February 16, 1982 –
The Jam had two of their singles, A Town Called Malice, and Precious, at No.1 on the UK singles chart on this date.
The title of Nevil Shute’s A Town Like Alice inspired the title, but the inspiration for the song came from Paul Weller’s friend Dave Waller by means of describing urban life. The song is about unemployment in a working town and Paul Weller confessed, “It could have been written about any suburban town, but it was in fact written about my hometown of Woking.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 