Cover of Theatre of Pain by Motley Crue
Cover: Theatre of Pain

Song · Motley Crue

“City Boy Blues” by Motley Crue

From the album Theatre of Pain (1985)

“City Boy Blues” by Motley Crue appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1985 on the album Theatre of Pain. Its best result is #577 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,654 hard rock song of all time.

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"City Boy Blues" is a Theatre of Pain cut from 1985, and it's a group effort: Mick Mars, Vince Neil and Nikki Sixx share the music, while Sixx wrote the words by himself. Neil takes the lead vocal, and all four of them, Tommy Lee included, pile on the backing vocals.

Mars plays electric guitar, Lee handles drums and percussion, and Sixx covers electric bass, bass pedals and even synthesizer. Tom Werman produced it, Duane Baron recorded and mixed it, and a crew of five assistant engineers kept the tape rolling.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

RockLists rankings

Hard Rock & Metal

All Rock Formats

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1990 577 Z-Rock Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) 1000

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