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
If I Should Fall from Grace with God (song) If I Should Fall from Grace with God (song) "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" was a single released by The Pogues in February 1988, from the album of the same name "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" (released in January 1988). It followed the band's Christmas classic, "Fairytale of New York", but did not enjoy the same widespread success, stalling at Number 58 in the UK singles Chart. The video for the single was filmed at a live show. An earlier recording of the song, performed at a slower tempo, appeared on the "Straight to