Following the tour, the band returned to the UK to begin working with producer Alan Shacklock . They focused on re-recording “Blaze of Glory” and ” Sixty Eight Guns “. After the sessions, the band recorded a video for “Sixty Eight Guns” and flew back to America to begin their first headlining American tour as well as to play in support of the Pretenders . “Sixty Eight Guns” was released as a single on 12 September 1983 and charted the following week at number 50. The same week, the band performed the song on the music show Top of the Pops . The song climbed into the Top 20, and it remains their highest-charting single, peaking at No. 17.
Released ‘Sixty Eight Guns’
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