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The Pogues

The Pogues is a group from the UK, active from 1982.

Group GB 1982–2014 celtic punk folk rock celtic rock
TOTAL PLAYS
1,795
SONGS PLAYED
134
STATIONS
4
FIRST PLAYED
2005-02-15 18:00 · 6 Music — "Sally MacLennane"
LAST PLAYED
1 day ago · Radio 2 — "Dirty Old Town"
BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026
200 150 100 50 0
'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 '26
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 1,116 62%
Radio 1 345 19%
Radio 2 331 18%
1Xtra 3 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 17:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 534 2025-12-28
2 Sally MacLennane 212 2026-03-18
3 Fiesta 161 2026-02-14
4 If I Should Fall From Grace With God 131 2025-11-21
5 London Girl 129 2025-10-01
6 A Rainy Night In Soho 90 2026-03-07
7 Dirty Old Town 83 2026-05-19
8 A Pair Of Brown Eyes 54 2025-04-28
9 A Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 36 2015-12-26
10 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah 23 2016-09-04
11 Thousands Are Sailing 14 2025-03-12
12 Streams of Whiskey 14 2024-02-04
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-19 19:21 Dirty Old Town Radio 2
2026-05-11 15:35 Dirty Old Town 6 Music
2026-03-18 01:13 Sally MacLennane Radio 2
2026-03-07 21:39 A Rainy Night In Soho Radio 2
2026-02-14 09:39 Fiesta Radio 2
2025-12-28 02:49 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 2
2025-12-26 14:30 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 2
2025-12-26 07:37 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 2
2025-12-25 14:26 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 1
2025-12-25 10:55 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 1
2025-12-25 09:08 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 2
2025-12-25 06:00 Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) Radio 1
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

