Song · Deacon Blue
“Dignity” by Deacon Blue
From the album Raintown (1987)
“Dignity” by Deacon Blue appears on 3 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2001 and 2006. It was first released in 1987 on the album Raintown. Its best result is #297 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,258 alternative song of all time.
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"Dignity" is where Deacon Blue started: the band's first official release, and a song that found its home on Raintown. Ricky Ross wrote it and sings lead, Lorraine McIntosh adds backing vocals, and the band behind them is Graeme Kelling on guitar, James Prime on keyboards, Ewen Vernal on bass and Dougie Vipond on drums, with Jon Kelly producing.
Ross started writing it, of all places, while bored on a holiday in Greece, which is how the local firewater, raki, slipped into the words. The inspiration was closer to home: the men from the Glasgow cleansing department who swept the street outside his flat in Pollokshields. It grew into one of their best-loved songs, usually the last thing they play live, and it was sung at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 341 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2005 | 404 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 297 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
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