| "Sixty Eight Guns" | ||||
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| Single by The Alarm | ||||
| from the album Declaration | ||||
| B-side | "68 Guns Part II" | |||
| Released | August 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:15 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald | |||
| Producer(s) | Alan Shacklock | |||
| The Alarm singles chronology | ||||
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"Sixty Eight Guns" is a song by Welsh rock band the Alarm that was released as a single in August 1983 and later appeared on the group's debut album Declaration in February 1984. It was written by Alarm members Mike Peters and Eddie MacDonald.
The song reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the Alarm's first top 40 appearance and their highest-ever position on that chart. The song also reached No. 39 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States, the Alarm's first-ever chart position in that country. Soon after, it "bubbled under" the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart at No. 106, becoming the band's first charting single on the American pop charts.
The song was recorded at Good Earth Studios and mixed at Abbey Road Studios.[1]