Smithers-Jones is a song written by the English punk rock/mod revival band The Jam. The song was initially recorded as a straightforward rock take for the B-side of the non-album single "When You're Young" (released in August, 1979). The song was re-worked with an all-strings arrangement at the suggestion of the band's drummer, Rick Buckler. This was for inclusion upon The Jam's fourth album Setting Sons released in November 1979. Following the dissolution of the Jam, Foxton regularly performed the song with Belfast-based punk band Stiff Little Fingers, whom he subsequently joined in 1990.