Genre = Mod Revival
Length = 3:34
Label = Polydor (UK)
Writer = Paul Weller
Producer = Peter Wilson
Certification =
Last single = "Just Who Is the 5 O'Clock Hero?"
(1982)
This single = "The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)"
(1982)
Next single = "Beat Surrender"
(1982)
"The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had to Swallow)" was a single released by The Jam after the success of the album "The Gift". Although it did not appear on any of the band's studio albums it charted at #2 in the UK Singles chart following its release on 10 September 1982.

The B-side to the single was a medley of the Paul Weller-penned "Pity Poor Alfie" and Otis Blackwell's "Fever".

"The Bitterest Pill" was re-issued as a single in 1997, peaking at #30.

The popular Canadian teen drama , which is known for naming each episode after an 80s hit song, named an episode after this song.


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