The Boys Are Back in Town

Name: The Boys Are Back in Town
Duration: 4 min 26 s

~ Recording by Thin Lizzy

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Scott Gorham performed lead guitar and guitar.
Brian Robertson performed lead guitar and guitar.

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Country/Date
Official
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976 SE
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976 GB
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1976 US
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak (Audio Club of Britain version)	1976 GB
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Lizzy Killers	1981 NL
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	The Adventures of Thin Lizzy (The Hit Singles Collection)	1981 IE 1981 GB
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Lizzy Killers	1983 DE
1.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	?:??	Thin Lizzy	Solid Gold: 80’s Collection	1986 -
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Best Of: Soldier of Fortune	1987 GB
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Best Of: Soldier of Fortune	1987 GB
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1989-02-05 JP
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1990-04-20 US
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1990 CA
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1990 DE
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak (EDC press)	1990 US
1.10	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1991 US
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1991 XE
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1991 XE
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Dedication: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1991 GB
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Reelin' in the Years, Volume 1	1991 US
1.11	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Rock & Pop Diamonds 1976	1991 DE
1.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	We Will Rock You	1991 GB
1.5	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	70’s Greatest Rock Hits, Volume 14: Kings of Rock	1992 US
2.5	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Rock Busters, Volume 2	1992 DE
1.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Rock of the 70’s, Volume One	1992 US
1.2	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:23	Thin Lizzy	Rock Power	1992 GB
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	The Boys Are Back in Town	1992 GB
1.10	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Welcome to The Hard Rock Cafe	1992 DE
1.7	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	The Chart Show: Ultimate Rock 2	1993 GB
1.2	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Wayne's World: The Basement Tapes	1993 CA
1.7	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever!	1994-07-01 US
1.13	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	It’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll… but We Like It!	1994 GB
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Lizzy Killers	1994 XE
1.7	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever!	1994 GB
1.12	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	The Vorspiel Collection 2	1994 NO
2.5	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Top Gear	1994 GB
1.14	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	The No.1 70's Rock Album	1995-07-28 GB
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	No. 1 70’s Rock Album	1995-08-14 CA
1.7	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever!	1995 AU
1.14	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Wild Rock 2	1995 SE
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1996-02-25 JP
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1996-02-29 ZA
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:30	Thin Lizzy	Jailbreak	1996-03-18 DE 1996-03-18 GB
2.12	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Power Rock: 35 Rock Classics	1996 -
1.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	We Will Rock You	1996 GB
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Wild One: The Very Best of Thin Lizzy	1996 GB
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	?:??	Thin Lizzy	Men Behaving Badly	1997-11-17 GB
2.14	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	The Number One 70’s Album	1997-11 GB
1.13	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	Bikers And Blues 2	1997 NO
2.12	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Power Rock: 36 classiques du rock (sticker cover jewel case)	1997 FR
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Rock Attack 2	1997 DE
2.8	Boys Are Back in Town	4:26	Thin Lizzy	The No. 1 Classic Rock Album	1997 AU
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	The Best Rock Anthems… Ever!	1998-11-15 GB
1.11	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:26	Thin Lizzy	The Best Seventies Album in the World... Ever! II	1998-11-23 GB
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Rock & Pop Moods: Rock Anthems: Monumental Tracks by Giant Acts	1998 AU
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Rock Collector: Les Morceaux Mythiques du rock	1998 FR
2.2	Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	Rock the World	1999-09-20 GB
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Anthems	1999 GB
3.15	Boys Are Back In Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Classic Pop	1999 AU
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Rock That Party	1999 DE
2.2	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:23	Thin Lizzy	The Best Ever Footy Album	1999 AU
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Cigarettes and Alcohol: 40 Modern Anthems	2000-06-12 GB
1.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:26	Thin Lizzy	The Best Pub Jukebox in the World… Ever!	2000-06-12 GB
2.2	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Amplified	2000-08-08 US
1.15	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Legendary Harley-Davidson Road Songs	2000-11-07 US
1.15	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	Legendary Harley‐Davidson Road Songs	2000 US
1.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	The Boys Are Back in Town (Limited Edition)	2000 SE
1.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	The Boys Are Back in Town - Swedish Collection	2000 SE
2.14	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	Top of the Pops 2: 70s Rock	2001-01-22 GB
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	A Knight's Tale: Music From the Motion Picture	2001-05-08 US
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	A Knight’s Tale: Music From the Motion Picture	2001-05-08 US
1.18	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	Simply the Best Movie Album	2001-11-19 GB
2.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:23	Thin Lizzy	Cold Feet	2001-11-26 GB
1.8	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	A Year in Your Life: 1976, Volume One	2001 US
1.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Monsters of the Millennium 2	2001 -
1.18	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	Simply the Best Movie Album	2001 XE
2.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:26	Thin Lizzy	Tom Dunne’s 30 Best Irish Hits	2001 IE
2.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels	2001 XE
2.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels	2001 GB
1.6	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	The Grimleys	2002-04-21 GB
1.3	Boys Are Back in Town	4:27	Thin Lizzy	Classic Axe	2002-09-23 GB
1.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	The Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever!	2002-09-23 DE
2.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	The Very Best of The Tube	2002-11-04 GB
2.8	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:21	Thin Lizzy	VH1 Classic Tracks	2002-11-18 GB
1.8	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:23	Thin Lizzy	Air Guitar	2002 XE
2.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:23	Thin Lizzy	Cold Feet	2002 AU
1.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	The Best Air Guitar Album in the World… Ever!	2002 DK
1.17	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	The Best Guitar Album Ever...	2002 PT
1.1	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:26	Thin Lizzy	Greatest Hits	2004-06-07 GB
1.5	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:23	Thin Lizzy	The Best Pub Jukebox... Ever!	2004-10-11 GB
1.15	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	The World’s Greatest	2004-11-01 IE 2004-11-01 GB
1.4	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	Virgin Radio: The Album	2004-11-15 GB
1.10	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:29	Thin Lizzy	A Knight's Tale: Music From the Motion Picture	2004-12-13 GB
2.12	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Soft Rock Anthems	2005-01-24 GB
1.9	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	Cigarettes & Alcohol: 40 Modern Anthems	2005-06-27 DE
2.3	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:28	Thin Lizzy	Scream for Rock	2005-08-22 DE
1.7	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:25	Thin Lizzy	Teenage Kicks 2: Going Underground	2005-11-07 GB
1.7	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:24	Thin Lizzy	The Best of the Best Air Guitar Albums in the World… Ever!	2005-11-28 GB
Promotion
1.5	Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	Classic Cuts Presents: 70s Night: The Definitive DJ Collection: T to Z	2003 GB
1.2	The Boys Are Back in Town	4:22	Thin Lizzy	Classic Cuts presents… Wedding in a Box: The Ultimate Wedding Collection (DJ Promotional Use Only)	2003 GB

