"In Dulce Decorum" is a song by English

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band the Damned, released on 16 November 1987 by

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. The song was originally recorded for the '' Anything'' album, but was issued as a single to promote MCA's Damned retrospective '' Light at the End of the Tunnel''. MCA also issued the single in

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. The single, the Damned's last to break into the UK charts, hit No. 72. It was featured in the ''

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'' third-season episode "Walk Alone", and an instrumental version was included in the '' Miami Vice II'' soundtrack. The track was inspired by Wilfred Owen's poem '' Dulce et Decorum est'', and begins with an excerpt from a speech by

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to the House of Commons as the

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began on 18 June 1940: ''Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and Commonwealths last for a thousand years, men will still say, "This was their finest hour".''

Track listing

7" single: # "In Dulce Decorum" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:47 # "Psychomania" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:03 12" single: # "In Dulce Decorum" (Extended Version) (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 5:58 #"Psychomania" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:03 # "In Dulce Decorum" (Dub) (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 4:41

Production credits

* Producer: **

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* Musicians: ** Dave Vanian −

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** Rat Scabies −

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Roman Jugg Roman Jugg (born 25 July 1957 in Caerphilly, South Wales) is a keyboard player and guitarist. He began his career in the Welsh punk band Victimize in the late 1970s. An acquaintance of Paul Gray, Jugg was originally hired in late 1981, recordi ...

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, keyboards **

Bryn Merrick Bryn Merrick (12 October 1958 – 12 September 2015) was a bassist who was a member of Cardiff-based punk band Victimize. He later joined the Damned between 1983 and 1989, replacing Paul Gray, who had left for UFO. Merrick's first release wit ...

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**Paul Shepley − keyboards on live track

References

External links

* 1987 singles The Damned (band) songs Songs written by David Vanian Songs written by Roman Jugg Songs written by Rat Scabies Songs written by Bryn Merrick 1987 songs {{1980s-rock-song-stub