Rough Boys

"Rough Boys"
Single by Pete Townshend
from the album Empty Glass
B-side
  • "And I Moved" (UK)
  • "Jools and Jim" (US)
ReleasedMarch 1980 (UK)
November 1980 (US)
Recorded1980
GenreRock
Length3:59
LabelAtco
SongwriterPete Townshend
Producers
Pete Townshend singles chronology
"Street in the City"
(1977)
"Rough Boys"
(1980)
"Let My Love Open the Door"
(1980)
Music video
"Rough Boys" on YouTube

"Rough Boys" is the debut solo single written and performed by the English rock musician Pete Townshend, released in 1980 from his third solo studio album Empty Glass. Known for its homoerotic lyrics, the song was a minor chart hit in both the United Kingdom and the United States.