# List of songs recorded by the Pogues

The Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band the Pogues have recorded songs for seven studio albums as well as one extended play (EP), twenty singles, and various other projects. Having played together occasionally since the late 1970s, Shane MacGowan (vocals), Peter "Spider" Stacy (tin whistle), and Jem Finer (banjo) formed the band in 1982 along with James Fearnley (accordion). The group initially used the name Pogue Mahone, an anglicisation of the Irish phrase póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse". Cait O'Riordan (bass guitar) and Andrew Ranken (drums) had joined by the time of the band's debut album, Red Roses for Me (1984). The album mixed the band's interpretations of traditional British and Irish folk songs such as "Poor Paddy Works on the Railway" and "Greenland Whale Fisheries" with original tracks written by MacGowan, which centred primarily on drinking culture, the darker side of London life, and the experiences of Irish emigrants. The band's second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985), continued such themes on tracks such as "The Old Main Drag", which depicts a teenager arriving in London and descending into addiction and sex work, and also included cover versions of songs by the folk singers Ewan MacColl and Eric Bogle.
If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988) incorporated a wider range of musical styles, including Turkish and Spanish influences on the tracks "Turkish Song of the Damned" and "Fiesta", respectively, and songs written by newer band members Philip Chevron and Terry Woods. The album also included the song "Fairytale of New York", originally envisaged as a duet between MacGowan and O'Riordan but eventually recorded with Kirsty MacColl after O'Riordan left the band in 1986. The song reached number 2 in the UK singles chart and has come to be regarded as a Christmas classic, regularly placing highly in polls of the greatest seasonal songs of all time. The track "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six", from the same album, proved controversial for its lyrical support of the Birmingham Six, a group of Irishmen imprisoned for terrorism offences in relation to the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. MacGowan's role in songwriting within the band continued to reduce with their fourth album, Peace and Love (1989), which for the first time featured more songs written by other members of the band than by him; the album was also the band's first not to feature versions of any traditional songs. Although MacGowan again wrote the majority of the songs on the Pogues' next album, Hell's Ditch (1990), it proved to be his last with the band, as he was expelled from the group the following year due to his unreliability and substance abuse issues. Stacy took over as lead vocalist for the group's sixth album, Waiting for Herb (1993), for which Finer wrote the majority of the songs. After the 1996 album Pogue Mahone, which included cover versions of songs originally recorded by Ronnie Lane and Bob Dylan, the band broke up, although they reunited for live shows, with MacGowan again in the line-up, from 2001 onwards. MacGowan died in 2023, but the following year several of the remaining members announced their first live performances in over a decade.
The band also recorded songs that did not appear on their seven studio albums, including many which appeared as the B-sides of singles. They contributed original songs to the soundtracks of the films Sid and Nancy (1986) and Straight to Hell (1987), in the latter of which several members of the band also acted. On multiple occasions, they recorded collaborations with the Irish band the Dubliners and with Kirsty MacColl. In 2008, more than forty previously unreleased songs recorded by the band throughout their career were made available in the box set Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!!

## Songs

Key :
| † | Indicates single release |
Name of song, credited writer(s), originating album, and year of release :
| Song | Writer(s) | Album | Year |
| "5 Green Queens and Jean" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Afro-Cuban Be-Bop" (with Joe Strummer) | Joe Strummer | None | 1990 |
| "Aisling" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "All the Tears That I Cried" (with Kirsty MacColl) | Kirsty MacColl Mark E. Nevin | None | 1991 |
| "Amadie" | Andrew Ranken | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" | Eric Bogle | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Anniversary" | Jem Finer | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "The Aria" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "The Auld Triangle" | Brendan Behan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "The Balinalee" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Bastard Landlord" | Jem Finer | None | 1990 |
| "The Battle March Medley" | Terry Woods | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "The Battle of Brisbane" | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Big City" | Darryl Hunt | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Big Question Mark" | Jem Finer | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Billy's Bones" | Shane MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "The Black Dogs Ditch" | Terry Woods | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Blue Heaven" | Philip Chevron Darryl Hunt | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Boat Train" | Shane MacGowan | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "The Body of an American" | Shane MacGowan | Poguetry in Motion (EP) | 1986 |
| "Bolero del Perro Listo" | James Fearnley | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Bottle of Smoke" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Bowery Snax/Spiked" | Jem Finer Philip Chevron | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Boys from the County Hell" † | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Bright Lights" | Jem Finer | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "The Broad Majestic Shannon" | Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Call My Name" | Darryl Hunt | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Connemara, Let's Go!" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Cotton Fields" | Shane MacGowan | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "The Curse of Love" | Jem Finer | None | 1990 |
