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| "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" | ||||
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| Single by The Pogues | ||||
| from the album If I Should Fall from Grace with God | ||||
| Released | 22 February 1988 | |||
| Genre | Celtic punk | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Shane MacGowan | |||
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"If I Should Fall from Grace with God" was a single released by The Pogues in February 1988, from the album of the same name If I Should Fall from Grace with God (released in January 1988). It followed the band's Christmas classic, " Fairytale of New York", but did not enjoy the same widespread success, stalling at Number 58 in the UK singles Chart.[ citation needed] The video for the single was filmed at a live show.[ citation needed]
An earlier recording of the song, performed at a slower tempo, appeared on the Straight to Hell soundtrack in 1987.
The faster-paced 1988 recording found on the subsequent single release was heard beginning October 2010 on U.S. commercials for the Subaru Forester, featuring a woman shuttling around hockey-playing children, [1] while the lyrics of the first two verses [2] (which constitute the song's main chorus) are heard prominently for the duration of the advertisement.
References
- ^ Subaru [official YouTube account] (25 October 2010). "Hockey Mom (Subaru commercial)". Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Shane MacGowan [official Pogues website] (1988). "If I Should Fall from Grace with God (McGowan Lyrics)". Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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