"Old Town"
Single by Philip Lynott
from the album The Philip Lynott Album
B-side"Beat of the Drum"
Released1982
GenrePop rock
Length3:27
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"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" 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
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] 46

Track listings

  • Ireland: Virgin / VIS 103 (Without spoken intro)
  • The Netherlands: Vertigo / 6059 580
  • UK: Vertigo / SOLO 5
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Town"
3:27
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
2."Beat of the Drum"
 

The Corrs version

"Old Town
(This Boy Is Cracking Up)"
Single by The Corrs
from the album The Corrs Unplugged
ReleasedApril 2000
Recorded5 October 1999
StudioArdmore Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland
Genre
Length3:14
Label
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The Corrs singles chronology
"Radio"
(1999)		 "Old Town
(This Boy Is Cracking Up)"
(2000)		 "Breathless"
(2000)

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

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Canadian Adult Contemporary[5] 73

Track listings

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up)"Philip Lynott, Jimmy Bain3:14
2."What I Know"Glen Ballard, Siedah Garrett3:49
3."Little Wing" (Rehearsal version)Jimi Hendrix4:30

References

  1. ↑ "Roisin Dubh Trust - The Old Town". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Philip Lynott – Old Town" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "OldTown_SongPage". www.thecorrsclub.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Corrs Unplugged Review". www.angelfire.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "RPM Volume 71 No. 3, May 22, 2000 - Adult Contemporary Tracks". Retrieved 3 April 2009.
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