The Style Council were an English musical group formed in 1983 by ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller with keyboardist Mick Talbot. Both Weller and Talbot had played a significant part in the Mod Revival. The first couple of singles featured drummer Zeke Manyeka. The Style Council also featured a singer called Tracie Young who had solo hits with "The House That Jack Built" and "Give It Some Emotion" on Weller's Respond label. Young can be heard providing emotive and solid backing vocals on "Boy Who Cried Wolf" (1984). The U.S. release of "My Ever Changing Moods" included Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl singing the Weller composition "Paris Match." The permanent lineup grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other musicians, including a horn section, were brought in as required.

Once he split The Jam, vocalist and guitarist Paul Weller abandoned rage and Rickenbackers and formed The Style Council with keyboardist Mick Talbot, from London Mod band The Merton Parkas, and drummer Steve White. They returned to the Soul and Jazz Weller had visited in The Jam’s final days, and their upbeat debut ‘Speak Like A Child’ (1983) married social commentary to brassy R and B. Their dreamy ‘Long Hot Summer’ from 1983’s ‘Paris Match’ EP and 1984’s Jazz-tinged Cafe Bleu