| "The Boys Are Back in Town" | ||||
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 1991 Re-release UK 7-inch single | ||||
| Single by Thin Lizzy | ||||
| from the album Jailbreak | ||||
| B-side | "Emerald" or "Jailbreak" | |||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Studio | Ramport, London | |||
| Genre | Rock[1][2] | |||
| Length | 4:29 (album version) 3:11 (single version) | |||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Mercury (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Phil Lynott | |||
| Producer(s) | John Alcock | |||
| Thin Lizzy singles chronology | ||||
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"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song was released in 1976 as the first single from their album Jailbreak. It is considered by Rolling Stone to be the band's best song, placing it at No. 272 on the 2021 edition of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.[3]
- ^ Paste Staff (3 June 2024). "The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
...turning in three of the greatest rock tracks of the era: "The Boys Are Back in Town," "Jailbreak" and "Cowboy Song
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (17 July 2000). "Dazed and Confused: Rock". Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
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