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“Sunny Side of the Street” by The Pogues
“Sunny Side of the Street” by The Pogues appears on 9 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1999 and 2023. Its best result is #389 on The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,345 alternative song of all time.
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"Sunny Side of the Street" comes from Hell's Ditch, the Pogues' fifth album, from 1990, and it's a Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer co-write that tears along at an up-tempo clip, raising a glass to a libertine with no plans to repent. That's home turf for MacGowan, the band's frontman and lyricist, who kept coming back to rogues like this one. As a single it landed between "Jack's Heroes" and "Rainy Night in Soho", Celtic punk with a grin on its face.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1767 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1768 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1768 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1757 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1740 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1740 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1742 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2023 | 617 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 389 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Songs About Places | 800 |
Also listed as: Sunny Side Of The Street.
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