The Boys Are Back in Town
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- For the Entourage episode, see The Boys Are Back in Town (Entourage).
| "The Boys Are Back in Town" | ||
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| Single by Thin Lizzy | ||
| from the album Jailbreak | ||
| Released | 1976 | |
| Format | CD (originally vinyl) | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 4:29 | |
| Label | Mercury | |
| Writer(s) | Phil Lynott | |
| Producer(s) | John Alcock | |
"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a single from the hard rock/proto-metal band Thin Lizzy. The song came out in 1976 on their album Jailbreak. It was honoured with the 499th position among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is also played after most Republic of Ireland football matches. In March 2005, Q magazine placed "The Boys Are Back in Town" at number 38 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
[edit] Charts
| Single | UK | US | IRL | GER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Boys Are Back in Town" (1976) | 8 | 12 | 1 | - |
[edit] Trivia
- The song was used, in a notably anachronistic fashion, in the medieval jousting movie A Knight's Tale.
- The song was used as the theme for the Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 2.
- The song was used as Soundtrack in the movie Detroit Rock City.
- The song was used in the Season 1 finale of the television show My Name Is Earl.
- John Stamos played the song in one episode of Full House.
- In 1999 this song was covered by the Happy Mondays.
- The chorus from the song is played when Luton Town run out at the start of a game.
- The British rock band Oasis used this song as their stage entry music song in 1995.
- The song was sung karaoke-style in the pilot of the television show October Road (TV series).
- The Song was covered by Northern Irish punk outfit, Stiff Little Fingers.