134 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
5 Green Queens and Jean — 1 ▶
A Fairytale in New York — 1 ▶
A Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) — 36 ▶
A Pair Of Brown Eyes — 54 ▶
A Pair Of Brown Eyes (BBC session) — 3 ▶
A Rainy Night In Soho — 90 ▶
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda — 2 ▶
And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Short Version) — 1 ▶
Billy's Bones — 1 ▶
Billy's Bones (Htd Version) — 1 ▶
Billy's Bones (Radio 1 Session, 03 Jul 1985) — 2 ▶
Billy's Bones (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1985) — 3 ▶
Billy's Bones - BBC Session 03/07/1985 — 3 ▶
billys bones — 1 ▶
Body of an American — 1 ▶
Boys From The Country Hell (David Jensen session 21th June 1984) — 1 ▶
Boys From The Country Hell - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 3 ▶
Boys From The County Hell — 1 ▶
Boys From The County Hell (BBC Session, 21 Jun 1984) — 1 ▶
Boys From The County Hell - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 4 ▶
Connemara - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 6 ▶
Connemara -(David Jensen session 21th June 1984) — 1 ▶
Danny Boy — 4 ▶
Danny Boy (BBC Session, 4 Dec 1984) — 1 ▶
Danny Boy (Radio 1 Session 21 June 1984) — 1 ▶
Danny Boy - 1984 — 1 ▶
Danny Boy - BBC Session 04/12/1984 — 3 ▶
Dark Streets Of London — 13 ▶
Dingle Regatta / Holly Johnsons BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 1 ▶
Dingle Regatta / Holly Johnsons - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 1 ▶
Dingle Regatta /Holly Johnsons — 4 ▶
Dingle Regatta /Holly Johnsons (David Jensen session 21th June 1984) — 1 ▶
Dingle Regatta /Holly Johnsons - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 1 ▶
Dirty Old Town — 83 ▶
Dirty Old Town (BBC session) — 5 ▶
Dirty Old Town (BBC Session, 3 July 1985) — 5 ▶
Dirty Old Town (Janice Long session 03.07.1985) — 1 ▶
Dirty Old Town (Live At The Olympia, Paris / 2012) — 1 ▶
Dirty Old Town (Radio 1 Session, 03 Jul 1985) — 1 ▶
Dirty Old Town - BBC Session 03/07/1985 — 3 ▶
Do You Believe In Magic? — 1 ▶
Fairytale Of New Year — 1 ▶
Fairytale of New York — 12 ▶
Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) — 534 ▶
Fiesta — 161 ▶
Greenland Whale Fisheries — 2 ▶
Gridlock — 1 ▶
Haunted — 1 ▶
Haunted (feat. Cait O'Riordan) — 1 ▶
I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day — 2 ▶
I'm A Man You Don't Meet Everyday — 6 ▶
If I Should Fall From Grace (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1986) — 6 ▶
If I Should Fall From Grace - BBC Session 22/01/1986 — 4 ▶
If I Should Fall From Grace With God — 131 ▶
If I should fall from the grace of god — 1 ▶
Irish Rover [with ding] — 1 ▶
Jesse James — 1 ▶
London Girl — 129 ▶
Love You Till' The End — 1 ▶
Lullaby Of London — 4 ▶
Lullaby Of London (BBC Session, 22 Jan 1986) — 5 ▶
Lullaby Of London (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1986) — 1 ▶
Lullaby Of London - BBC Session 22/01/1986 — 5 ▶
Misty Morning Albert Bridge — 1 ▶
Navigator — 6 ▶
Navigator (BBC Session, 21 Jun 1984) — 5 ▶
Navigator (Radio 1 Session 21 June 1984) — 1 ▶
Navigator (Radio 1 Session 21st June, 1984) — 1 ▶
Navigator - 1984 — 1 ▶
Navigator - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 3 ▶
Navigator- BBC Session 04/12/1984 — 2 ▶
Poor Paddy On The Railway — 2 ▶
Poor Paddy On The Railway (David Jensen session 21th June 1984) — 1 ▶
Poor Paddy On The Railway - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 7 ▶
Rake At The Gates Of Hell (BBC Session, 22 Jan 1986) — 3 ▶
Rake At The Gates Of Hell - BBC Session 22/01/1986 — 4 ▶
Sally MacLannane — 1 ▶
Sally MacLennane — 212 ▶
Sally Maclennane (BBC session) — 2 ▶
Sally MacLennane (BBC Session, 04 Dec 1984) — 3 ▶
Sally McLannan (Radio 1 Session 21 June 1984) — 1 ▶
Sally Mclannan - 1984 — 1 ▶
Sally Mclannan - BBC Session 04/12/1984 — 3 ▶
Sayonara — 1 ▶
Streams of Whiskey — 14 ▶
Streams Of Whiskey — 3 ▶
Streams Of Whiskey (John Peel session 10.04.1984) — 1 ▶
Streams of Whiskey (Radio 1 session 17 April 1984) — 1 ▶
Summer In Siam — 9 ▶
Summer In Siam (Live) — 2 ▶
Sunny Side of the Street — 1 ▶
The Auld Triangle — 3 ▶
The Auld Triangle (Radio 1 session 17 April 1984) — 1 ▶
The Body of an American — 4 ▶
The Boys From County Hell — 1 ▶
The Broad Majestic Shannon — 5 ▶
The Dark Streets Of London — 1 ▶
The Gentleman Soldier — 1 ▶
The Irish Rover — 2 ▶
The Leaving Of Liverpool — 3 ▶
The Old Main Drag (Janice Long session 03.07.1985) — 1 ▶
The Old Main Drag (Radio 1 Session, 03 Jul 1985) — 1 ▶
The Old Main Drag (Radio 1 Session, 3 Jul 1985) — 5 ▶
The Old Main Drag - BBC Session 03/07/1985 — 2 ▶
The Parting Glass — 1 ▶
The Rake At The Gates Of Hell (The Janice Long Show, November 1986) — 1 ▶
The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn — 3 ▶
The Sunnyside Of The Street — 8 ▶
The Sunnyside Of The Street (Live) (feat. Joe Strummer) — 1 ▶
The Wild Rover — 1 ▶
Thousands Are Sailing — 14 ▶
Thousands Are Sailing (Live At Olympia) — 1 ▶
Transmetropolitan — 1 ▶
Tuesday Morning — 3 ▶
turkish song of damned — 1 ▶
Turkish Song Of The Damned — 1 ▶
Turkish Song Of the Damned (BBC Session, 22 Jan 1986) — 4 ▶
Turkish Song Of The Damned (Radio 1 Session, 22 Jan 1986) — 1 ▶
Turkish Song Of The Damned - BBC Session 22/01/1986 — 3 ▶
Waxie's Dargle — 6 ▶
Whiskey You're The Devil — 1 ▶
Whiskey You're The Devil (BBC Session, 21 Jun 1984) — 4 ▶
Whiskey You're The Devil - 1984 — 1 ▶
Whiskey You're The Devil - BBC Session 04/12/1984 — 4 ▶
Whiskey You're The Devil - BBC Session 21/06/1984 — 7 ▶
White City — 2 ▶
Wild Cats of Kilkenny — 6 ▶
Wild Cats Of Kilkenny (Janice Long session 03.07.1985) — 1 ▶
Wild Cats Of Kilkenny (Radio 1 Session, 03 Jul 1985) — 1 ▶
Wild Cats Of Kilkenny (Radio 1 Session, 03 Jul 1985) — 1 ▶
Wild Cats Of Kilkenny - BBC Session 03/07/1985 — 4 ▶
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah — 9 ▶
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah — 23 ▶
Young Ned Of The Hill — 1 ▶