Artist · chart history
Feargal Sharkey
Solo artist Derry United Kingdom
Feargal Sharkey is an artist from Derry. Feargal Sharkey has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1985–1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “A Good Heart”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #7. The station that charted Feargal Sharkey most often is Studio Brussel (Flanders, Belgium), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1985.
Feargal Sharkey, born in Derry in 1958, spent the late '70s and early '80s as the frontman of the Undertones, his quavering, urgent voice the unmistakable sound on top of all that punk-pop rush. He also sang with the Assembly and went solo on Virgin, and "A Good Heart" turned him into a pop star in his own right, topping the charts in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It's a big, warm, polished single, miles from the three-chord scramble of his old band, and his voice carries it easily.
He stepped back from making music in the early '90s and moved to the business side, taking on roles supporting the UK's commercial music industry that brought him a clutch of awards and honours, and he was made an OBE. A lifelong fly fisherman, he has since become a figurehead of the campaign against water companies dumping sewage into Britain's rivers and coastal waters.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Feargal Sharkey on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Good Heart | 3 | #7 | – | 1985 |
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 935 | A Good Heart | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1986 | 79 | A Good Heart | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1986 |
| 1985 | 7 | A Good Heart | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1985 |
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