"Old Town" is a song released by Thin Lizzy frontman Philip Lynott from his 1982 self-titled solo album, The Philip Lynott Album; its lyrics detail the end of a romance. In the music video, Lynott can be seen on the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin, as well as several other locations around the city centre.[1] The song includes the piano playing of Darren Wharton, the keyboard player from Thin Lizzy.
| "Old Town" | |
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| Single by Philip Lynott | |
| from the album The Philip Lynott Album | |
| B-side | "Beat of the Drum" |
| Released | 1982 |
| Genre | Pop rock |
| Length | 3:27 |
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| "Old Town" on YouTube | |
"Old Town" was the first record to be officially played on Irish legal independent radio, when it was the first song played by Dublin's Capital Radio 104.4, for its launch, on 20 July 1989.[citation needed]
Chart performance
edit| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] | 46 |
Track listings
edit- Ireland: Virgin / VIS 103 (Without spoken intro)
- The Netherlands: Vertigo / 6059 580
- UK: Vertigo / SOLO 5
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Old Town" | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Beat of the Drum" |
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The Corrs version
edit| "Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)" | ||||
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| Single by The Corrs | ||||
| from the album The Corrs Unplugged | ||||
| Released | April 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 5 October 1999 | |||
| Studio | Ardmore Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland | |||
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| Length | 3:14 | |||
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| The Corrs singles chronology | ||||
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The Corrs covered "Old Town" on their 1999 appearance on MTV's Unplugged series, and again with a studio recording for their 2005 album Home.
The live version was released as a single, titled "Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)" in 2000 in Singapore, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2005 the studio recording was released as a double A-side with "Heart Like a Wheel", and was included on the 2006 compilation Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection. They also performed this song in their In Blue Tour.
The piccolo trumpet solo was played by Ronan Dooney.[3][4]
Chart performance
edit| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Adult Contemporary[5] | 73 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[6] | 18 |
Track listings
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)" | Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain | 3:14 |
| 2. | "What I Know" | Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Little Wing" (Rehearsal version) | Jimi Hendrix | 4:30 |
References
edit- ^ "Roisin Dubh Trust - The Old Town". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ "Philip Lynott – Old Town" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "OldTown_SongPage". www.thecorrsclub.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "The Corrs Unplugged Review". Angelfire. Archived from the original on November 14, 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "RPM Volume 71 No. 3, May 22, 2000 - Adult Contemporary Tracks". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 8480486392.