Fairytale of New York is stunning and another amazing Christmas track. Shame it missed top 10 this week :(

Oh dear at FONY missing out on the Top 10 this week. Looks like iTunes removing it's 59p version affected it.

Was Leave Your Lover never a single? I'm confused by this, I swear there was a video for it, but I see no evidence of it being a single anywhere?

 

also has a video.

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The Pogues Featuring Kirsty MacColl

Fairytale Of New York

If I Should Fall From Grace With God | 1988

 

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Chart Run 1987: 40-19-8-2-2-4-19-39-68

Chart Run 1991: 64-49-38-36-69

Chart Run 2005: 3-5-12-41-63

Chart Run 2006: 46-23-10-6-13

Chart Run 2007: 33-12-8-4-9

Chart Run 2008: 62-44-19-13-12-19

Chart Run 2009: 58-31-18-18-12

Chart Run 2010: 75-51-27-26-19-17

Chart Run 2011: 47-23-15-13-13-68

Chart Run 2012: 53-27-15-18-12-32

Chart Run 2013: 53-16-15-14-24

 

Chart Run: 67-18-11

 

Original release date: 23-11-1987

Release date: 05-12-2007 (re-release)

Format: CDS, Vinyl / digital single

Label: WEA

 

Sales: 1,000k+

 

Video here:

 

Biography

The Pogues are an Irish band from London, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before breaking up in 1996. The band reformed in late 2001, and has been playing regularly ever since, most notably on the US East Coast around St Patrick's Day and across the UK and Ireland every December. The group has yet to record any new music and, according to Spider Stacy on Pogues.com, has no inclination to do so.

 

Their politically tinged music was informed by MacGowan and Stacy's punk backgrounds, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, cittern, mandolin and accordion.

 

The Pogues were founded in Kings Cross, a district of Central London, in 1982 as Pogue Mahone—pogue mahone being the anglicisation of the Irish póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". - Wikipedia

 

Chart history (Year peak title):

 

The Pogues

1985 72 Pair Of Brown Eyes -1-

1985 51 Sally Maclannane -2-

1985 62 Dirty Old Town -3-

1986 29 Poguetry In Motion -EP-

1986 42 Hunted -OST-

1987 08 The Irish Rover (The Pogues & The Dubliners) -NAS-

1987 02 Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl) -1- MILLION SELLER

1988 58 If I Should Fall From Grace With God -2-

1988 24 Fiesta -3-

1988 43 Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah -1*-

1989 41 Misty Morning Albert Bridge -1-

1990 63 Jack's Heroes / Whiskey In The Jar (The Pogues & The Dubliners) -2*-

1990 64 Summer In Siam -1-

1991 67 A Rainy Night In Soho -1-

1992 56 Honky Tonk Women -3*-

1993 18 Tuesday Morning -1-

1994 66 Once Upon A Time -2-

 

Kirsty MacColl

1981 14 There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis -1-

1985 07 A New England -NAS-

1987 02 Fairytale Of New York (The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl) MILLION SELLER

1989 43 Free World -1-

1989 12 Days -2-

1991 23 Walking Down Madison -1-

1991 56 My Affair -2-

1995 58 Caroline -1-

1995 75 Perfect Day (Kirsty MacColl & Evan Dando) -2-

Pogues 5 places ahead of Mariah *.* get dat sleigh~

 

(for at least one week anyway)

 

"Steal My Girl" - love it, but I guess I'm ready to move on to the next single.

 

On "Bo$$"

Um... where did this peak in the US again?

Reported.

 

 

Kidding, obv

 

Well on Billboard, that's for sure

 

NO! :( :( :(

 

I wanted top 10 for this! Guess we'll have to wait another year...

 

What a glorious track.

I have a friend who's obssessed with the Pogues (he has PM - Pogue Mahone - tattooed in his arm) and does a perfect Shane McGowan immitation of this.

Really wanted to see this top 10 :(

Awww 'Fairytale Of New York' just misses the top ten! :snif:

 

Glad 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' climbed despite being given away for free on Google Play. :cheer:

 

Boo @ the falls for Blonde :heart: and David Guetta! :(

He looks like that one dude from A Great Big World

This is by far the best Christmas song and practically the only one I'm not bored of yet.

It's actually virtually unknown over here in Poland so the UK chart is one of the very few places where I've heard it.

Ugh, not top 10, how frustrating :( Still got one more week I suppose but I'm a bit doubtful.

so close :snif: Highest its been since 2007 though, amazing to see it continue to do so well year after year

recap

 

11 18 88 The Pogues Feat. Kirsty MacColl Fairytale Of New York

12 08 09 One Direction Steal My Girl

13 11 15 Meghan Trainor All About That Bass

14 13 08 Sam Smith Like I Can

15 09 04 David Guetta Feat. Sam Martin Dangerous

16 17 83 Mariah Carey All I Want For Christmas Is You

17 NE 01 Bring Me The Horizon Drown

18 07 02 Blonde Feat. Melissa Steel I Loved You

19 15 03 Labrinth Jealous

20 16 05 Ella Henderson Yours

21 NE 01 Fifth Harmony BO$$

22 27 20 Hozier Take Me To Church

23 29 33 George Ezra Budapest

24 26 53 Idina Menzel Let It Go

25 28 30 Sam Smith Stay With Me

26 22 22 Sam Smith I'm Not The Only One

27 24 23 George Ezra Blame It On Me

28 20 04 Wretch 32 6 Words

29 32 17 Taylor Swift Shake It Off

30 25 12 Jessie J + Ariana Grande + Nicki Minaj Bang Bang

31 23 06 Tom Odell Real Love

32 30 25 Ed Sheeran Don't

33 31 14 Calvin Harris Feat. John Newman Blame

34 02 02 Union J You Got It All

35 52 53 Wizzard I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

36 39 56 Wham! Last Christmas

37 43 27 Ella Henderson Ghost

38 21 24 Sia Chandelier

39 44 28 Ed Sheeran Sing

40 34 48 John Legend All Of Me

41 46 06 George Ezra Listen To The Man

 

I already know that there are at least three songs called Galway Bay. And I suppose that there's at least one actual song named The Rare Old Mountain Dew, right?

Ah Fairytale of New York such a good Christmas track so much better than Mariah although both are good :wub:

Excellent to see Kirsty close to the top 10 again

Ugh, not top 10, how frustrating :( Still got one more week I suppose but I'm a bit doubtful.

 

It has made the Top 10 four times though, that's TWO times more than Scary, Pariah.

At what point in the week was 59p taken away? Big shame!