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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox song

| name = My Town

| cover = MyTownGlassTiger.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Glass Tiger featuring Rod Stewart

| album = Simple Mission

| B-side = The Tragedy of Love

| released = August 1991

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| label = Capitol

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| chronology = Glass Tiger

| prev_title = Rhythm of Your Love

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Rescued (By the Arms of Love)

| next_year = 1991

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"'My Town'" is a song by Canadian band Glass Tiger. Released in August 1991 as the fourth single from their third studio album, 'Simple Mission', Rod Stewart appears as a featured vocalist. Composition inspired by Celtic music, "My Town" was written by Glass Tiger bandmates Alan Frew, Alan Connelly and Wayne Parker, as well as Jim Cregan, who co-wrote two of Stewart's other hits. The song's lyrics are a tribute to Frew's hometown, Coatbridge, Scotland, and Stewart was invited to record the song with Glass Tiger because of his Scottish ancestry.

It became Glass Tiger's sixth top-10 hit in Canada, climbing to number eight on the 'RPM' Top Singles chart in November of the same year and ending the year as Canada's 52nd-most-successful single. In the United Kingdom, due to Stewart's appearance, the single became the band's first song to chart since "Diamond Sun" in 1988, peaking at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. Elsewhere, "My Town" managed to chart in Germany, where it peaked at number 51.

Background



"My Town" was written about Glass Tiger member Alan Frew's hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland. In an interview with Metal Express Radio, Frew said that he initially did not think to recruit Rod Stewart as a featured artist, despite spending time with him prior to the song's conception. The two men were having dinner one night when a person Stewart recognized asked Frew why he had not asked Stewart to sing on "My Town". Frew explained, "Rod asked me why he'd not been asked to sing on it and I'd said that I didn't want to play that card on him. He just said he wanted to sing on it, so he did and that's how he ended up singing on it."

Composition and lyrics



Celtic singing and instrumentation were the main influences on the composition on "My Town". Despite Glass Tiger being a Canadian band, the "Scotia" in the song's lyrics does not refer to the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, but rather Scotland, which was called Scotia during the Middle Ages. One of the lyrics states that "Burlington Bertie", a music hall song composed by Harry B. Norris in 1900, will be in Frew's heart forever.

Music video



The music video for the song, filmed in black-and-white, features numerous references to Scotland. However, Rod Stewart does not appear in the video nor in the recording used for this video.

Track listings



'7-inch single'

:A. "My Town" 4:48

:B. "The Tragedy of Love" 4:31

'UK CD single'

# "My Town"

# "The Tragedy of Love"

# "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"

# "Diamond Sun"

'UK 12-inch single'

:A1. "My Town"

:B1. "The Tragedy of Love"

:B2. "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)"

Personnel



Personnel are taken from the UK CD single liner notes.

'Glass Tiger'

* Alan Frew writing, vocals

* Alan Connelly writing, guitars

* Sam Reid keyboards

* Wayne Parker writing, electric bass

'Others'

* Jim Cregan writing, production

* Rod Stewart vocals (uncredited)

* Tom Werman production

* Ed Thacker mixing

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



References



Category:1990 songs

Category:1991 singles

Category:Black-and-white music videos

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:Glass Tiger songs

Category:Rod Stewart songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Tom Werman

Category:Songs about Scotland

Category:Songs written by Alan Frew

Category:Songs written by Jim Cregan

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