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"A Rainy Night in Soho" is a song by The Pogues released in 1986, originally included on their Poguetry in Motion EP. 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 , and Costello ...
Poguetry in Motion features the songs "London Girl", "Rainy Night in Soho", "The Body of an American" and "Planxty Noel Hill".The songs were recorded with producer Elvis Costello in August 1985, in the same sessions that produced the first versions of "Fairytale of New York" (with bass player Cait O'Riordan singing the female part of the duet) and a cover version of The Lovin' Spoonful's song ...
The group performed the song on the Channel 4 show Friday Night Live on 15 April 1988, but the show cut to advertising before the song was finished. James Fearnley, biographer of The Pogues, wrote that the band had said in advance that they would be performing and performed the song in a camera rehearsal, without any comment being made. [2]
After an argument about whether the gorgeous “A Rainy Night in Soho” should feature a cornet solo or an oboe, McGowan told Costello to “get his fat arse out of the studio and never come back ...
U2 honored their longtime friend Shane MacGowan with an acoustic cover of the Pogues’ “A Rainy Day in Soho” last night (Dec. 1) during their residency at Sphere at the Venetian in Las Vegas ...
The Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by the Pogues, released in September 1991. ... "Rainy Night in Soho" (MacGowan) "Fiesta" (MacGowan, Finer, ...
Rum Sodomy & the Lash is the second studio album by the London-based, Irish folk punk band the Pogues, released on 5 August 1985. [2] The album reached number 13 on the UK charts.
The Very Best of the Pogues is a greatest hits album by The Pogues, released in April 2001. ... "A Rainy Night In Soho" (MacGowan) "London Girl" (MacGowan)