<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Irish Rover" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Fairytale of New York" (1987) </Td> <Td> "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" (1988) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Irish Rover" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Fairytale of New York" (1987) </Td> <Td> "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" (1988) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "The Irish Rover" (1987) </Td> <Td> "Fairytale of New York" (1987) </Td> <Td> "If I Should Fall from Grace with God" (1988) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Fairytale of New York" is a song written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan and first released as a single on 23 November 1987 by their band The Pogues, featuring singer - songwriter Kirsty MacColl on vocals . The song was written as a duet, with the Pogues' singer MacGowan taking the role of the male character and MacColl the female character . It is an Irish folk - style ballad, and featured on The Pogues' 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God . </P>

Fairytale of new york by the pogues and kirsty maccoll