If I Should Fall from Grace with God (song) explained

If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Cover:If I Should Fall from Grace with God single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:The Pogues
Album:If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Released:22 February 1988
Genre:Celtic punk
Length:2:21
Prev Title:Fairytale of New York
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Fiesta
Next Year:1988

"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. The video for the single was filmed at a live show.

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

  1. Web site: Hockey Mom (Subaru commercial) . https://web.archive.org/web/20110204133853/http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=g2sV8PRK9hs . 4 February 2011 . dead. Subaru [official YouTube account] . 25 October 2010 . 31 October 2010.
  2. Web site: If I Should Fall from Grace with God (McGowan Lyrics) . Shane MacGowan [official Pogues website] . 1988 . 5 November 2010.