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The Specials

Ghost Town

1981 · via The Specials

The Specials’ 1981 recording of “Ghost Town” is the earliest release on file. Jerry Dammers of The Specials is credited as its writer. Also recorded by The Prodigy (released 2002), Desorden Público (released 2000) and Sticky Fingers (released 2015), among 48 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Dammers wrote it inside the band, and in 2023 Duran Duran took a turn at it. Put theirs on after the original and listen for what holds up when a different band walks those empty streets.

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Credited writer: Jerry Dammers.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1981.

Other recordings on file · first release year

48 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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