Singles

Don't Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (CD single) front coverKeep Your Hands Off My Baby (cover A side)You Still Believe in Me (picture sleeve, A side)Days (CD single) front coverAngel (CD single) front coverChip Shop (picture sleeve, A side)In These Shoes? (CD single 1) front coverBerlin (cover)Innocence (CD single) front coverHe's on the Beach (12” single) front coverFree World (7”) front coverAll I Ever Wanted (CD single) front coverCaroline (CD single 1)They DonMambo de la Luna (CD single 2) front coverMy Affair (CD single) front coverMiss Otis Regrets (12”) front coverTerry 12 inch single (front cover)Fairytale of New York (1987 7’ single) front coverI Want Out (picture sleeve)They DonA New England (12’ single) front cover

This is an index page for all Kirsty MacColl singles. Links are supplied to all known variants of each release (7”, 10” 12” cassette single, CD single, certain promo singles, downloads …). This is the bible for collectors of Kirsty MacColl singles.

They Don’t Know 7” single

  1. They Don’t Know (MacColl)
  2. Turn my Motor On (MacColl)

Stiff Records BUY47 (7” single), P-BUY47 (7” picture disc)
June 1979

You Caught Me Out 7” single

  1. You Caught Me Out (MacColl, Briquette, Crowe)
  2. Boys (MacColl, Lloyd)

Stiff Records BUY57* (unreleased)
October 1979

* Never released at the time as a single due to contractual difficulties at Stiff, a few white label copies exist. George Lloyd was guitarist with the Drug Addix. Pete Briquette & Simon Crowe were in the Boomtown Rats, who play on the track.

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 7” single

  1. Keep Your Hands Off my Baby (Goffin, King)
  2. I Don’t Need You (MacColl)

Polydor POSP225 (7” single), 2059 316 (German 7” single)
February 1981

There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis 7” single

  1. There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears he’s Elvis (MacColl, Rambow)
  2. Hard to believe (MacColl)
  3. There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears he’s Elvis (country version) (MacColl, Rambow)

Polydor POSP250
May 1981

There’s a Guy Works Down the Truck Stop Swears He’s Elvis US 7” single

  1. There’s a Guy Works Down the Truck Stop Swears he’s Elvis (MacColl, Rambow)
  2. Over You (MacColl)

Polydor PD 2201
May 1981

See That Girl 7” single

  1. See That Girl (MacColl)
  2. Over you (MacColl)

Polydor POSP326
September 1981

You Still Believe in Me 7” single

  1. You Still Believe in Me (Wilson, Asher)
  2. Queen of the High Teas (MacColl)

Polydor POSP368
November 1981

I Want Out (Matchbox featuring Kirsty MacColl) 7” single

  1. I Want Out (Hodgson, Peters, Colton)
  2. Heaven Can Wait (Matchbox) (Hodgson, Callan)

Magnet 105.166
February 1983

Berlin 7” and 12” single

  1. Berlin (MacColl)
  2. Rhythm of the real thing (MacColl)

North of Watford Records NOW100 (7” single), NOWX100 (12” single)
August 1983.

Nobody we have ever been in contact with has ever seen this release, but it was listed in Record Collector magazine in 1994. We believe it was a re-recorded version of the song, different from the version on the Kirsty MacColl album. Acetates of the B side have been seen.

Terry 7” single

  1. Terry (MacColl, Povey)
  2. Quietly Alone (MacColl)

Stiff Records BUY190
October 1983

Terry 12” single

  1. Terry (extended version) (MacColl, Povey)
  2. Quietly Alone (MacColl)
  3. Terry (MacColl, Povey)

Stiff Records SBUY190
October 1983
Note: the standard version of Terry (track 3) is not listed on the sleeve or label.

A New England 7” single

  1. A New England (Bragg)
  2. Patrick (MacColl)

Stiff Records BUY216, reissued in 1985 as S107117
December 1984

A New England picture disc single

  1. A New England (Bragg)
  2. Patrick (MacColl)

Stiff Records DBUY216 (picture disc shaped like Great Britain)
December 1984

A New England 12” single

  1. A New England (Bragg)
  2. Patrick (MacColl)
  3. I’m Going Out with an 80 Year Old Millionaire (MacColl)

Stiff Records BUYIT216
December 1984

Teenager In Love 10” acetate

  1. Teenager In Love (MacColl)
  2. Falling For Faces (MacColl, Edmonds)

The Sound Clinic acetate (see it on discogs)
1985

He’s on the Beach 7” single

  1. He’s on the Beach (MacColl)
  2. Please, go to Sleep (MacColl)

Stiff Records BUY225
June 1985

He’s on the Beach picture disc single

  1. He’s on the Beach (MacColl)
  2. Please, go to Sleep (MacColl)

Stiff Records DBUY225 (picture disk shaped like an aeroplane)
June 1985

He’s on the Beach 12” single

  1. He’s on the Beach (MacColl)
  2. Please, go to Sleep (MacColl)
  3. He’s on the Beach (extended version) (MacColl)*

Stiff Records BUYIT225
June 1985

* The 12” only Extended Version differs from the one released later on CD, and can be considered the 12” remix.

