Dark Streets of London | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Pogues |
Album: | Red Roses for Me |
B-Side: | And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda |
Released: | 1984 |
Genre: | Celtic punk |
Length: | 3:33 |
Label: | Stiff |
Next Title: | Boys from the County Hell |
Next Year: | 1984 |
"Dark Streets of London" is the debut single by the London-based Celtic punk band The Pogues, released in 1984.[1] The song was written by Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and is featured on the band's 1984 debut album Red Roses for Me. The B-side is "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" (which clocks in at 4:50 and is different from the version which appears on their second album).