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| Single by the Dream Academy | ||||
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| Released | 12 March 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Length | 4:19 | |||
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"Life in a Northern Town" is the debut single by British band the Dream Academy, released in March 1985. It appears on the band's debut studio album, The Dream Academy. Written by Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel,[4] the song was produced by Laird-Clowes and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.[4][5]
"Life in a Northern Town" reached No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1986 and reached No. 15 on the UK charts. It is the band's highest charting single in the UK,[6] the US,[7] and Ireland.[8]
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- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts.ie.