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“I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day” by The Pogues
From the album Rum Sodomy & the Lash (1985)
“I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day” by The Pogues appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1985. It was first released in 1985 on the album Rum Sodomy & the Lash. Its best result is #25 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #115 alternative song of 1985.
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Cait O'Riordan takes the lead vocal on "I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day", a traditional song the Pogues arranged together for Rum Sodomy & the Lash, the second album the London-based Irish folk punk band released on 5 August 1985.
Elvis Costello produced it, with Nick Robbins and Paul Scully engineering. Costello, whose manager Jake Riviera had approached the band, was first hired to produce just two songs for a single, "A Pair of Brown Eyes" and "Sally MacLennane", but once the sessions at Elephant Studios in Wapping were extended, he took on the whole album. Its title, suggested by drummer Andrew Ranken, came from a line attributed to Winston Churchill, and Ranken reckoned it summed up life in the band.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 25 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1985 | 50 |
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