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"Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. [2] The song spent three weeks at number one and 11 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart . Evoking themes of urban decay , deindustrialisation , unemployment and violence in inner cities , the song is remembered for being a hit at the ...
Too Much Too Young: The Gold Collection is a compilation album by British Ska band The Specials.It features eight songs from their eponymous 1979 debut album Specials, along with seven songs from the subsequent More Specials album (1980), plus the track Rude Boys Outa Jail, originally only released as a double A-side single with Rat Race in 1980.
Originally released by Anagram (an imprint of Cherry Red Records) in 2000 with the title Ghost Town - 13 Hits of The Specials and Fun Boy Three, the album was re-released by Cleopatra Records under the title "The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three" and again by Pegaus Records in 2006 as The Best of The Specials & Fun Boy Three. Each ...
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry. [4] After some early changes, the first stable lineup of the group consisted of Terry Hall and Neville Staple on vocals, Jerry Dammers on keyboards, Lynval Golding and Roddy Radiation on guitars, Horace Panter on bass, John Bradbury on drums, and Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez ...
The Best of the Specials & Fun Boy Three is an album by Neville Staple comprising new recordings of the greatest hits of The Specials and Fun Boy Three, released in 2006.The album is simply a reprint of the 2000 album Ghost Town - 13 Hits of The Specials and Fun Boy Three, which had already been reissued as The Very Best of The Specials and Fun Boy Three.
Natural Born Killers (1994) – song – "Ghost Town" (not included on the soundtrack album) Multiplicity (1996) – song – "A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You" Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) – songs – " Pressure Drop ", "A Message to You, Rudy" and "You're Wondering Now"
The Specials achieved two top 10 singles in 1981, including their biggest hit, the protest song "Ghost Town", which spent three weeks at the top of the chart in July. It was also the last single recorded by the original seven members of the group before their split later that year, with Specials bandmates Terry Hall , Lynval Golding and Neville ...
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