Thin Lizzy – Boys Are Back In Town
About The Song
The song was originally released in 1976 on their album Jailbreak.The song was originally released in 1976 on their album Jailbreak.The song was originally released in 1976 on their album Jailbreak.
“It was 1976 and we were touring America”, recalled Scott Gorham. “Jailbreak wasn’t shifting and we weren’t selling any tickets – but there we were, gigging around… The manager came in and told us, ‘Well guys, it looks like you have a hit record’… Our response was, ‘Wow! Which song are you talking about?’ When he replied, ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’, it was a case of ‘Really?’ We’d demoed maybe 15 songs and ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’ wasn’t among the ten that we chose for the album, which in some ways made it a double surprise.
We owe it all to two DJs in Louisville, Kentucky. They fell in love with the fucking song and played it incessantly until other stations in the surrounding area picked up on it… Had that song not kickstarted the sales of the album, then the band was over.”
