Streets of Your Town
1988 single by The Go-Betweens
"Streets of Your Town" is a song by Australian indie group the Go-Betweens that was released as the lead single from their 1988 album 16 Lovers Lane. Featuring polished production, a prominent backing vocal by Amanda Brown and a guitar solo by bassist John Willsteed, "Streets of Your Town" is one of the band's most recognised songs. It was released in July 1988 in the UK on Beggars Banquet, where it reached No. 80 on the singles charts and in Australia in August 1988 on Mushroom, where it reached No. 68. In New Zealand, the song was issued in November 1988, and was a top 40 hit, peaking at No. 30—the band's highest-ever placing on any national chart.
The single was re-released in the UK in 1989, in an attempt by Beggars Banquet to encourage the band's commercial momentum. However, it only peaked at No. 82.
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