"Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is
Fairytale Of New York
The finished track was recorded at RAK Studios in Regent's Park, London.
The music video sees Kirsty MacColl walking through Manhattan's West 33rd Street (pictured in 2009) in November 1987.
The Pogues are an English Celtic punk band founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, by Shane MacGowan, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer. Originally named Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase p
Fairytale of New York
…Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and recorded by their London-based band the Pogues, featuring English singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals. The song is an Irish folk–style ballad and was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer…
The Pogues performing in Munich in 2011. From left to right: Philip Chevron, James Fearnley, Andrew Ranken, Shane MacGowan, Darryl Hunt, Spider Stacy and Jem Finer.
The Pogues in Brixton, 2004
The Pogues with Shane MacGowan, 11 October 2006 in San Diego
The Pogues on 1 August 2010 in Amsterdam