Favorite "Boy" Songs #4 - "The Boys are Back in Town"

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This series, Favorite "Boy" Songs, comes as an answer to my "Girl" songs series, one that both @FourWalls and I both did (she is doing a "Boy" series as well. Check it out!). I'm at #4 in my series, and it's a classic: "The Boys are Back in Town" by Thin Lizzy." Led, up until his his death in 1986, by bassist/vocalist Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy formed in Dublin Ireland, in 1969. The band has, over time, boasted stellar guitarists, notably Gary Moore and John Sykes. Thin Lizzy is still active, recording all new music as Black Star Riders, but according to Wikipedia, still perform occasionally as Thin Lizzy. From their 1976 album Jailbreak, "The Boys are Back in Town" reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was an international hit. It squeaked into Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time at #499. The song has been covered a few times, notably by Happy Monday's and Everclear, while Bon Jovi has been known to perform it live. Like I said, it's a classic. There was no way this one didn't make the cut.