The Specials – Ghost Town (5:14)

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EP single released June 1981. It spent 3 weeks at number 1 in the UK charts. The song is about Coventry and the city’s high unemployment at the time. The scathing indictment of poverty lead to the song being quite popular across the UK, which was riddled with unemployment at the time.

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lifeabove619 wrote:
last month

reminds me of snatch

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skyblue72 wrote:
last month

love the original but not a fan of this version

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shootbob wrote:
last month

What a classic! never tire of this

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podgethebastard wrote:
last month

one of the bestistististist happy 20212

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MrPhew wrote:
December 2011

Tune!

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durhamcitymakem wrote:
December 2011

wot a way to finish......with a classic track like this. love the specials.

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FortheloveofOi wrote:
December 2011

Great song~but wish this track wasn;t so slow~

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workaholic2 wrote:
December 2011

Prefer their original recording. This is missing something. Not so haunting.

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baarock1957 wrote:
November 2011

still very poinant in todays financial climate alan b....

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ElectrostatiCx wrote:
November 2011

Oh yes...brilliant!

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Mozzerella10 wrote:
October 2011

I much prefer this version

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headgear56 wrote:
October 2011

Awesome song. oh yeah.

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wantaway wrote:
October 2011

now more that ever

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cjsnow1 wrote:
September 2011

Ahhh. Shaun Of The Dead. One of the best films ever made.

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pjgries wrote:
September 2011

Always makes me think of the opening credits in the film Shaun of the Dead. One of my favs.

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mirthe wrote:
September 2011

Ah, the Irish national anthem! :-)

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Nagamenon wrote:
September 2011

Gotta love that opening, hehe, so weird and cool. Sounds like a ghost town...

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crawlpalmetto wrote:
September 2011

Now more than ever :)

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DiamondAlfaro wrote:
August 2011

good

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tnil wrote:
July 2011

"Sounds like the Specials when they reformed without Terry Hall." x2 I came across this one again. The instruments are great, but it is hard to like the vocals on this track when compared to the original.

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