Fairytale of New York undergoing rewrites and aborted attempts at recording, and losing its original female vocalist along the way, before finally being completed in August 1987. Although the single never reached the coveted UK Christmas number one, being kept at number two on its original release in 1987 by the Pet Shop Boys' cover version of "Always on My Mind", it has proved enduringly popular with both music critics and the public: to date the song has reached the UK Top 20 on fifteen separate occasions since its original release in 1987, including every year since 2005, and was certified double platinum in
Tuesday Morning (song) accompanying video featured clips from Pogues videos from down the years. Tuesday Morning (song) "Tuesday Morning" is a song recorded by The Pogues. It was released in 1993 as a single from their first post-Shane Macgowan album, "Waiting for Herb". It was the band's last single to make the UK top 20, and the first single to feature Spider Stacy on vocals. The song itself was composed by Stacy. It reached Number 18 in the UK singles charts and also culminated in their last performance on Top of the Pops. It is also their most successful single internationally and peaked