This is a list of songs recorded by The Pogues, an Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band. Most of the songs were composed by band members, especially lead singer Shane MacGowan, though the band's repertoire also includes renditions of folk songs from around the world, and especially from Ireland.
| Song | Composer | Album | Time | Year | Notes | Ref. | |||||||
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| "5 Green Queens and Jean" | Jem Finer Shane MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 2:35 | 1990 | [1] | ||||||||
| "Amadie" | Andrew Ranken | Pogue Mahone | 1:54 | 1996 | [2] | ||||||||
| "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" | Eric Bogle | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 8:10 | 1985 | [3] | ||||||||
| "Anniversary" | Finer | Pogue Mahone | 4:05 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "The Auld Triangle" | Brendan Behan Dominic Behan | Red Roses for Me | 4:20 | 1984 | Originally composed for Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow | [4] | |||||||
| "The Battle of Brisbane" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 1:49 | 1984 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Billy's Bones" | MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:02 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Big City" | Darryl Hunt | Waiting for Herb | 2:41 | 1993 | [5] | ||||||||
| "Blue Heaven" | Phil Chevron Hunt | Peace and Love | 3:36 | 1989 | [6] | ||||||||
| "Boat Train" | MacGowan | Peace and Love | 2:40 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "The Body of an American" | MacGowan | Poguetry in Motion | 3:05 | 1986 | [7] | ||||||||
| "Bottle of Smoke" | Finer MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 2:47 | 1988 | [8] | ||||||||
| "Boys from the County Hell" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 2:56 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Bright Lights" | Finer | Pogue Mahone | 2:32 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "The Broad Majestic Shannon" | MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 2:55 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Cotton Fields" | MacGowan | Peace and Love | 2:51 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Dark Streets of London" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 3:33 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Dingle Regatta" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 2:52 | 1984 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Dirty Old Town" | Ewan MacColl | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 3:45 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Down All the Days" | MacGowan | Peace and Love | 3:45 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 3:30 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Drunken Boat" | James Fearnley | Waiting for Herb | 6:38 | 1993 | Partially adapted from "Le Bateau ivre" | [9] | |||||||
| "Fairytale of New York" | Finer MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 4:36 | 1988 | Featuring Kirsty MacColl | ||||||||
| "Fiesta" | Finer MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 4:13 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Four O'Clock in the Morning" | Ranken | Pogue Mahone | 3:14 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "Gartloney Rats" | Terry Woods | Peace and Love | 2:32 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "The Gentleman Soldier" | Traditional | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:04 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "The Ghost of a Smile" | MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 2:58 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Girl from the Wadi Hammamat" | Finer Ranken | Waiting for Herb | 4:53 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Greenland Whale Fisheries" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 2:36 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Gridlock" | Finer Ranken | Peace and Love | 3:33 | 1989 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Haunted" | Sid and Nancy soundtrack | Waiting for Herb | 1986 | ||||||||||
| "Haunting" | Woods | Waiting for Herb | 4:04 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Hell's Ditch" | Finer MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 3:03 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Honky Tonk Women" | Mick Jagger Keith Richards | "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" B-side | 2:55 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "How Come" | Ronnie Lane Kevin Westlake | Pogue Mahone | 2:50 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "House of the Gods" | MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 3:46 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" | MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 2:20 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Every Day" | Traditional | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:55 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "The Irish Rover" | Traditional | Single | 3:39 | 1987 | Collaboration with The Dubliners | ||||||||
| "Jack's Heroes" | Spider Stacy | "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" B-side | 3:05 | 1990 | Collaboration with the Dubliners in support of the Ireland national team | ||||||||
| "Jesse James" | Traditional | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:58 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Kitty" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 4:23 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "The Limerick Rake" | Traditional | "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" B-side | 3:10 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Living in a World Without Her" | Hunt James McNally | Pogue Mahone | 3:20 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "London Girl" | MacGowan | Poguetry in Motion | 3:05 | 1986 | |||||||||
