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About This Track
The song features string arrangements by Fiachra Trench. It is frequently voted the Number One Best Christmas song of all time in various television, radio and magazine related polls in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The song featured in the hit film P.S. I Love You.
“Fairytale of New York” was released as a single in 1987 and reached #1 in the Irish charts and #2 in the British charts, over Christmas (the time of peak sales). The song has become a festive classic in the UK and Ireland over the years, and was voted the best Christmas song of all time three years running in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in polls by music channel VH1 UK, despite not achieving Christmas Number One when it was released. It was also voted as the 27th greatest song never to reach UK#1 in another VH1 poll, and also voted as the 84th greatest song of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners in their “Sold on Song” top 100 poll.
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valplayer tres bon
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lefthandedmoth Happy Christmas yer arse, I thank god it's our last.
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DJCPUG Way too early!!!!!!!
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NitaD1 A song for all seasons........feckin' wonderful
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Allronix Only the Irish could take the most depressing topics imaginable, put them to cheery music, and come out bittersweet. Then again, with a history like theirs...
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Bejn23 Depressing to listen to this time of year... yet somehow appropriate...
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KeithandLor how delightful
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WestEndIrish Came in like 10 to 1.
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ihavesoldout Best xhristmas song AIAEC.
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tomhawk13 Fantastic!
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It's Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope everyone in Lastfm land had a wonderful day xx
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northernbeach Merry Christmas you bastards. We love this song! Do you like our songs? http://www.facebook.com/northernbeach?sk=app_2405167945
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BlackAndrew Nothing says Christmas like "YOU CHEAP LOUSY FAGGOT"
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frode1974 I can see a better time When all our dreams come true
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kikikirsche ♥♥♥
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Itose Love it!
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Degora Best Christmas song ever!
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fancykatya Perfection! Fierce! The Stars version should be outlawed and burned lol. Shane and Kirsty tore this one up and never should be duplicated~
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