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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.
Phil Lynott's lyrics about a prison break are the typical personification of the "tough guys", also seen in "The Boys Are Back in Town" and the regular concert closer and fan favourite "The Rocker". An alternate version of the song appeared on the bonus disc of the 2011 remastered deluxe edition of the Jailbreak album, featuring a short spoken ...
Jailbreak is the sixth studio album by Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy.It was released on 26 March 1976, by Vertigo Records.The album proved to be the band's commercial breakthrough in the US, and the only Thin Lizzy album with a certification (in this case, Gold) in that country.
In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Boys in Town" was ranked number 83. [4] Named by Double J as one of the best debut singles of all time, they said, "'Get me out of here.' There is a whole world in those five words. A million songs, a thousand books and films. Every small town. Every ...
The singles "Whiskey in the Jar" (1972), "The Boys Are Back in Town" (1976) and "Waiting for an Alibi" (1979) were international hits, and several Thin Lizzy albums reached the top ten in the UK. The band's music reflects a wide range of influences including blues , soul music , psychedelic rock , and traditional Irish folk music , but is ...
The Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia, a live album by Thin Lizzy, recorded in 1978 and released in 1999 "The Boys Are Back in Town," a song by American funk band The Gap Band from their 1979 album The Gap Band II "(The Boys Are) Back in Town," a song by American rock group The BusBoys featured in the 1982 film 48 Hrs.
Originally, this song was called "G.I. Joe is Back in Town" and there are references out there that suggest the song's original lyrical intent. It referred not only to the popular toy line but also referred to all those soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War. I hope someone familiar with the song adds this information in the future.
The Boys Are Back (The Oak Ridge Boys album) or the title song, 2009; The Boys Are Back (Sawyer Brown album), 1989 "The Boys Are Back", a song from the film High School Musical 3: Senior Year, 2008 "The Boys Are Back", a song by Dropkick Murphys from Signed and Sealed in Blood, 2013