Sunny Side of the Street (song)

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

"Sunny Side of the Street"

Single by The Pogues

from the album Hell's Ditch

Released

1990

Genre

Celtic punk

Length

2:44

Writer(s)

Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer

The Pogues singles chronology

"Jack's Heroes"
(1990)

"Sunny Side of the Street"
(1991)

"Rainy Night in Soho"
(1991)

"Sunny Side 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.

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	The Best of The Pogues The Rest of the Best The Very Best of the Pogues Dirty Old Town: The Platinum Collection Just Look Them Straight In The Eye and Say....POGUE MAHONE!!

Singles	"Dark Streets of London" "Boys from the County Hell" "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"

Related articles	Discography Songs

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