Song · The Pogues
“Rainy Night In Soho” by The Pogues
Released 1986
“Rainy Night In Soho” by The Pogues appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2012 and 2024. It was first released in 1986. Its best result is #407 on the WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,744 indie & aaa song of all time.
Shane MacGowan wrote "A Rainy Night in Soho", and the Pogues first put it out in 1986 on their Poguetry in Motion EP, with Elvis Costello producing. Finishing it turned into a tug of war. The sessions left two recordings and a heap of mixes, and songwriter and producer dug in over the final one: MacGowan wanted the take with a cornet, Costello held out for an oboe. MacGowan got his way everywhere but Canada, where the EP carried the oboe.
Guests Henry Benagh on fiddle and Tommy Keane on uilleann pipes lend the Celtic rock backdrop its ache. The argument never quite ended: the 1991 reissue of the EP split the difference with a third version stitched from both mixes, and guitarist Philip Chevron reckoned there were around 13 versions, cut from edits of the two recordings.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 520 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
| 2022 | 916 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 650 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
| 2024 | 407 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
Also listed as: A Rainy Night in Soho.
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