Information AboutGhost Town |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT GHOST TOWN | |
| 1981 singles | |
| number-one singles in the united kingdom | |
| protest songs | |
| ska songs | |
| SHOPPER'S DELIGHT | |
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Ghost Town was a number 1 hit for the British Ska band, The Specials . The song was written during the 1980s by the founder member, Jerry Dammers , whilst Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister , in response to Thatcher's policies which had caused large scale Unemployment in much of Britain . This was highly relevant to The Specials as they formed and lived in Coventry and saw the effects of the policies first hand. The song spent three weeks at number 1 and ten weeks in the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart overall. It was banned from airplay at the time, but it is now played on TV and radio. TRIVIA The club referred to in the lines "All the clubs are being closed down" and "Too much fighting on the dance floor" was The Locarno , it is now Coventry Central Library . EXTERNAL LINKS
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