"In Dulce Decorum" was a single released by The Damned in 1987.

The song was originally recorded for the Anything

Anything (The Damned album)

Anything was The Damned's seventh studio album, released in 1986. Between July and August 1985 the band and producer Jon Kelly decamped to Puk Recording Studios in Gjerlev, Denmark to record their follow-up. In contrast to the straightforward sessions for their previous album, recording was rife...

album, but was issued as a single to promote the MCA

Music Corporation of America

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 retrospective Light at the End of the Tunnel

Light at the End of the Tunnel

The Light at the End of the Tunnel was a double compilation album by The Damned, released in 1987 as a retrospective collection. The same name was also given to a concurrently released video cassette and an approved band biography by Carol Clerk....

. The track was inspired by Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War...

's poem Dulce et Decorum Est

Dulce et Decorum Est

Dulce et Decorum est is a poem written by poet Wilfred Owen in 1917, during World War I, and published posthumously in 1920. Owen's poem is known for its horrific imagery and condemnation of war. It was drafted at Craiglockhart in the first half of October 1917 and later revised, probably at...

, and began with an excerpt from a speech by Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

. The single, The Damned's last to break into the UK charts, made #72. An instrumental version was included in the Miami Vice II original television soundtrack, being featured in the third season episode "Walk Alone".

MCA

Music Corporation of America

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 also issued the single in Germany

Germany

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.

Track listing

1. "In Dulce Decorum" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:47
2. "Psychomania" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:03

Bonus Tracks on 12" single: -

1. "In Dulce Decorum (Extended Version)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 5:58
2. "In Dulce Decorum (Dub)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:41

Production credits

• Producer:
  • Jon Kelly
    Jon Kelly
    Jon Kelly is a British music producer who has produced albums and singles for Chris Rea, The Damned, Kate Bush, Pele , The Beautiful South, Prefab Sprout, Deacon Blue, Heather Nova, The Levellers, Fish, Lynsey De Paul and Nolwenn Leroy.-References:...
    
    

• Musicians:
  • Dave Vanian: Vocals
  • Roman Jugg
    Roman Jugg
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    : Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Rat Scabies
    Rat Scabies
    Christopher Millar , better known by his stage name Rat Scabies, is a musician best known for his tenure as the drummer for The Damned....
    
    : Drum
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  • Bryn Merrick
    Bryn Merrick
    Bryn Merrick is a musician who was a member of Cardiff-based punk band Victimize and who later joined The Damned between 1983 and 1989. He recorded the bass for albums Phantasmagoria and Anything. He replaced Paul Gray in 1983, when Paul went to UFO...
    
    : Bass
    Bass guitar
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