The Jam Was Moving

"The Jam Was Moving"
Single by Debbie Harry
from the album Koo Koo
B-side	"Chrome" "Inner City Spillover"
Released	1981
Format	7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded	1981
Genre	Pop
Length	2:58 (7" Mix) 5:03 (12" Mix)
Label	Chrysalis
Writer(s)	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Producer	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards
Debbie Harry singles chronology
"Backfired" (1981) "The Jam Was Moving" (1981) "Chrome" (1981)
Blondie singles chronology "Rapture" (1981) "Island of Lost Souls" (1982) Audio sample file info · help

"The Jam Was Moving" was the second single from Debbie Harry's debut solo album, Koo Koo, in 1981. It was released with no video and little promotion after Harry's debut solo single, "Backfired" failed to become a big hit.

The single peaked at #82 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the US, but made no appearance on any other major chart.

The 7" Mix of "The Jam Was Moving" (featuring additional guitars during the intro) appears on the Chrysalis Records/EMI compilation Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry. The original 1981 12" mix of "The Jam Was Moving" was included as a bonus track on Chrysalis Records/EMI UK's 1994 CD re-issue of the Koo Koo album, the extended version of the album track "Inner City Spillover" was released by Gold Legion Records in 2011 (the 30th anniversary of the album's release).

In 1988, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein themselves remixed "The Jam Was Moving" for inclusion on the Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation Once More into the Bleach.

Track listings

7" vinyl

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Jam Was Moving (7" Mix)"	Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards	2:58

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Chrome"	Debbie Harry, Chris Stein	4:13

12" vinyl

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Jam Was Moving" (12" Mix)"	Rodgers, Edwards	5:03

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Inner City Spillover (12" Mix)"	Harry, Stein	6:00
2.	"Chrome"	Harry, Stein	4:16

Chart positions

Chart (1981)	Peak Position
US	82

External links

• "The Jam Was Moving" lyrics