“In May 1977, a three-piece rock group from Woking appeared on Top Of The Pops,” (TheJamOfficial). ” … the energy and sense of purpose that was firing what had been called punk and was now mutating into New Wave, but it had a lot more: a melodic charge … that betrayed its makers’ love of classic British pop, and the clear sense that the band’s main creative force was already thinking like an accomplished songwriter. Between 1977 and 1982, the band released an incredible array of music. In the UK, there were five albums and 17 singles, a stack of number 1s, and a journey which encompassed no end of influences, styles, and textures.
“The final single by The Jam, one of those rare cases where a band really did quit at the top, made its UK chart debut on December 4, 1982.” (UDiscoverMusic). “‘Beat Surrender’ debuted at #1 to give the band their fourth and final bestseller, and within a few days The Jam were effectively no more. The Paul Weller composition had a distinct soul flavor which, with hindsight, can be seen as a preview of the direction he would take with his new band, the Style Council. The horn-filled sound spoke of Weller’s love of classic R&B, on a high-energy swansong to The Jam’s five years of unbroken success.”
After an opening chorus in (approximately!) A major, the first verse starts in D major at 0:17. At 1:27, the groove shifts into a bridge in C# minor, followed by an instrumental verse and then a vocal verse, both in D major, at 1:52. At 2:14, the chorus returns and repeats to the end — this time in a more conventional version of A major.
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