| "London You're a Lady" | MacGowan | Peace and Love | 2:56 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Lorca's Novena" | Finer MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 4:40 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Lorelei" | Chevron | Peace and Love | 3:33 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Love You 'Till the End" | Hunt | Pogue Mahone | 4:35 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "Lullaby of London" | MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 3:32 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Maggie May" | Martin Quittenton Rod Stewart | ||||||||||||
| "Maidrin Rua" | Traditional | Hell's Ditch | 1:47 | 1990 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/ The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races" | Traditional | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 4:03 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Metropolis" | Finer | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 2:50 | 1988 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Misty Morning, Albert Bridge" | Finer | Peace and Love | 3:01 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Modern World" | Hunt | Waiting for Herb | 3:55 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Mountain Dew" | Edward Harrigan | 2:19 | Collaboration with the Dubliners | ||||||||||
| "My Baby's Gone" | Finer Ranken | Waiting for Herb | 2:24 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Navigator" | Philip Gaston | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 4:12 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Night Train to Lorca" | Finer | Peace and Love | 3:29 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "The Old Main Drag" | MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 3:19 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Once Upon a Time" | Finer | Waiting for Herb | 3:55 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Oretown" | Finer | Pogue Mahone | 3:50 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "Pachinko" | Finer | Waiting for Herb | 3:09 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "A Pair of Brown Eyes" | MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 4:54 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "The Parting Glass" | Traditional | Single | 2:14 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Planxty Noel Hill" | Finer | Poguetry in Motion | 3:12 | 1986 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Pont Mirabeau" | Finer | Pogue Mahone | 3:31 | 1996 | Partially adapted from the poem of the same name by Guillaume Apollinaire | [10] | |||||||
| "Poor Paddy" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 3:09 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Rain Street" | MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 4:00 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Rainbow Man" | Woods | Hell's Ditch | 2:46 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Rainy Night in Soho" | MacGowan | Poguetry in Motion | 5:36 | 1986 | |||||||||
| "Sally MacLennane" | MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:43 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Sayonara" | MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 3:07 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Sea Shanty" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 2:24 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "The Sick Bed of Cúchulainn" | MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:59 | 1985 | |||||||||
| "Sit Down by the Fire" | MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 2:18 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Sitting on Top of the World" | Fearnley Finer Woods | Waiting for Herb | 3:37 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Six to Go" | Woods | Hell's Ditch | 2:58 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Small Hours" | Finer | Waiting for Herb | 4:31 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Smell of Petroleum" | Finer | Waiting for Herb | 3:13 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "South Australia" | Traditional | Waiting for Herb | 3:27 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Streams of Whiskey" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 2:23 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" | MacGowan Woods | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 4:39 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Summer in Siam" | MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 4:06 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "The Sun and the Moon" | James Clarke Stacy | Pogue Mahone | 3:21 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "Sunny Side of the Street" | Finer MacGowan | Hell's Ditch | 2:44 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Thousands Are Sailing" | Chevron | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 5:28 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Tombstone" | Finer | Peace and Love | 2:57 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Tosspint" | Finer | Pogue Mahone | 3:31 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "Transmetropolitan" | MacGowan | Red Roses for Me | 4:15 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "Tuesday Morning" | Stacy | Waiting for Herb | 3:30 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Turkish Song of the Damned" | Finer MacGowan | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 3:27 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "USA" | MacGowan | Peace and Love | 4:52 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "The Wake of the Medusa" | Finer | Hell's Ditch | 3:04 | 1990 | |||||||||
| "Waxie's Dargle" | Traditional | Red Roses for Me | 1:53 | 1984 | |||||||||
| "When the Ship Comes In" | Bob Dylan | Pogue Mahone | 3:13 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "Where the Love's Been Gone" | Ranken Steven Skull | Pogue Mahone | 3:50 | 1996 | |||||||||
| "White City" | MacGowan | Peace and Love | 2:31 | 1989 | |||||||||
| "Wild Cats of Kilkenny" | Finer MacGowan | Rum Sodomy & the Lash | 2:48 | 1985 | Instrumental | ||||||||
| "Worms" | Traditional | If I Should Fall from Grace with God | 1:01 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Smell of Petroleum" | Finer | Waiting for Herb | 3:13 | 1993 | |||||||||
| "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah" | MacGowan | Single | 3:16 | 1988 | |||||||||
| "Young Ned Of The Hill" | Terry Woods, Ron Kavana | Peace and Love | 2:45 | 1989 | |||||||||