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) 7” single

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. The Battle March Medley (Woods)

Stiff (Pogue Mahone) NY7, NYG7
November 1987

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) 12” single

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. The Battle March Medley (Woods)
  3. Shanne Bradley (MacGowan)

Stiff (Pogue Mahone) NY12
November 1987

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) CD single

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. The Battle March Medley (Woods)
  3. Shanne Bradley (MacGowan)

Stiff (Pogue Mahone) CD NY1
November 1987

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) cassette single

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. The Battle March Medley (Woods)
  3. Shanne Bradley (MacGowan)

Stiff (Pogue Mahone) CNY1
November 1987

Free World 7” single

  1. Free World (MacColl)
  2. Closer to God? (MacColl)

Virgin KMA1
February 1989

Free World 10” single

  1. Free World (MacColl)
  2. Closer to God? (MacColl)
  3. The End of a Perfect Day (original demo version) (MacColl, Marr)

Virgin KMAN1
February 1989

Free World 12” single

  1. Free World (MacColl)
  2. You Just Haven’t Earned it yet, Baby (Morrissey, Marr)
  3. Closer to God? (MacColl)

Virgin KMAT1
February 1989

Free World CD single

  1. Free World (MacColl)
  2. You Just Haven’t Earned it yet, Baby (Morrissey, Marr)
  3. Closer to God? (MacColl)
  4. La Forêt de Mimosas (MacColl)

Virgin KMACD1
February 1989

This was the first of Kirsty’s singles to appear on CD single. All of her Virgin CD singles of this era were 3” CDs in card slipcases rather than the standard sized 5” variety.

Free World cassette single

  1. Free World (MacColl)
  2. Closer to God? (MacColl)

Virgin KMAC1
February 1989

Days 7” single

  1. Days (Davies)
  2. Happy (MacColl)

Virgin KMA2
June 1989

Days 10” single

  1. Days (Davies)
  2. Still life (MacColl)
  3. El Paso (Robbins)
  4. Happy (MacColl)

Virgin KMAN2
June 1989

Days 12” single

  1. Days (Davies)
  2. Still life (MacColl)
  3. Happy (MacColl)

Virgin KMAT2
June 1989

Days CD single

  1. Days (Davies)
  2. Please help me, I’m falling (Robertson, Blair)
  3. Still life (MacColl)
  4. Happy (MacColl)

Virgin KMACD2,
also KMACDX2 (3” CD single in Kite shaped box)
June 1989

Days cassette single

  1. Days (Davies)
  2. Happy (MacColl)

Virgin KMAC2
June 1989

Innocence 7” single

  1. Innocence (remix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. Clubland (MacColl)

Virgin KMA3
September 1989

Innocence 10” single

  1. Innocence (remix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. Don’t Run Away from me Now (MacColl, Rambow)
  3. Innocence (The Guilt mix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  4. Clubland (MacColl)

Virgin KMAN3
September 1989

Innocence 12” single

  1. Innocence (The Guilt mix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. No victims (Guitar Heroes mix) (MacColl)
  3. Clubland (MacColl)

Virgin KMAT3
September 1989

Innocence CD single

  1. Innocence (remix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. No victims (Guitar Heroes mix) (MacColl)
  3. Innocence (The Guilt mix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  4. Clubland (MacColl)

Virgin KMACD3
September 1989

Innocence cassette single

  1. Innocence (remix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. Clubland (MacColl)

Virgin KMAC3
September 1989

Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! 7” single

  1. Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (MacColl)
  2. Other People’s Hearts (MacColl, Povey)

Virgin KMA4
March 1990

Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! 12” single

  1. Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (MacColl)
  2. Complainte Pour Ste Catherine (A. McGarrigle, Tatartcheff)
  3. Other People’s Hearts (MacColl, Povey)

Virgin KMAT4
March 1990

Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! CD single

  1. Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (MacColl)
  2. Other People’s Hearts (MacColl, Povey)
  3. Complainte Pour Ste Catherine (A. McGarrigle, Tatartcheff)
  4. Am I right? (MacColl, Stuart)

Virgin KMACD4
March 1990

Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! cassette single

  1. Don’t Come the Cowboy With Me, Sonny Jim! (MacColl)
  2. Other People’s Hearts (MacColl, Povey)

Virgin KMAC4
March 1990

Miss Otis Regrets (with the Pogues) 7” single

  1. Miss Otis Regrets/ Just One of Those Things (Porter)
  2. Do I Love You (Aztec Camera) (Porter)

Chrysalis CHS3629
November 1990

From the Red Hot & Blue AIDS Benefit album.

