A proper smash nearly 10 years into their career :D

Five weeks top 5 for LM! Slay queens :heart:

04 | 08 | 108th week

 

The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl

Fairytale Of New York

 

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1st single from If I Should Fall From Grace With God

Released: 23rd November 1987 (original release) / 5th December 2007 (re-release)

Label: WEA

 

Chart Statistics

 

NE (05/12/1987) | 40-19-8-2-2-4-19-39-68-x

RE (13/02/1988) | 82-89-x

RE (14/12/1991) | 64-49-38-36-69-x

RE (31/12/2005) | 3-5-12-41-63-x

RE (02/12/2006) | 84-46-23-10-6-13-94-x

RE (01/12/2007) | 81-33-12-8-4-9-x

RE (29/11/2008) | 62-44-19-13-12-19-91-x

RE (28/11/2009) | 85-58-31-18-18-12-x

RE (20/11/2010) | 91-75-51-27-26-19-17-x

RE (03/12/2011) | 47-23-15-13-13-68-x

RE (24/11/2012) | 91-53-27-15-18-12-32-x

RE (30/11/2013) | 85-53-16-15-14-24-x

RE (29/11/2014) | 80-67-18-11-11-17-x

RE (10/12/2015) | 58-20-15-13-46-x

RE (08/12/2016) | 66-16-18-15-15-x

RE (07/12/2017) | 55-10-7-7-5-x

RE (06/12/2018) | 66-18-10-11-4-x

RE (05/12/2019) | 71-22-14-14-4-x

RE (26/11/2020) | 63-26-8-4

 

Sales: 2,500k+

Certification: 3x Platinum

Status: Accelerated Chart Ratio

 

02 Sales

03 Audio Streaming

05 Video Streaming

 

Video

 

 

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

 

Top 100 Chart History

 

The Pogues

1985 72 Pair Of Brown Eyes -1-

1985 51 Sally MacLennane -2-

1985 62 Dirty Old Town -3-

1986 29 Poguetry In Motion -EP-

1986 42 Haunted -OST-

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

1987 02 Fairytale Of New York (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-

1989 90 White City -2-

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

1990 64 Summer In Siam -1-

1990 85 Miss Otis Regrets / Do I Love You (Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues)

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-

1995 88 How Come -1-

 

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 3 x Top 20 | 5 x Top 40 | 20 x Top 100

 

Kirsty MacColl

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

1983 82 Terry -NAS-

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-

1989 80 Innocence -3-

1990 82 Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim -4-

1990 85 Miss Otis Regrets / Do I Love You? (Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues)

1991 23 Walking Down Madison -1-

1991 56 My Affair -2-

1995 58 Caroline -1-

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

1999 89 Mambo De La Luna -1-

2000 81 In These Shoes? -2-

 

0 x #1 | 1 x Top 5 | 2 x Top 10 | 4 x Top 20 | 5 x Top 40 | 15 x Top 100

 

Social Media

 

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Kirsty MacColl

 

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So happy Sweet Melody has stuck around and not gone out of the Top 10 as I feared! One of their very best :wub:

How the hell did Merry Christmas Everyone climb back up to number 93 in early March in 1986? :D

 

 

Amazon? :)

How the hell did Merry Christmas Everyone climbed back up to number 93 in early March in 1986? :D

 

 

Probably bargain bin singles. The same happened with Mariah (59 in February 1995) and a fair few others I think.

The fourth time it has reached #4.

Fairytale of New York has to be one of the most overrated Christmas songs of all time.

Peaking at number 4 3 years in a row?

A proper smash nearly 10 years into their career :D

It's a bit of a downer but RIP to Kirsty MacColl, it's 20 years ago next Friday (18 December) since she died. If 'Fairytale Of New York' could be number 1 next week it would be a fitting tribute.

Edited December 11, 20205 yr by Robbie

This top 5 - exquisite :cheeseblock:

The fourth time it has reached #4.

 

And third consecutive year for it to do so.

Fairytale of New York back at number four! Hopefully it can make it into the top three at some point this year :heart:

How the hell did Merry Christmas Everyone climbed back up to number 93 in early March in 1986? :D

 

Bargain bin buys, same for Mariah in April 1995.

I've never liked 'Fairytale of New York' (nothing to do with the use of the word 'f*****' either.)

Amazon? :)

 

I have a feeling there was a Shaky vinyl single box set around that time, and chart rules of the time meant that each single charted separately , but I may have pulled that out of my arse :lol:

YOU'RE CHEAP AND YOU'RE HAGGARD

 

amazing to see Fairytale of New York still slaying the Top 5 these days :heart:

 

Fairytale of New York my fav :cheeseblock:

So Mariah is likely to be Christmas number one. Wham! and The Pogues both peaked at #2 with both Last Christmas and Fairytale of New York, could they possibly follow Mariah and finally reach number one?