The Boys Are Back in Town - Covers

Covers

• New Jersey rock band Bon Jovi have covered the song live during concerts and have used it as a B-Side. The studio recording appeared on the compilation album Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell which featured covers of songs by artists/groups who had been touched by drug or alcohol abuse a la Phil Lynott. Also featured were Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Skid Row, Cinderella, and Gorky Park. The album was released in 1989 by Mercury/PolyGram Records and is now hard to find.
• The Rumble Strips covered the song in 2007 as a B-side to "Girls and Boys in Love"
• The alternative rock band Everclear covered this song on the Detroit Rock City soundtrack.
• The Cardigans have covered the song as a B-side to "Hey! Get Out of My Way."
• Michael Hayes, a member of the Fabulous Freebirds wrestling clique, had a brief rock career, during which he covered the song on his album Off The Streets
• Chinchilla covered that song on The Last Millennium album (2002)
• Metalcore band Atreyu covered this song on their EP Covers of the Damned, though it only featured certain members of the band along with members of the bands they are currently touring with.
• Happy Mondays covered the song.
• A cover by Belle & Sebastian is featured on The BBC Sessions.
• The song was covered by Funeral For A Friend on Kerrang's Higher Voltage!: Another Brief History of Rock in 2007.
• Reggie Watts covered the song on Conan on 1 November 2011.
• The Mountain Goats have covered the song live.
• Punk/Indie rock band Titus Andronicus have covered the song live; the band included one of these live covers on their mixtape, Titus Andronicus LLC Mixtape Vol 1.
• Huey Lewis and The News, who worked with and were close to Phil Lynott, have performed this track live on many occasions.