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| "Shutting Down Our Town" | ||||
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| Single by Jimmy Barnes | ||||
| from the album My Criminal Record | ||||
| Released | 26 April 2019 | |||
| Length | 4:44 | |||
| Label | BloodLines | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Troy Cassar-Daley, Jimmy Barnes | |||
| Jimmy Barnes singles chronology | ||||
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"Shutting Down Our Town" is a song by Australian rock music musician, Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 26 April 2019 as the second single from Barnes' forthcoming studio album My Criminal Record.
Background and release
Troy Cassar-Daley wrote "Shutting Down Our Town" for Barnes after finding inspiration from the Barnes' 2016 memoir Working Class Boy. Barnes said "I changed a couple of words just because of local knowledge, but it was 99.999% Troy's song” adding "...he played it to me and I immediately felt the connection."[1] Barnes said "This song has a lot of personal meaning. It's about growing up in Elizabeth and the closing down of the Holden factory where I once worked as a young working class boy in North Adelaide" adding "I drove through there not long after I heard the song for the first time, and I felt a pain in my heart for the people there who are battling, trying to make a living when everything is stacked up against them."[2] Barnes admits the song moved him to tears.[3]
"It's sort of a heartland "Working Class Man" anthem... This was written by somebody who feels the pain, and who's writing about the darker side of Australia which I never wanted to face before."[4]
Barnes premiered the song in November 2018 during his One Electric Day concert [5] and was officially released on 26 April 2019.[6]
References
- ^ "SOTD: Jimmy Barnes unveils hometown single penned by Troy Cassar-Daley". the music network. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "The Story Behind The New Song From Jimmy Barnes". Triple M. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "The Story Behind The New Song From Jimmy Barnes". 92.5 Gold FM. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "JIMMY BARNES RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'SHUTTING DOWN OUR TOWN'". Mushrom Promotions. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes Introduces Two New Songs at One Electric Day". noise11. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "New Jimmy Barnes 'Shutting Down Our Town' Is About Elizabeth, South Australia #Listen". noise11. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.