It's the nation's favourite festive anthem - beating out Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody and Bing Crosby's White Christmas in poll after poll. Among a catalogue of raucous hits, The Pogues' 1987 Christmas melody Fairytale of New York struck a chord with the public and cemented the band's place in rock and roll history.The irreverent song, a folkesy homage to old New York, plays out a slanging match between an old couple - parts memorably sung by Pogues' frontman Shane MacGowan and the late Kirsty MacColl - as Christmas Day approaches.
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