"Trouble Town" is a song by British singer songwriter

Jake Bugg Jake Bugg (born Jake Edwin Charles Kennedy on 28 February 1994) is an English singer-songwriter. His self-titled debut album, ''Jake Bugg'', some of which was co-written with songwriter Iain Archer, was released in October 2012 and reached numb ...

. It was released as the lead single from his eponymous debut album (2012). It was released as a digital download in the

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on 4 March 2012 and charted in

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. "Trouble Town" is the opening theme for the BBC TV series '' Happy Valley'' broadcast between 2014 and 2023.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Trouble Town" was first released onto

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on 27 January 2012. By January 2022 it had received over 3.6 million hits The video was shot in Bugg's hometown of

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, mixing HD footage with Super 8, and was directed by Michael Holyk, who also directed the video for " Lightning Bolt".

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References

2012 debut singles 2012 songs Jake Bugg songs Songs written by Jake Bugg Songs written by Iain Archer {{2012-single-stub