| "Danny Boy" | Frederic Weatherly | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Dark Streets of London" † | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Dingle Regatta" | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Dirty Old Town" † | Ewan MacColl | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Do You Believe in Magic" | John Sebastian Zal Yanovsky | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "The Donegal Express/The Hen and the Cock are in Carrickmacross" | Shane MacGowan Traditional | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Down All the Days" | Shane MacGowan | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Driving Through the City" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Drunken Boat" | James Fearnley | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Eve of Destruction" | P. F. Sloan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Everyman is a King" | Terry Woods Ron Kavana | None | 1989 |
| "Eyes of an Angel" | Jem Finer | None | 1996 |
| "Fairytale of New York" (with Kirsty MacColl) † | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1987 |
| "Fiesta" † | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "First Day of Forever" | Philip Chevron | None | 1993 |
| "Four O'Clock in the Morning" | Andrew Ranken | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Garbo (aka in and Out)" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Garbo (soundtrack album) | 1992 |
| "Gartloney Rats" | Terry Woods | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "The Gentleman Soldier" | Traditional | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "The Ghost of a Smile" | Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Girl from the Wadi Hammamat" | Jem Finer Andrew Ranken | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Glued Up and Speeding" | Spider Stacy | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | Ennio Morricone | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Goodnight Irene" | Traditional | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Got A Lot Of Lovin' To Do" | Aaron Schroeder Ben Weisman | The Last Temptation of Elvis | 2008 |
| "Greenland Whale Fisheries" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Gridlock" | Jem Finer Andrew Ranken | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Harmonicas" | The Pogues | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Haunted" † | Shane MacGowan | Sid and Nancy (soundtrack album) | 1986 |
| "Haunting" | Terry Woods | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Hell's Ditch" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Honky Tonk Women" † | Mick Jagger Keith Richards | None | 1988 |
| "Hot Asphalt" | Ewan MacColl | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Hot Dogs with Everything" | Shane MacGowan | None | 1986 |
| "How Come" | Ronnie Lane Kevin Westlake | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "House of the Gods" | Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" † | Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "I Fought the Law" (with Joe Strummer) | Sonny Curtis | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" | Traditional | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Infinity" | Shane MacGowan | None | 1990 |
| "The Irish Rover" † (with the Dubliners) | Traditional | 25 Years Celebration | 1987 |
| "Jack's Heroes" † (with the Dubliners) | Spider Stacy | None | 1990 |
| "Japan" | Pharoah Sanders | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "JB 57" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Jesse James" | Traditional | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Johnny Come Lately" (with Steve Earle) | Steve Earle | Copperhead Road | 1988 |
| "Johnny Was" | Andrew Ranken Darryl Hunt James Fearnley Jem Finer Philip Chevron | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Junk" | Jem Finer | Sid and Nancy (soundtrack album) | 1986 |
| "The Kerry Polka" | Traditional | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Kitty" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "L'Amoria" | Philip Chevron | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "The Last of McGee" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "The Leaving of Liverpool" | Traditional | None | 1985 |
| "The Limerick Rake" | Traditional | None | 1988 |
| "Living in a World Without Her" | Darryl Hunt James McNally | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "London Calling" (with Joe Strummer) | Joe Strummer Mick Jones | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "London Girl" | Shane MacGowan | Poguetry in Motion (EP) | 1986 |
| "London You're a Lady" | Shane MacGowan | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Long Cool Day in Hell" | Jem Finer | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Lorca's Novena" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Lorelei" | Philip Chevron | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Love Theme from Sid and Nancy" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Love You 'Till the End" | Darryl Hunt | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Lullaby of London" | Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Lust for Vomit" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Maggie May" | Martin Quittenton Rod Stewart | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Maidrin Rua" | Traditional | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/ The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races" | Traditional | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Metropolis" | Jem Finer | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things" † (with Kirsty MacColl) | Cole Porter | Red Hot + Blue | 1990 |
| "The Mistlethrush" | Andrew Ranken Philip Chevron | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" † | Jem Finer | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Modern World" | Darryl Hunt | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Mountain Dew" (with the Dubliners) | Traditional | 25 Years Celebration | 1987 |
