"Through the Barricades" | ||||
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Single by Spandau Ballet | ||||
from the album Through the Barricades | ||||
B-side | "With the Pride" (Live in '85) | |||
Released | 27 October 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
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Label | CBS | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gary Kemp | |||
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Spandau Ballet singles chronology | ||||
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"Through the Barricades" is a song by English new wave band Spandau Ballet, released as the second single from their 1986 studio album of the same name. The song was inspired by the murder of a member of the band's road crew in Belfast during The Troubles and emerged as the Spandau Ballet song that the band members rated the best. It reached number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their final top ten hit, and made the top ten elsewhere.