Through the Barricades (song)

"Through the Barricades"
Single by Spandau Ballet
from the album Through the Barricades
B-side"With the Pride" (Live in '85)
Released27 October 1986
Recorded1986
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length
  • 5:20 (single/video version)
  • 5:58 (album version)
  • 7:09 (extended version)
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)Gary Kemp
Producer(s)
Spandau Ballet singles chronology
"Fight for Ourselves"
(1986)
"Through the Barricades"
(1986)
"How Many Lies"
(1987)

"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.

  1. ^ "Robbie Williams, Roundhouse, London Spandau Ballet, O2, London". The Independent. 25 October 2009. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.