This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us

"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"
Single by Sparks
from the album Kimono My House and Plagiarism (1997 re-recording with Faith No More)
B-side"Barbecutie"
ReleasedApril 1974
Recorded1974
Genre
Length3:06
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Ron Mael
Producer(s)Muff Winwood
Sparks singles chronology
"Girl from Germany"
(1972) 		"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"
(1974) 		"Amateur Hour"
(1974)
Faith No More singles chronology
"Stripsearch"
(1997) 		"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us"
(1998) 		"I Started a Joke"
(1998)
Music video
"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" on YouTube

"This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" is a song by American pop band Sparks. Written by Ron Mael, it is the opening track on their third studio album Kimono My House (1974), and was the lead single from the album. Although it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100, "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" achieved major success in Europe, peaking within the top ten of the charts in the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In the latter country, the song peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for two consecutive weeks.[4] The song has become the highest-charting for Sparks on the UK Singles Chart, held off from the top spot by The Rubettes' bubblegum pop song "Sugar Baby Love".

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