Streets of Your Town

Streets Of Your Town was a single by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens, from their 1988 album 16 Lovers Lane. Featuring polished production, a prominent backing vocal by Amanda Brown and guitar solo by bassist John Willsteed, it's one of their most recognised songs and is arguably the closest the group had to a mainstream hit.

Written by Grant McLennan, the sunny, upbeat music is contrasted with darker lyrics: "Don't the sun look good today but the rain is on its way, watch the butcher shine his knives, and this town is full of battered wives". The often played videoclip mixes evocative images of Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, but there is also a second clip, filmed in black-and-white and included on the CD remaster, featuring footage of the band performing the song.

This song was used as the theme song for Prime Television in Australia in 2003-2004 and for television advertisements for The Courier Mail in 2006/2007.

The song was played immediately after every concert on U2's Vertigo Tour.

'Just The Way You Are' by Italian dance production group Milky samples the opening guitar chords from this song.

The song was covered by Ivy, appearing on their album Guestroom.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XDmasbARtE Video]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDskU5FrBuc Alternate Video]