Jack's Heroes

"Jack's Heroes"

Single by The Pogues and The Dubliners

from the album Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Released

1990

Genre

Celtic rock

Writer(s)

Spider Stacy

The Pogues chronology

"Summer in Siam"
(1989)

"Jack's Heroes"
(1990)

"Sunny Side of the Street"
(1991)

"Jack's Heroes" was a single released by The Pogues & The Dubliners in 1990, composed by tin whistle player Spider Stacy about the Republic Of Ireland football squad, then managed by Jack Charlton. The video featured the two bands playing against each other in a football match. The single charted in Ireland at Number 4 and in the UK Top 100 at Number 63.

The b-side on the 7 inch single was the traditional song Whiskey In The Jar, again featuring both bands. 12 inch, CD and DAT releases also included an extended mix of "Whiskey In The Jar". ^[1]

Charts

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)^[2]	4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[3]	63

References

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"

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