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Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)

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Released
  
2002

Label
  
MUTT

Genre
  
Pop

Producer(s)
  
Chumbawamba

Recorded
  
2002 at Woodlands Studio, Castleford, UK

Writer(s)
  
Chumbawamba & Davy Graham

"Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)" is an anti-Iraq War single from Chumbawamba. This version, different from the one on their album Readymades, is remixed and contains new anti-war lyrics.

It contains two major samples:

  • The descending bass line and guitar lick from Davey Graham's song "Anji" (hence the co-writing credit).
  • The voice from Harry Cox's song "The Pretty Ploughboy" off his album A Century of Song ("And they sent him down into the war to be slain, be slain... / And they sent him down into the war to be slain.")

    • The song can be downloaded from the band's website here.

    Track listings

    1. "Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name)"
    2. "Jacob's Ladder (Albumesque)"
    3. "Round 'Em Up and Throw 'Em In"

    References

    Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name) Wikipedia
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