"This Town" is a song written by

Lee Hazlewood Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s ...

and recorded by

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...

in 1967. The song was first seen on Sinatra's 1967 album ''

The World We Knew ''The World We Knew'', also known as ''Frank Sinatra'', is a 1967 studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra. The album's title track reached No. 30 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967. Its second ...

''.

Chart performance

It reached number 53 on the U.S. ''Billboard''

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and number 17 on the

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chart. "This Town" peaked at number 41 on ''Cash Box'' during the fall of that year.

Later uses

* "This Town" was included in Sinatra's 1968 ''

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'' album.

Cover versions

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covered the song on their 1977 album, ''

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''.

Popular culture

* The song was featured in the

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

television special, ''

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'', which starred

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. A special version was released to home video in 2000. * "This Town" was used in films such as ''

The Cool Ones ''The Cool Ones'' (aka ''Cool, Baby Cool'') is a 1967 film starring Roddy McDowall and directed by Gene Nelson. The 1960s novelty singer known as Mrs. Miller performs in a cameo role, and the film features performances by the bands the Leaves and ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' From Paris With Love'', and '' The Bounty Hunter''. * "This Town" was also used as a partial sound clip in the 2016 ''

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'' episode "

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Notes

1967 singles Frank Sinatra songs Nancy Sinatra songs 2008 singles 1967 songs Songs written by Lee Hazlewood Song recordings produced by Bob Gaudio Male–female vocal duets {{1960s-single-stub