Chris de Burgh, cuyo nombre real es Christopher John Davison, nació el 15 de octubre de 1948 en Venado Tuerto, Argentina. Su padre, Charles Davison, era trabajador diplomático británico y su madre, Maeve Emily de Burgh, era irlandesa. La familia se trasladó a Irlanda cuando Chris era aún un niño, donde creció en un ambiente lleno de historia y música. La música siempre estuvo presente en la vida de Chris, algo que moldeó enormemente su futuro.
Chris de Burgh mostró un interés y talento en la música desde una edad temprana. Asistió al Marlborough College en Inglaterra antes de estudiar en el Trinity College en Dublín, donde se graduó con una licenciatura en Inglés, Francés e Historia. Sus primeras incursiones en el mundo de la música se dieron mientras aún estudiaba, tocando en pequeños locales y clubes universitarios.
El camino profesional de Chris de Burgh comenzó en la década de 1970 cuando firmó un contrato con A&M Records. Su álbum debut, “Far Beyond These Castle Walls”, fue lanzado en 1974. Aunque el álbum no obtuvo un éxito notorio, presentó una indicación clara de su estilo característico que combinaba rock, pop y elementos de música folk.
En 1975, logró cierta atención con el álbum “Spanish Train and Other Stories”, destacando la canción “A Spaceman Came Travelling”, obteniendo un considerable fanbase en Europa.
El verdadero estrellato internacional llegó en 1986 con el lanzamiento del
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She was a girl from a one horse town,
The only place for miles around,
Cutting hair in the modern style,
Putting in the nine to five,
but, every night it was the same old dream,
On the cover of a magazine,
She, looked good but it could never come true,
'Cos nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing ever happens round here;
She had a boyfriend in the town,
He spent his days just messing around,
With stick shifts and steering wheels,
Motorbikes and automobiles,
And every night it was the same old thing,
Meet the boys for a couple of drinks,
Shoot pool and talk about girls,
And nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing ever happens round here;
They said nothing, no nothing,
Nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing, no nothing,
Nothing ever happens round here.
One day in a local bar,
She heard a movie man was looking for a star,
And everybody in the whole damn town,
Got the call to come on down,
And when she walked into the room,
Every heart went BOOM BOOM BOOM,
- Who's that girl?
She's exactly what were looking for,
But nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing ever happens round here;
They said nothing, no nothing,
Nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing, no nothing,
Nothing ever happens round here;
And so she took a screen test,
No doubt that she was the best,
The camera fell in love with her,
Before she knew it she was on the way to make that dream come true;
Now she's living in Hollywood,
And everything is looking good,
She thinks about the folks back home,
And her boyfriend all alone, but;
Every night it's still the same old thing,
Meet the boys for a couple of drinks,
Shoot pool and talk about girls,
And nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing ever happens round here,
They said nothing, no nothing,
Nothing ever happens round here,
Nothing, no nothing,
Nothing ever happens round here;