Fiesta (The Pogues song)

1988 single by The Pogues

"Fiesta"

Single by The Pogues
from the album  If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Released| 4 July 1988
Genre| Celtic punk, folk punk, Latin rock
Length| 4:12
Songwriter(s)| Jem Finer/Shane MacGowan/Edmund Kötscher/Rudi Lindt
The Pogues singles chronology
| "If I Should Fall from Grace with God"
(1987)  | "Fiesta"
(1988)  | "Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah"
(1988)

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"Fiesta" is a single by The Pogues, featured on their album of 1988, If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

It was written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, based on a Spanish fairground melody Finer had picked up. The refrain quotes "Liechtensteiner Polka" by Edmund Kötscher and Rudi Lindt.

The lyrics refer to the Spanish city of Almería, as well as former bassist Cait O'Riordan's departure from the group, and subsequent relationship with Elvis Costello. The music video was directed by British comedian and actor Adrian Edmondson, and filmed on the roof of Casa Batlló in Barcelona.

"Fiesta" was the last new Pogues single featuring MacGowan to make the United Kingdom Top 30. The song is a live highlight,[according to whom?] and has been included in most setlists since its release.[citation needed]

## References

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* Fiesta at AllMusic. Retrieved 20:12, 25 August 2016 (UTC).

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* Dave Coulter
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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

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* Poguetry in Motion
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* Essential Pogues
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* The Very Best of The Pogues

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* "Dark Streets of London"
* "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"

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* "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
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* "Jesse James"
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* "South Australia"
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