- As Noted In: 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, Quintessence Editions
Fairytale of New York is a notable song by The Pogues. - AsNotedIn
Timeline
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985/00/00 | Manager Frank Murray suggest The Pogues cover the Band's 1977 song 'Christmas Must be Tonight'. "It was an awful song," James Fearnley writes in his memoir Here Comes Everybody: The Story of The Pogues. "We probably said 'Fk that, we'll do our own." | ||||||
| 1985/00/00 | According to Shane MacGowan, Pogues' producer Elvis Costello bet him that he couldn't write a Christmas song that wasn't upbeat. It was MacGowan's idea to set the song in New York and Jem Finer's to write about a couple down on their luck at Christmas. | ||||||
| 1985/06/12 | Shane MacGowan completes "Fairytale of New York" in Malmo while recovering from pneumonia. "I wasn't thinking about Fairytale, I was just wishing I could stop feeling ill! For some reason that is when I managed to nail the lyrics and the arrangement. | Malmo, SE | Skane Lan, SE | ||||
| 1985/10/00 | The Pogues | Life | As the Pogues make an autumn tour of Europe, they almost wear out their video of Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in America". | ||||
| 1987/03/00 | The Pogues | Performer | With Shane MacGowan singing both the male and female parts, The Pogues record a demo "Fairytale of New York" at London's Abbey Road Studios. | Abbey Road Studios, London | London | ||
| 1987/08/00 | The Pogues | Performer | The Pogues record "Fairytale of New York" at RAK Studios, 42-48 Charlbert St, St Johns Wood, London. Producer Steve Lillywhite, has wife Kirsty MacColl record the test vocals at their home, and when the band heard her sing, they loved it. | ||||
| 1987/11/23 | "Fairytale of New York" is released on 7 inch vinyl, 12 inch vinyl, cassette and CD single. | ||||||
| 1987/11/27 | Matt Dillon | Actor | "Fairytale of New York" video, filmed in New York, features Matt Dillon as the NYPD patrolman who arrests MacGowan. The NYPD doesn't have a choir, but it does have an Irish pipe band who are featured in the video. | ||||
| 1987/12/25 | The Pogues | Performers | The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" peaks at No 2 on the UK Top 75 during the week of Christmas. Shane MacGowan response: We were beaten by two queens and a drum machine. | ||||
| 2007/00/00 | BBC Radio 1 censors the words "slut" and "faggot" from "Fairytale of New York". They reversed themselves after public criticism and Shane MacGowan's mother saying that this is "too ridiculous". | ||||||
| 2012/12/22 | Resulting from a nationwide survey of ITV viewers, Fairytale of New York is announced as Britain's "favourite Christmas song" in a 90-minute special on ITV. | ||||||
| 2013/00/00 | The OCC, Official charts Company, reports that "Fairytale of New York" earns those involved around 386,000 Pounds a year. | ||||||
| 2015/00/00 | The Pogues | Performers | The Daily Mail newspaper estimates that "Fairytale of New York" earns 400,000 pounds sterling annually. |
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