Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy song)

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Jailbreak was a song appearing on Thin Lizzy's album, Jailbreak. As was The Boys Are Back in Town, this song is a classic rock radio staple, and receives heavy airplay.

One of the most famous Thin Lizzy songs, it sums the band´s music, with the heavy rhythm guitar crunch, dual lead guitar harmony, Brian Robertson´s peculiar use of the wah-wah pedal and Phil Lynott´s lyrics about a prison break and the typical personification of the "tough guys", also seen in The Boys Are Back in Town and the concert closer, fan favorite, The Rocker.

The song has been used in the movie Detroit Rock City, in the scene in which one of the characters escapes from the boarding school his mother had taken him to, and heads for the Kiss concert at Detroit.