Hersham Boys
| "Hersham Boys" | ||||
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| Single by Sham 69 | ||||
| from the album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys | ||||
| B-side | "I Don't Wanna (live)"/"Tell Us The Truth (live)"[1] | |||
| Released | 26 July 1979 | |||
| Format | ||||
| Recorded | 12 February 1978, June 1979 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length |
3:25 (7" single edit) 4:46 (album version) | |||
| Label | Polydor (POSP 64) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Pursey, Dave Guy Parsons | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Wilson, Jimmy Pursey | |||
| Sham 69 singles chronology | ||||
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"Hersham Boys" is a single released by English punk rock band Sham 69 in 1979 from their third studio album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. It was the band's biggest well known hit, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and at nine on the Irish Singles Chart. "Hersham Boys" was not a well favourite hit on Smash Hits, with music journalist David Hepworth describes the song as "A tired, hollow effort struggling between weary attempts at rabble-rousing and blush-making pseudo-Springsteen 'street' songs that reek of desperation and contract fulfilling. As empty self-satisfied a record as anything they supposedly set out to replace".[3] The song is their biggest and most well-known hit and is included on live and compilation albums. The both B-side live version tracks "I Don't Wanna (live)" and "Tell Us The Truth (live)" appears on this single, which had recorded in 1978. The 7" single is featured of the song on the bonus CD track list from their album. In the music video the Hersham sign that Pursey, the rest of Sham 69 and a young boy are sitting on is the sign for Hersham Road, a road in which consists of Rydens Secondary School, Bell Farm Primary School and a pub called The Royal George.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Hersham Boys" - 3:25
- Side two
- "I Don't Wanna (live)" - 2:06
- "Tell Us The Truth (live)" - 2:06
References
- ↑ "Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ "Sham 69 -Hersham Boys". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ↑ Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4-17 October 1979, p.29