| Old Town | |
| Cover: | Philip Lynott Old Town single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Philip Lynott |
| Album: | The Philip Lynott Album |
| B-Side: | Beat of the Drum |
| Released: | 1982 |
| Genre: | Pop rock |
| Length: | 3:27 |
"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, when it was the first song played by Dublin's Capital Radio 104.4, for its launch, on 20 July 1989.
| Old Town (This Boy Is Cracking Up) | |
| Cover: | Corrs-Old_Town.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Corrs |
| Album: | The Corrs Unplugged |
| Released: | April 2000 |
| Recorded: | 5 October 1999 |
| Studio: | Ardmore Studios, County Wicklow, Ireland |
| Length: | 3:14 |
| Prev Title: | Radio |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Breathless |
| Next Year: | 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 . They also performed this song in their In Blue Tour.
The piccolo trumpet solo was played by Ronan Dooney.[2] [3]
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Adult Contemporary[4] | 73 |
| Spain (PROMUSICAE)[5] | 18 |