10 Rock Music Songs That Were Almost Never Released

10. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

Though they have a bulging back catalogue of excellent songs to sample - Jailbreak, Whiskey in the Jar, Waiting for an Alibi - the one track that most people immediately associate with Irish twin guitar magicians Thin Lizzy is their raucous summer anthem, The Boys Are Back in Town.

First released in 1976, this ode to troublemaking quickly gained popularity amongst those who liked their rock hard and feisty. It's a good thing this happened as, had it not been a success, Thin Lizzy might have ceased to exist.

The Boys Are Back in Town was not originally selected as one of the ten songs to feature on the album Jailbreak, but a decision by one of their managers put on the record.

When the band found out that a song that was almost cut had become a radio hit, they were flabbergasted, with guitarist Scott Gorham calling it their "saviour" in a 2016 interview, as the album was "make or break time" for the group.

Managers might not always get it right in rock music, but sometimes they do actually know what they're doing. Not often, but sometimes.