When the band released “The Boys Are Back in Town” in 1976 as a single from their sixth album, “Jailbreak,” the song climbed to No. 12 on Billboard’s pop chart.

He came up with a good title, “GI Joe's Back in Town”, after David Breger's comic-strip hero. Lynott played it to the band's drummer, Brian Downey, and guitarists Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson.

"The Boys Are Back in Town" helped turn Thin Lizzy into worldwide stars, and for Gorham, the song's success remains an object lesson in "how thin the line can be that separates success from failure." ...

“The Boys Are Back In Town” turned into the Irish rockers’ biggest hit when it was released in 1976 as a single from the album Jailbreak, as it hit the Top 20 on both sides of the Atlantic ...

Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" could be perceived to have two meanings. Both are personal to the song's writer, Phil Lynott.

Before the band even hit the stage, the presence was immediately known. Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back in Town" played as the giant screen lining the back of stage started to glitch, revealing ...