Old Town (song)

"Old Town"

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
Label|

* Virgin (Ireland)
* Vertigo (UK, The Netherlands)

Songwriter(s)|

* Philip Lynott
* Jimmy Bain

Producer(s)|

* Philip Lynott
* Kit Woolven

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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

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Chart  | Peak
position

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Netherlands (Single Top 100)[2] | 46

## Track listings

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* Ireland: Virgin / VIS 103 (Without spoken intro)
* The Netherlands: Vertigo / 6059 580
* UK: Vertigo / SOLO 5

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Old Town"|

* Philip Lynott
* Jimmy Bain

| 3:27

Side oneNo.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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2.| "Beat of the Drum"|

* Lynott
* Jackie Daly
* Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh
* Brian Downey

## The Corrs version

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"Old Town
(This Boy Is Cracking Up)"

Single by The Corrs
from the album  The Corrs Unplugged
Released| April 2000
Recorded| 5 October 1999
Studio| Ardmore Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland
Genre|

* Pop
* Celtic
* folk-rock

Length| 3:14
Label|

* 143 Records
* Lava Records
* Atlantic Records

Songwriter(s)|

* Philip Lynott
* Jimmy Bain

Producer(s)|

* Mitchell Froom
* The Corrs

The Corrs singles chronology
| "Radio"
(1999)  | "Old Town
(This Boy Is Cracking Up)"
(2000)  | "Breathless"
(2000)

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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

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Chart (2000)  | Peak
position

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Canadian Adult Contemporary[5] | 73

### Track listings

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

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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". Angelfire. Archived from the original on November 14, 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
5. ^ "RPM Volume 71 No. 3, May 22, 2000 - Adult Contemporary Tracks". Retrieved 3 April 2009.

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Phil Lynott

Studio albums|

* Solo in Soho
* The Philip Lynott Album

Live albums|

* Live in Sweden 1983

Compilation albums|

* Yellow Pearl

Tribute albums|

* One Night in Dublin: A Tribute to Phil Lynott

Songs|

* Parisienne Walkways
* Yellow Pearl
* Old Town
* Out in the Fields

Related articles|

* Philomena Lynott
* Skid Row
* Thin Lizzy
* Funky Junction
* Grand Slam
* Gary Moore
* Phil Lynott (song)

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The Corrs

* Andrea Corr
* Caroline Corr
* Sharon Corr
* Jim Corr

Studio albums|

* Forgiven, Not Forgotten
* Talk on Corners
* In Blue
* Borrowed Heaven
* Home
* White Light
* Jupiter Calling

Compilation and
remix albums|

* Best of The Corrs
* Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection
* The Works

Live albums|

* Live
* Unplugged
* VH1 Presents: The Corrs Live in Dublin

Singles|

* "Runaway"
* "Forgiven, Not Forgotten"
* "The Right Time"
* "Love to Love You"
* "Only When I Sleep"
* "I Never Loved You Anyway"
* "What Can I Do"
* "Dreams"
* "What Can I Do (Remix)"
* "So Young"
* "Runaway (Remix)"
* "Radio"
* "Old Town"
* "Breathless"
* "Irresistible"
* "Give Me a Reason"
* "All the Love in the World"
* "Would You Be Happier?"
* "When the Stars Go Blue"
* "Summer Sunshine"
* "Angel"
* "Long Night"
* "Heart Like a Wheel/Old Town"
* "Goodbye"

Guest singles|

* "I Know My Love"

Other music|

* "Rebel Heart"

Videography|

* "The Corrs: Live at the Royal Albert Hall"
* "The Corrs: Live at Lansdowne Road"
* "Unplugged"

Concert tours|

* Forgiven, Not Forgotten Tour
* Talk on Corners Tour
* In Blue Tour
* Borrowed Heaven Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Awards
* Ten Feet High
* Dream of You
* Lifelines
* The Same Sun

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