Thin Lizzy The Boys Are Back In Town

The Boys Are Back In Town is performed by Thin Lizzy from The Rocker: a Portrait of Phil Lynott DVD. The hard rocker was originally released in 1976 on their album Jailbreak. Thin Lizzy’s signature song is ranked 499 among the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone praised composer/lead singer/bassist Phil Lynott and the twin-guitar lead by Californian Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson as “crucial to the song’s success.“ The Boys Are Back In Town is commonly played at Irish Rugby matches. Phil Lynott died from his drug dependency in 1986 at the age of 36.