Hersham Boys
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| "Hersham Boys" | ||||
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Polydor (POSP 64) | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Jimmy Pursey, Dave Guy Parsons | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Wilson, Jimmy Pursey | |||
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"Hersham Boys" is a single released by English
UK Singles Chart and at nine on the Irish Singles Chart. This success was despite the song's poor review in pop magazine Smash Hits; music journalist David Hepworth described the song as "A tired, hollow effort struggling between weary attempts at rabble-rousing and blush-making pseudo-Springsteen 'street' songs that reek of desperation and contract fulfilling. As empty self-satisfied a record as anything they supposedly set out to replace".[2] The song is included on live and compilation albums. Two live tracks, "I Don't Wanna (live)" and "Tell Us The Truth (live)" appear as b-sides on this single, recorded in 1978. In the music video the sign that Pursey, the rest of Sham 69 and a young boy are sitting next to is the sign for Hersham
Road.
Track listing (7 inch)
- Side one
- "Hersham Boys" - 3:25
- Side two
- "I Don't Wanna (live)" - 2:06
- "Tell Us The Truth (live)" - 2:06
Track listing (12 inch)
- Side one
- "Hersham Boys (long version)" - 4:46
- Side two
- "I Don't Wanna (live)" - 2:06
- "Rip Off (Live)" - 2:43
- "I'm A Man, I'm A Boy (Live)" - 2:10
- "Tell Us The Truth (live)" - 2:06
References
- ^ "Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4–17 October 1979, p.29
