Hersham Boys

"Hersham Boys" is a single released by English punk rock band Sham 69 in 1979 from their third studio album The Adventures of the Hersham Boys. It was the band's biggest well known hit, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart and at nine on the Irish Singles Chart. "Hersham Boys" was not a well favourite hit on Smash Hits, with music journalist David Hepworth describes 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".^[3] The song is their biggest and most well-known hit and is included on live and compilation albums. The both B-side live version tracks "I Don't Wanna (live)" and "Tell Us The Truth (live)" appears on this single, which had recorded in 1978. The 7" single is featured of the song on the bonus CD tracklist from their album. In the music video the Hersham sign that Pursey, the rest of Sham 69 and a young boy are sitting on is the sign for Hersham Road, a road in which consists of Rydens Secondary School, Bell Farm Primary School and a pub called The Royal George.

Track listing

Side one

"Hersham Boys" - 3:25

Side two

"I Don't Wanna (live)" - 2:06
"Tell Us The Truth (live)" - 2:06

References

↑ "Sham 69 - Hersham Boys (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ "Sham 69 -Hersham Boys". Discogs. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
↑ Hepworth, David (1979) "SHAM 69: Hersham Boys", Smash Hits, EMAP National Publications Ltd, 4-17 October 1979, p.29

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Sham 69

Jimmy Pursey Dave Parsons Dave Tregunna Mark McGowan Tim V. Neil Harris Tony Feedback Al Campbell Ian Whitefield John Goode Albie Slider Billy Bostik Mark Cain Ricky Goldstein Andy Prince Sonny Boy Williamson Mat Sargent Rob "Zee" Jefferson

Studio albums	Tell Us the Truth That's Life The Adventures of the Hersham Boys The Game Volunteer Information Libre Soapy Water and Mister Marmalade The A Files Direct Action: Day 21 Hollywood Hero / Western Culture Who Killed Joe Public Their Finest Hour

Live albums	Live and Loud!! Live and Loud!! Volume 2 The Complete Sham 69 Live Shams Last Stand Live at the Roxy Club BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert The Best of & Rest of Sham 69 Live Live in Japan Live in Italy Live at CBGB's Green Eggs & Sham Greatest Hits Live At the BBC Borstal Breakout: The Complete Sham 69 Live SHAM 69: Live in 2011

Compilation albums	The First, the Best and the Last Angels with Dirty Faces - The Best of Sham 69 Kings & Queens The Best of Sham 69 Lords of Oi! The Punk Singles Collection 1977-80 Laced Up Boots and Corduroys Rarities: 1977-80 Anthology Sham 69 vs The Damned Greatest Hits If the Kids Are United - The Best of Sham 69 Cockney Kids Are Innocent - The Best of Sham 69 The Very Best of the Hersham Boys Cockney Cowboys - The Very Best of Sham 69 Sham 69: The Albums Teenage Kicks The Original Punk Album Punk 77/2007 30th Anniversary If The Kids Are United - The Very Best of Sham 69 Seriously Ultimate The Complete Collection: 3-disc

Singles	"I Don't Wanna" "Borstal Breakout" "Angels with Dirty Faces" "If the Kids Are United" "Hurry Up Harry" "Questions and Answers "Hersham Boys" "You're a Better Man Than I" "Tell the Children" "Unite and Win" "Rip and Tear" "Outside the Warehouse" "Uptown" "Action Time and Vision" "Girlfriend" "Swampy" "Hurry Up England"

Extended plays	Riot One Voices EP Lost On Highway 46 Action Time Vision

Related articles	Sham Pistols Stuart Epps Discography The Lords of the New Church

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