Australian singles chart:
Streets of Your Town entered the Kent Music Report on 26 September 1988 and peaked at #70.
Album:
The song is on 16 Lovers Lane which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 26 September 1988 and peaked at #49.
Songwriter:
Grant McLennan
Producer:
Mark Wallis
Record label of Australian release:
Mushroom
Wikpedia:
Streets Of Your Town by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens was released as the lead single from their 1988 album 16 Lovers Lane. Featuring polished production, a prominent backing vocal by Amanda Brown and a guitar solo by bassist John Willsteed, Streets of Your Town is one of the band’s most recognised songs.
Written by Grant McLennan, the sunny, upbeat music is contrasted with darker lyrics: “Don’t the sun look good today but the rain is on its way, watch the butcher shine his knives, and this town is full of battered wives”. McLennan said of writing the song, “I was listening to Under the Milky Way and I was just working it out–cause I’m a big fan of The Church. And that afternoon I came up with a chord progression and a chorus.”
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