Through the Barricades

About Through the Barricades

Far and away Spandau Ballet's best track, Through The Barricades follows a route used by some of the greatest ballads - using a saxophone and acoustic guitar. Although much of the group's songs were commercial pop throwaways, this song stood out. It tells the story of two young people in love who happen to be on separate sides of the religious and political divide in Northern Ireland. It's a haunting and very well produced song which showed that standard pop groups can, every now and then, surpass themselves and produce a minor classic. .

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About this song

Credited to

Spandau Ballet

Album

80s 100 Hits · Track 31 of 66

Released

March 1, 2010

Duration

5:21

Ranking

#8 most played Spandau Ballet track on Foxsoundi

On Last.fm

124,203 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: 80s 100 Hits