| "Moving to Moldova" | James Fearnley Terry Woods | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Murder" | Andrew Ranken | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Muirshin Durkin" | Traditional | None | 1985 |
| "My Baby's Gone" | Jem Finer Andrew Ranken | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Navigator" | Philip Gaston | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "A Needle for Paddy Garcia" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Nicaragua Libré" | Traditional | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Night on Bald Mountain" | Modest Mussorgsky | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Night Train to Lorca" | Jem Finer | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "North Sea Holes" | Ewan MacColl | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "NW3" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Obsession" | Jem Finer | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "The Old Main Drag" | Shane MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Once Upon a Time" † | Jem Finer | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "The One and Only" (with Kirsty MacColl) | Kirsty MacColl Mark E. Nevin | Electric Landlady | 1991 |
| "Oretown" | Jem Finer | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Pachinko" | Jem Finer | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "A Pair of Brown Eyes" † | Shane MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Paris" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| ""Paris St. Germain" | Spider Stacy Terry Woods | None | 1993 |
| "The Parting Glass" | Traditional | None | 1985 |
| "Pinned Down/I'm Alone in the Wilderness" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "A Pistol for Paddy Garcia" | Jem Finer | None | 1985 |
| "Planxty Noel Hill" | Jem Finer | Poguetry in Motion (EP) | 1986 |
| "Pont Mirabeau" | Jem Finer | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Poor Paddy" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Quiet Day in Blanco Town" | Jem Finer | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Rabinga" | Philip Chevron | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Rain Street" | Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Rainbow Man" | Terry Woods | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Rainy Night in Soho" † | Shane MacGowan | Poguetry in Motion (EP) | 1986 |
| "Rake at the Gates of Hell" | Shane MacGowan | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Repeal of the Licensing Laws" | Spider Stacy | None | 1984 |
| "Rince del Emplacada" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Sally MacLennane" † | Shane MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Sayonara" | Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Sea Shanty" | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Shanne Bradley" | Shane MacGowan | None | 1987 |
| "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn" | Shane MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "Sit Down by the Fire" | Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Sitting on Top of the World" | James Fearnley Jem Finer Terry Woods | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Six to Go" | Terry Woods | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Sketches of Spain" | Jem Finer | None | 1988 |
| "Small Hours" | Jem Finer | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Smell of Petroleum" | Jem Finer | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Something Wild" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Sound of the City Night" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "South Australia" | Traditional | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Squid Out of Water" | Shane MacGowan | None | 1991 |
| "Star of the County Down" | Traditional | None | 1989 |
| "Streams of Whiskey" | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" | Shane MacGowan Terry Woods | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Summer in Siam" † | Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "The Sun and the Moon" | Jamie Clarke Spider Stacy | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Sunny Side of the Street" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Taranta del Fuente" | James Fearnley Jem Finer | Straight to Hell (soundtrack album) | 1987 |
| "Thousands Are Sailing" | Philip Chevron | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Tombstone" | Jem Finer | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Tosspint" | Jem Finer | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "The Town That Never Sleeps" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Train Kept Rolling On" | Andrew Ranken | None | 1993 |
| "Transmetropolitan" | Shane MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "The Travelling People" | Ewan MacColl | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Tuesday Morning" † | Spider Stacy | Waiting for Herb | 1993 |
| "Turkish Song of the Damned" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "USA" | Shane MacGowan | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Victoria" | Shane MacGowan | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "The Wake of the Medusa" | Jem Finer | Hell's Ditch | 1990 |
| "Waxie's Dargle" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 1984 |
| "When the Ship Comes In" | Bob Dylan | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Where the Love's Been Gone" | Andrew Ranken Steven Skull | Pogue Mahone | 1996 |
| "Whiskey in the Jar" † (with the Dubliners) | Traditional | None | 1990 |
| "Whiskey You're the Devil" | Traditional | None | 1985 |
| "White City" † | Shane MacGowan | Peace and Love | 1989 |
| "Who Said Romance is Dead?" | Jem Finer | Just Look Them Straight in the Eye and Say... Pogue Mahone!! | 2008 |
| "Wild Cats of Kilkenny" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 1985 |
| "The Wild Rover" | Traditional | None | 1985 |
| "Worms" | Traditional | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1988 |
| "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" † | Shane MacGowan | None | 1988 |
| "Young Ned Of The Hill" | Terry Woods Ron Kavana | Peace and Love | 1989 |