Relationships

assistant recording engineer:	Neil Hornby
engineer:	Will Reid-Dick
producer:	John Alcock
acoustic guitar and bass guitar and lead vocals:	Phil Lynott
drums (drum set):	Brian Downey
guitar:	Scott Gorham Brian Robertson
vocals:	Brian Robertson

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Mercury Records Limited (in 1976)

mash-ups:	Redemption Songs Are Back in Town (Bob Marley vs. Thin Lizzy) by Talk Hard Productions The Boys Are Back in Heaven (Eric Clapton vs. Thin Lizzy) by DJ Schmolli

part of:	Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 272) (order: 272) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 499) (order: 499)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/43DeSV93pJPT4lCZaWZ6b1 [info]

recording of:	The Boys Are Back in Town

The Boys Are Back in Town

lyricist and composer:	Phil Lynott

publisher:	Pippin the Friendly Ranger Music Co. Ltd. PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd. Universal Music Publishing Ltd. PolyGram Music Publishing (in 1989)

later parody versions:	The Boys Aren't Backin' Down
later translated versions:	Gemmas wieda an

The Boys Are Back in Town

Genres: rock, hard rock, classic rock, arena rock, club

Other tags: album rock

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The Boys Are Back in Town

The Boys Are Back in Town

Genres: rock, hard rock, classic rock, arena rock, club

Other tags: album rock

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The Boys Are Back in Town