"Funeral Pyre" is The Jam's thirteenth single released on 29 May 1981.

Backed by the B-side "Disguises", a cover of a Who track, it reached No.

[1][2] "Funeral Pyre" is the only single co-written by the band, and only the second song which has writing credits for all three members, the other being "Music for the Last Couple" which featured on the Sound Affects album.

[citation needed] The song begins as a studio jam between drummer Rick Buckler and bassist Bruce Foxton, with Paul Weller's contribution coming later.

[3] A sandpit (which had earlier featured in H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds) was used for the location of the bonfire used to accompany the official music video.