Hersham Boys
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| "Hersham Boys" | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| B-side | "I Don't Wanna (live)"/"Tell Us The Truth (live)"[1] |
"Hersham Boys" is a single released by English punk rock band Sham 69 in 1979 from their third studio album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. It was the band's biggest and most well-known hit, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and at nine on the Irish Singles Chart. "Hersham Boys" was not a favourite at Smash Hits, with music journalist David Hepworth describing the song as "A tired, hollow effort struggling between weary attempts at rabble-rousing and blush-making pseudo-Springsteen 'street' songs that reek of desperation and contract fulfilling. As empty self-satisfied a record as anything they supposedly set out to replace".[3] The song is included on live and compilation albums. Two live tracks, "I Don't Wanna (live)" and "Tell Us The Truth (live)" appear as b-sides on this single, recorded in 1978. In the music video the sign that Pursey, the rest of Sham 69 and a young boy are sitting next to is the sign for Hersham Road.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Hersham Boys" - 3:25
- Side two
- "I Don't Wanna (live)" - 2:06
- "Tell Us The Truth (live)" - 2:06
References
- ^ "Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Sham 69 -Hersham Boys". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4-17 October 1979, p.29
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