Pyjamarama (song)

"Pyjamarama"
Single by Roxy Music
B-side	"The Pride and the Pain"
Released	23 February 1973
Recorded	February 1973 (1973-02) at AIR Studios, London
Genre	Art rock, glam rock
Length	3:00 (Original Island version) 2:52 (Polydor remix)
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas John Anthony Roxy Music
Roxy Music singles chronology
"Virginia Plain" (1972) "Pyjamarama" (1973) "Do the Strand" (1973)

"Pyjamarama" is a song by English rock band Roxy Music, released as a single in February 1973. It reached a peak of number 10 on the UK Singles Chart after a twelve week charting stint.^[1] The song was written by Bryan Ferry, and the first one he wrote with the guitar as his instrument.^[2] and was backed by an instrumental non-LP track called "The Pride and the Pain" written by Andy Mackay.

In 1977, it was re-released as a single, together with "Virginia Plain", to promote their Greatest Hits album, and reached number 11. However the 1977 release was a different mix with less sax treatments on it and the closing guitar refrain edited differently from the original Island 7" version.^[3] The original version (along with "The Pride and the Pain") was re-released on the box set The Thrill of It All, while the 1977 version can be found on the Street Life: 20 Great Hits compilation. In 2012, both mixes were included in the ten-disc boxed set The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982 on the bonus compilation Singles, B-sides and Alternative Mixes.

A live version appears on Viva! Roxy Music.

Personnel

• Bryan Ferry – vocals, guitar
• Brian Eno – VCS3 synthesizer
• Andrew Mackay – saxophone
• Phil Manzanera – electric guitar
• John Porter – bass guitar
• Paul Thompson – drums

References

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