Sunny Side of the Street (song)

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For the 1930 jazz standard, see On the Sunny Side of the Street.

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1990 single by The Pogues

"The Sunnyside of the Street"

Single by The Pogues

from the album Hell's Ditch

Released

1990

Genre

Celtic punk

Length

2:44

Songwriter(s)

Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer

The Pogues singles chronology

"Jack's Heroes"
(1990)

"The Sunnyside of the Street"
(1990)

"Rainy Night in Soho"
(1991)

"The Sunnyside of the Street" is a track from The Pogues' fifth album, Hell's Ditch, released in 1990. The song, composed by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer, is an up-tempo celebration of an unrepentant libertine—a common theme for frontman and lyricist MacGowan.

Charts

Chart performance for "Sunny Side of the Street"
Chart (1991)	Peak position
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)	23

References

"The Pogues Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

v t e The Pogues
Spider Stacy Jem Finer James Fearnley Shane MacGowan Andrew Ranken Darryl Hunt Terry Woods Cait O'Riordan Philip Chevron Joe Strummer Dave Coulter James McNally Jamie Clarke
Studio albums	Red Roses for Me Rum Sodomy & the Lash If I Should Fall from Grace with God Peace and Love Hell's Ditch Waiting for Herb Pogue Mahone
EPs	Poguetry in Motion Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Compilations	Essential Pogues The Best of The Pogues The Very Best of The Pogues
Singles	"Dark Streets of London" "A Pair of Brown Eyes" "Sally MacLennane" "Dirty Old Town" "Haunted" "The Irish Rover" "Fairytale of New York" "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" "Fiesta" "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" "Summer in Siam" "Jack's Heroes" "Sunny Side of the Street" "A Rainy Night in Soho" "Honky Tonk Women" "Tuesday Morning" "Once Upon a Time"
Other songs	"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" "The Auld Triangle" "Greenland Whale Fisheries" "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" "Jesse James" "Maggie May" "Mountain Dew" "The Parting Glass" "Poor Paddy" "South Australia" "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" "Thousands Are Sailing" "Waxie's Dargle" "When the Ship Comes In" "Worms"
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