Ghost Town is by a British  band named the Specials and was released on 12 June 1981 and spent three weeks at number one in the uk top 40 charts and was awarded “Single of the Year” in 1981.

‘Ghost town’ was written to targeted the issue of unemployment, urban decay and violence in cities. The song specifically written about the decay where the band grew up in Coventry and places they witnessed decaying on their uk tour in terms of violence increasing and general decline in the city liveliness. The sing was rebased at a time in the uk when and increase in riots occurred due to racial tensions, and many ethnic minorities suffering from low aided jobs and bad housing conditions as well as corruption within police powers which lead to the governments attentions being raised in-order to help.

The music video was directed by Barney Bubbles and consists of bass player Horace Panter driving around London with the band intercut with views of streets and buildings filmed from the moving vehicle of around London ending with a shot of the band standing on the banks of the River Thames.