In a video that switches from black-and-white to color, the members of The Alarm are chased through London by the police. Not surprisingly, both this song and the video were inspired by a book that the lead singer of the Alarm read about street gangs in Glasgow.
68 Guns would go on to become The Alarm’s highest-charting song in the UK, reaching the 17th position. In the U.S., the song reached number #39 on the Hot Mainstream Rocks chart. This was the band’s first song to appear on the charts in either nation.
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Through the Shattered Lens 