Old Town (song)
| "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 | Rock |
| Length | 3:27 |
| Label | Virgin (Ireland) Vertigo (UK, The Netherlands) |
| Songwriter(s) | Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain |
| Producer(s) | Philip Lynott, Kit Woolven |
| Audio sample | |
"Old Town" is a song released by Thin Lizzy frontman Philip Lynott from his 1982 self-titled solo album, The Philip Lynott Album. The lyrics detail the end of a romance, and contains piano by Darren Wharton. 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]
"Old Town" was the first record to be officially played on Irish legal Independent Radio. It was the first song played by Dublin's Capital Radio 104.4 on its launch on 20 July 1989.
Chart performance
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Top 40[2] | 46 (tip6) |
Track listings
- Ireland: Virgin / VIS 103 (Without spoken intro)
- The Netherlands: Vertigo / 6059 580
- UK: Vertigo / SOLO 5
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Old Town" | Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2. | "Beat of the Drum" | Lynott, Jackie Daly, Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh, Brian Downey |
The Corrs version
| "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 | |||
| Genre | Celtic, Folk-rock | |||
| Length | 4:38 | |||
| Label | 143 Records/Lava Records/Atlantic Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain | |||
| Producer(s) | Mitchell Froom, The Corrs | |||
| 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 is by Ronan Dooney.[3][4]
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Adult Contemporary[5] | 73 |
Track listings
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)" | Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain | 4:38 |
| 2. | "What I Know" | Glenn Ballard, Siedah Garrett | 4:36 |
| 3. | "Little Wing" (Rehearsal version) | Jimi Hendrix | 4:51 |
References
- ^ "Roisin Dubh Trust - The Old Town". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
- ^ "top40.nl - Philip Lynott - Old Town". Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- ^ "OldTown_SongPage". www.thecorrsclub.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "The Corrs Unplugged Review". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ "RPM Volume 71 No. 3, May 22, 2000 - Adult Contemporary Tracks". Retrieved 3 April 2009.