Shutting Down Our Town
"Shutting Down Our Town" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ||||
Single by Jimmy Barnes | ||||
from the album My Criminal Record | ||||
Released | 26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) | |||
Length | 4:44 | |||
Label | BloodLines | |||
Songwriter(s) | Troy Cassar-Daley | |||
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology | ||||
|
"Shutting Down Our Town" is a song by Australian rock musician, Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 26 April 2019 as the second single from Barnes' studio album My Criminal Record.
In the week after its release, the song was the second most added song on radio, behind "Me!" by Taylor Swift.[1]
At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, "Shutting Down Our Town" won the Most Performed Rock Work of the Year.[2][3][4]
Background and release
Troy Cassar-Daley wrote "Shutting Down Our Town" for Barnes after finding inspiration from the Barnes' 2016 memoir Working Class Boy. Barnes said "I changed a couple of words just because of local knowledge, but it was 99.999% Troy's song” adding "...he played it to me and I immediately felt the connection."[5] Barnes said "This song has a lot of personal meaning. It's about growing up in Elizabeth and the closing down of the Holden factory where I once worked as a young working class boy in North Adelaide" adding "I drove through there not long after I heard the song for the first time, and I felt a pain in my heart for the people there who are battling, trying to make a living when everything is stacked up against them."[6] Barnes admits the song moved him to tears.[7]
"It's sort of a heartland "Working Class Man" anthem... This was written by somebody who feels the pain, and who's writing about the darker side of Australia which I never wanted to face before."[8]
Barnes premiered the song in November 2018 during his One Electric Day concert [9] and was officially released on 26 April 2019.[10]
Music video
The music video for "Shutting Down Our Town" was released on 6 May 2019.[11][12]
Charts
Chart (2019) | Peak position |
---|---|
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)[13] | 35 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
---|---|---|
Australia (ARIA)[14] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "MOST ADDED TO RADIO". The Music Network. April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "2020 Awards". APRA. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Cooper, Nathanael (25 May 2020). "Tones and I, Hilltop Hoods dominate 2020 APRA Music Awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "SOTD: Jimmy Barnes unveils hometown single penned by Troy Cassar-Daley". the music network. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "The Story Behind The New Song From Jimmy Barnes". Triple M. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "The Story Behind The New Song From Jimmy Barnes". 92.5 Gold FM. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "JIMMY BARNES RELEASES NEW SINGLE 'SHUTTING DOWN OUR TOWN'". Mushroom Promotions. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes Introduces Two New Songs at One Electric Day". noise11. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "New Jimmy Barnes 'Shutting Down Our Town' Is About Elizabeth, South Australia #Listen". noise11. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Jimmy Barnes – Shutting Down Our Town (Official Video)". YouTube. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "JIMMY BARNES HAS RELEASED A FILM CLIP FOR HIS NEW SONG ABOUT ELIZABETH". Five AA. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ^ "ARIA Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
- ^ "Singles Accreditations Report - March 2024" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- v
- t
- e
- Bodyswerve
- For the Working Class Man/Jimmy Barnes
- Freight Train Heart
- Two Fires
- Soul Deep
- Heat
- Flesh and Wood
- Psyclone
- Love and Fear
- Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South
- Double Happiness
- Out in the Blue
- The Rhythm and the Blues
- Rage and Ruin
- 30:30 Hindsight
- Soul Searchin'
- Och Aye the G'nu
- My Criminal Record
- Flesh and Blood
- Blue Christmas
- Barnestorming
- Raw
- Modus Operandi
- Working Class Boy
- Working Class Man
- Working Class Boy
- Working Class Boy (soundtrack)
- "No Second Prize"
- "Promise Me You'll Call"
- "Daylight"
- "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight"
- "Working Class Man"
- "Ride the Night Away"
- "Good Times"
- "Too Much Ain't Enough Love"
- "Driving Wheels"
- "I'm Still on Your Side"
- "Waitin' for the Heartache"
- "When a Man Loves a Woman"
- "Last Frontier"
- "Lay Down Your Guns"
- "Let's Make It Last All Night"
- "Little Darling"
- "When Your Love is Gone"
- "I Gotcha"
- "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby"
- "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
- "(Simply) The Best"
- "Sweat It Out"
- "Stand Up"
- "Stone Cold"
- "Right by Your Side"
- "The Weight"
- "Still Got a Long Way to Go"
- "Change of Heart"
- "Lover Lover"
- "Sit on My Knee"
- "Gonna Take Some Time"
- "Bird on the Wire"
- "Shutting Down Our Town"
- Discography
- Cold Chisel
- INXS
- Fraternity
- Living Loud (Living Loud)
- Jonathan Cain
- Swanee
- Diesel
- The Tin Lids