London Boys (T. Rex song)
"London Boys" is a song by English glam rock act T. Rex. It was released a single in 1976 by record label T. Rex Wax Co. The track was not released on an album, but was originally intended to feature in Bolan's aborted rock operas The London Opera and Billy Super Duper.
| "London Boys" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.png) | ||||
| Single by T. Rex | ||||
| B-side | "Solid Baby"(UK)/"Chrome Sitar"(Germany) | |||
| Released | 21 February 1976 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Label | T. Rex Wax Co. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Bolan | |||
| Producer(s) | Marc Bolan | |||
| T. Rex singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
Content
Like all of T. Rex's music, the song is written by Marc Bolan.[1]
Release
"London Boys" was released as a single on 21 February 1976 by record label T. Rex Wax Co. The track was not released on an album, but was originally intended to feature in Bolan's aborted rock operas The London Opera and Billy Super Duper. Its B-side, "Solid Baby", is taken from T. Rex's sixth studio album Bolan's Zip Gun (1975).
The song was in the UK charts for a total of three weeks, peaking at No. 40.[2]
gollark: Which I think is only a few hundred meters off, so they probably could run fibre to everyone's house from it, but nooo...
gollark: The right end would be at that fibre box.
gollark: Well, that's probably because my server is on the wrong end of a VDSL line.
gollark: Or an equivalent desktop for maybe a third.
gollark: Why own a MacBook when you can get an equivalent laptop for half the price?
References
- "London Boys – T. Rex | Listen, Appearances, Song Review | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- "T. Rex | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.