"Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. The song spent three weeks at number one and 10 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart. Addressing themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities.
Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the song being the last single recorded by the original seven members of the group before splitting up.
The B-side, written by two different members of the Specials. "Why?" is a plea for racial tolerance and was written by guitarist Lynval Golding in response to a violent racist attack he had suffered in July 1980 outside the Moonlight Club in West Hampstead in London, which had left him hospitalised with broken ribs.
A - Ghost Town (3:40)
Written-By – Dammers
B - Why? (2:54)
Written-By – Golding
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
- Engineered At – Woodbine Studios
- Published By – Plangent Visions Music Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chrysalis Records Ltd.
- Pressed By – Sonopress
Credits
- Engineer – J. Rivers
- Producer – John Collins
Notes
Released: 1981
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM
Country: Netherlands
Genre: Ska
Label: Chrysalis Records/2Tone Records
Catalog# 103 338
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