Dirty Old Town

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lyricist and composer:Ewan MacColl (folksinger, songwriter, actor) (in 1949)
publisher:Albert Music Publishing
Cooking Vinyl Ltd. (use “Cooking Vinyl” for release label)
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Francis, Day & Hunter (publisher)
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/Ewan-maccoll-dirty-old-town-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/7305 [info]
Wikidata:Q985201 [info]
later translated versions:Ich fand mein Glück
Mon vieux quartier
arrangements:Dirty Old Town (adapted by Esther Ofarim)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1983Dirty Old TownEwan MacColl2:54
1989-12-30Running to Stand Still / Dirty Old Town (live, 1989-12-30: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)cover, live and partialU25:18
1989-12-31Dirty Old Town (live, 1989-12-31: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveU20:52
1989-12-31Dirty Old Town (live, 1989-12-31: Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)cover and liveU20:51
1989-12-31Dirty Old Towncover, live and partialU20:52
1989-12-31Dirty Old Towncover, live and partialU20:52
1989-12-31Running to Stand Still (live, 1989-12-31: Point Depot, Dublin, Ireland)cover, live and partialU24:27
1990-01-09Running to Stand Still (live, 1990-01: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)cover, live and partialU25:16
1990-01-09Running to Stand Still / Dirty Old Town (live, 1990-01-09: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands)cover, live and partialU25:16
1990-01-09Running to Stand Still / Dirty Old Towncover, live and partialU25:16
1991Dirty Old Town (live, 1991: London, UK)liveThe Pogues with Joe Strummer3:31
1992-03-24Dirty Old Towncover and liveDavid Byrne4:38
1992-03-24Dirty Old Town (live, 1992-03-24: St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveDavid Byrne & Richard Thompson3:29
1992-08-23Dirty Old Song (live, 1992‐08‐23: Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA, USA)cover and liveU21:01
1993-06-04Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:28
1993-06-23Dirty Old Town (live, 1993-06-23: Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France)cover and liveU21:19
1993-06-30Dirty Old Town (live, 1993-06-30: St. Jakob's Stadion, Basel, Switzerland)cover and liveU21:32
1993Dirty Old Town (Larry on Vocals) - Rotterdam 1993cover and liveU21:34
2001-12Dirty Old Town (live, 2001-12-22/23)liveThe Pogues3:50
2001-12Dirty Old Town (live, 2001-12: Brixton Academy, London, UK)cover and liveThe Pogues3:50
2008-03-15Dirty Old Town (live, 2008-03-15: Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY, USA)liveThe Pogues?:??
2012-09Dirty Old Town (live, 2012-09: L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France)liveThe Pogues?:??
2012-09Dirty Old Town (live, 2012-09: L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France)liveThe Pogues4:09
2018-10-24Dirty Old Town (live, 2018‐10‐24: Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveSimple Minds4:52
2020-01-25Dirty Old Town (live. 2020-01-25: Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland)cover and livePeat & Diesel6:12
Dimman är tät i Visby inatt (Dirty Old Town)coverPatrask?:??
Dirty Old Town (2015 band version)coverSteve Earle3:20
Dirty Old TowncoverČeské Srdce4:49
Dirty Old TowncoverDave Stewart2:00
Dirty Old TownliveRoger Whittaker3:36
Dirty Old TowncoverThe Dubliners3:36
Dirty Old TownMurphy's Pigs3:26
Dirty Old TowncoverCeltic Fantasy3:43
Dirty Old TowncoverThe Mountain Goats3:00
Dirty Old TowncoverTownes Van Zandt8:08
Dirty Old TowncoverTed Leo/The Pharmacists2:47
Dirty Old TowncoverThe Specials3:32
Dirty Old TownDublin City Ramblers3:36
Dirty Old TowncoverFeile5:07
Dirty Old Town (live)cover and liveBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club3:10
Dirty Old Town (live)cover and liveBlack Rebel Motorcycle Club3:55
Dirty Old TowncoverTallymoore3:43
Dirty Old TowncoverTed Leo and the Pharmacists?:??
Dirty Old TowncoverTed Leo and the Pharmacists?:??
Dirty Old TowncoverThe Specials?:??
Dirty Old Town (live)cover and liveSimple Minds4:54
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues?:??
Dirty Old TowncoverBettye LaVette3:55
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:57
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:43
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:40
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:39
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:44
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:41
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart3:42
Dirty Old TownRod Stewart?:??
Dirty Old TowncoverPeat & Diesel4:12
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues3:45
Dirty Old TownliveThe Dubliners3:05
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues3:41
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues3:45
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues3:31
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues3:43
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU20:41
Dirty Old TownMoving Cloud3:17
Dirty Old TownThe Clancy Brothers2:43
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU2?:??
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:59
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:57
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU22:29
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU2?:??
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:20
Dirty Old Town (the workday section)coverTilt!4:02
Dirty Old Town (the weekend section)coverTilt!3:30
Dirty Old TowncoverBettye LaVette3:55
Dirty Old TowncoverThe Dubliners2:53
Dirty Old TowncoverFrank Black3:04
Dirty Old Town (live)cover and liveU21:24
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:55
Dirty Old Town (live)cover and liveU22:00
Dirty Old TowncoverThe Long Ryders4:14
Dirty Old TowncoverDeal's Gone Bad3:31
Dirty Old Town (arr. Thomas)coverEsther & Abi Ofarim2:30
Dirty Old TowncoverWaxies Dargle3:06
Dirty Old TownShannon5:17
Dirty Old TownEwan MacColl1:03
Dirty Old TownSimple Minds & Jimmy Johnstone3:24
Dirty Old Town (live, 1974: Fiesta Club, Sheffield, England)cover and liveThe Dubliners3:01
Dirty Old TowncoverRoger Whittaker3:45
Dirty Old TownThe Pogues4:21
Dirty Old TowncoverTownes Van Zandt3:41
Dirty Old TowncoverLos Fastidios3:25
Dirty Old TowncoverRod Stewart3:40
Dirty Old TownliveThe Pogues?:??
Dirty Old TownGeorge Murphy3:40
Dirty Old TowncoverJohn Francis Flynn4:50
Dirty Old TownThe Mountain Goats3:00
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU20:51
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:27
Dirty Old Towncover and liveU21:41
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