Fairytale of New York Christmas number one by the Pet Shop Boys' cover of "Always on My Mind". MacGowan was reported to have said "We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine". MacColl later said that she did not feel they were really in competition with the Pet Shop Boys as they were doing a completely different kind of music. The song was re-released by the Pogues in the UK in 1991 (reaching #36), and again in the UK and Ireland for Christmas 2005, reaching number three in the UK. All proceeds from the latter release were donated towards a mixture of
A Rainy Night in Soho A Rainy Night in Soho "A Rainy Night in Soho" is a song by The Pogues. Originally included on their "Poguetry in Motion" EP, which has been reissued as bonus tracks on the group's 2004 expanded edition of "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash". The song is commonly performed at Pogues concerts and has been included in their recent setlists since their reformation in 2001. Two recordings and various mixes of the song were made in the studio. Songwriter Shane MacGowan and producer Elvis Costello clashed over the final mix of the song, with MacGowan preferring a mix featuring a cornet,