Single:
New Kid in Town entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 January 1977 and peaked at #16. It was #96 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Album:
The song is on Hotel California which entered the Australian albums chart* on 13 December 1976. It hit the #1 spot on 17 January 1977 and remained on top for 12 weeks.
Songwriters:
Don Henley, Glenn Frey, JD Souther
Producer:
Bill Szymczyk
Record label of Australian release:
Asylum
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
J.D. Souther initially wrote the chorus for New Kid in Town. According to Souther, the band thought it sounded like a hit, but he did not know what to do with it. About a year later, Souther, Frey and Henley gathered for the writing of Hotel California where Souther played the song for them, and the three finished it.
Souther later said the song came about as a result of their “fascination with gunfire as an analogy” and added that “at some point some kid would come riding into town that was much faster than you and he’d say so, and then he’d prove it.” He said: “We were just writing about our replacements.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Kid_in_Town
Lyrics:
There′s talk on the street, it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody’s watching you
People you meet, they all seem to know you
Even your old friends treat you like you′re something new
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