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. It was released on 31 October 1980 on the band's own D-Tone Records. The EP contains four songs with the word ‘girl‘ in the title, including "

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. The 7" EP has never been available in any other format, though two of its tracks were included on Smithereens

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Background

“We had a bunch of songs with ‘girl’ in the title, and "Girls About Town" was the song that everyone thought was our best live song. It was the song that we thought, at the time, had the most commercial potential, so we called the EP ''Girls About Town'' and to round it off, we made it an EP that featured the word ‘girl’ in all four songs.” -Pat DiNizio

Track listing

All songs written by Pat DiNizio, except "

" by

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. # "Girls About Town" # "Girl Don't Tell Me" # "Got Me a Girl" # "Girls Are Like That"

Personnel

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Pat DiNizio Patrick Michael DiNizio (October 12, 1955 – December 12, 2017) was the lead singer, songwriter and founding member of the band The Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros from Carteret, New Jersey. ...

– vocals, guitar *

Jim Babjak Jim Babjak (born November 17, 1957) is an American guitarist and ex-banker. He is the lead guitar player and co-founder of The Smithereens. Babjak has written and sung several songs for the band. He also is the leader of the band ''Buzzed Meg''. ...

– guitar *

Dennis Diken Dennis Diken (born February 25, 1957) is an American drummer, DJ, author, music historian, and founding member of the band the Smithereens, which he formed in 1980 with Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, and Mike Mesaros in Carteret, New Jersey. Besides ...

– drums, vocals *Mike Mesaros – bass ;Additional personnel * Alan Varner – mixing * Justine Strait – art

References

External links

''Girls About Town'' on Discogs.com
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