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"This Town" is a song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1967. The song was first seen on Sinatra's 1967 album The World We Knew.
| "This Town" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood | |
| from the album Movin' with Nancy (soundtrack) | |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1967 |
| Released | 1968 |
| Recorded | 1967 |
| Length | 2:59 |
| Label | Reprise |
| Songwriter(s) | Lee Hazlewood[1] |
| Producer(s) | Bob Gaudio |
Chart performance
editIt reached number 53 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 17 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] "This Town" peaked at number 41 on Cash Box[3] during the fall of that year.
Later uses
edit- "This Town" was included in Sinatra's 1968 Greatest Hits album.
Cover versions
editPopular culture
edit- The song was featured in the 1967 television special, Movin' with Nancy, which starred Nancy Sinatra. A special version was released to home video in 2000.[4]
- "This Town" was used in films such as The Cool Ones, Matchstick Men, Ocean's Thirteen, From Paris With Love, and The Bounty Hunter.
- "This Town" was also used as a partial sound clip in the 2016 The Simpsons episode "Trust but Clarify".
- Paul Shaffer re-worked lyrics to the song for his intro and closing theme of the regular “Small Town News” segment on The Late Show with David Letterman.
Notes
edit- ^ "45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved March 30, 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 223.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 18, 1967". Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ Nancy Sinatra (2000). Movin' with Nancy (Song listing). Chatsworth, CA: Image Intertainment.
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