Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

The Jam * Track #12 On All Mod Cons

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Album All Mod Cons

ALBUM

The Jam

1978

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight by The Jam

Release Date

Sat Oct 21 1978

Performed by

The Jam

Produced by

Vic Coppersmith-Heaven

Writed by

Paul Weller

About

This song kicks off with a great marrying of ambient sounds of the Underground with its ripping baseline.
You want to prove your karaoke chops, do this song right.

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Lyrics

The distant echo
Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains
To take them home to
The ones that they love and who love them forever
The glazed, dirty steps, repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
Cold and uninviting, partially naked
Except for toffee wrappers and this morning's paper
Mr. Jones got run down
Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow
Madmen on the rampage
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I fumble for change, and pull out the Queen
Smiling, beguiling
I put in the money and pull out a plum
Behind me
Whispers in the shadows, gruff blazing voices
Hating, waiting
"Hey boy" they shout, "have you got any money?"
And I said, "I've a little money and a takeaway curry
I'm on my way home to my wife
She'll be lining up the cutlery, you know she's expecting me
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork"
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I first felt a fist, and then a kick
I could now smell their breath
They smelt of pubs and Wormwood Scrubs
And too many right wing meetings
My life swam around me
It took a look and drowned me in its own existence
The smell of brown leather
It blended in with the weather
Filled my eyes, ears, nose and mouth, it blocked all my senses
Couldn't see, hear, speak any longer
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
I said I was down in the tube station at midnight
The last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor
Was "Jesus saves" painted by an atheist nutter
And a British rail poster read "have an away day, a cheap holiday
Do it today"
I glanced back on my life, and thought about my wife
'Cause they took the keys, and she'll think it's me
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
The wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold
I'm down in the tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight
Don't want to go down in a tube station at midnight

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight Q&A

Who wrote Down in the Tube Station at Midnight's ?

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight was written by Paul Weller.

Who produced Down in the Tube Station at Midnight's ?

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven.

When did The Jam release Down in the Tube Station at Midnight?

The Jam released Down in the Tube Station at Midnight on Sat Oct 21 1978.

Where did the train sample come from?

The sounds of an Underground train at the beginning of the song was recorded at St John’s Wood Station.

How did Vic Coppersmith-Heaven contribute to this?

Paul Weller opened up to Uncut, said this began as a ‘long poem’, which [producer] Vic Coppersmith-Heaven helped shape into a song

How else did Vic contribute to the release of this song?

Weller wasn’t too keen on the song. However Vic convinced him otherwise. Explaining to Sound On Sound magazine:

I remember Paul throwing certain songs out of the All Mod Cons album, like ‘Down in the Tube Station’, which he rejected largely because the arrangement hadn’t developed during the record...

This cause some controversy, what did Tony Blackburn have to say about it?

DJ Tony Blackburn complained that:

It’s disgusting the way punks sing about violence. Why can’t they sing about trees and flowers?

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