"Precious" is a song composed by Paul Weller and performed by the British band The Jam.

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It appeared on The Jam's 1982 album, The Gift, and also as a double A-side single along with "Town Called Malice". It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart,^[4] although the song received much less airplay than "Town Called Malice".^{[citation needed]} It was a departure for the band from their punk and mod roots, involving a funk-like sound that the band had not previously explored. Uncut described the track as "hypnotically itchy punk-funk". Some fans and critics^[who?] have noticed the song contains a number of similarities to "Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag", which was a relatively new release itself at the time.^{[citation needed]} Weller himself was to admit in 1998 he had used that song as part of the inspiration for "Precious".^[1][5]