Miss Otis Regrets (with the Pogues) 12” single

  1. Miss Otis Regrets/ Just One of Those Things (Porter)
  2. Do I Love You (Aztec Camera) (Porter)

Chrysalis CHS123629
November 1990

From the Red Hot & Blue AIDS Benefit album.

Miss Otis Regrets (with the Pogues) CD promo single

  1. Miss Otis Regrets/ Just One of Those Things (Porter)

Chrysalis CHSPCD3629
November 1990

From the Red Hot & Blue AIDS Benefit album.

Walking Down Madison (7” single)

  1. Walking down Madison (Urban mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  2. One Good Thing (MacColl, Glenister)

Virgin VS1348
May 1991

Walking Down Madison (12” single)

  1. Walking down Madison (Urban mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  2. One Good Thing (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. Walking down Madison (6am ambient mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  4. Walking down Madison (12” mix) (MacColl, Marr)

Virgin VST1348
May 1991

Walking Down Madison (CD Single 1)

  1. Walking down Madison (Urban mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  2. One Good Thing (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. Walking down Madison (6am ambient mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  4. Walking down Madison (Club mix) (MacColl, Marr)

Virgin VSCDT1348
May 1991

Walking Down Madison (CD Single 2)

  1. Walking down Madison (Urban mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  2. Days (Davies)
  3. Darling, Let’s Have Another Baby (Berk)
  4. Walking down Madison (LP extended mix) (MacColl, Marr)

Virgin VSCDG1348
May 1991

Walking Down Madison (cassette single)

  1. Walking down Madison (Urban mix) (MacColl, Marr)
  2. One Good Thing (MacColl, Glenister)

Virgin VSC1348
May 1991

My Affair (7” single)

  1. My Affair (MacColl, Nevin)
  2. All the Tears that I Cried (MacColl)

Virgin VS1354
July 1991

My Affair (12” single)

  1. My Affair (Bass Sexy Mix) (MacColl, Nevin)
  2. My Affair (Olive Groove Mix) (MacColl, Nevin)
  3. Don’t Go Near the Water (Jardine, Love)

Virgin VST1354
July 1991

My Affair (CD single)

  1. My Affair (MacColl, Nevin)
  2. Don’t Go Near the Water (Jardine, Love)
  3. All the Tears that I Cried (MacColl)
  4. My Affair (Olive Groove Mix) (MacColl, Nevin)

Virgin VSCDG1354
Was there a VSCDT1354 also?
July 1991

My Affair (cassette single)

  1. My Affair (MacColl, Nevin)
  2. All the Tears that I Cried (MacColl)

Virgin VSC1354
July 1991

All I Ever Wanted (7” single)

  1. All I Ever Wanted (single remix) (MacColl, Crenshaw)
  2. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (live version) (MacColl, Rambow)

Virgin VS1373
October 1991

All I Ever Wanted (12” single)

  1. All I Ever Wanted (single remix) (MacColl, Crenshaw)
  2. What do Pretty Girls Do?
  3. Walk Right Back (live) (Curtis)
  4. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (live version) (MacColl, Rambow)

Virgin VST1373
October 1991

All I Ever Wanted (CD single 1)

  1. All I Ever Wanted (single remix) (MacColl, Crenshaw)
  2. What do Pretty Girls Do? (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. Walk Right Back (live) (Curtis)
  4. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (live version) (MacColl, Rambow)

Virgin VSCDT1373
October 1991

All I Ever Wanted (CD single 2)

  1. All I Ever Wanted (single remix) (MacColl, Crenshaw)
  2. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (live version) (MacColl, Rambow)
  3. Walk Right Back (live) (Curtis)
  4. A New England (live) (Bragg)

Virgin VSCDG1373
October 1991

All I Ever Wanted (cassette single)

  1. All I Ever Wanted (single remix) (MacColl, Crenshaw)
  2. There’s A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis (live version) (MacColl, Rambow)

Virgin VSC1373
October 1991

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) 7” single (reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. Fiesta (MacGowan, Finer, Kotscher, Lindt)

Pogue Mahone YZ628
December 1991

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) 12” single (reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. A Pair of Brown Eyes (MacGowan)*
  3. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn (MacGowan)*
  4. Maggie May (Stewart, Quittenton*

Pogue Mahone YZ628BTG
December 1991

* Pogues recorded live.

Fairytale of New York (The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl) CD single (reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. A Pair of Brown Eyes (MacGowan)*
  3. The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn (MacGowan)*
  4. Maggie May (Stewart, Quittenton*

Pogue Mahone YZ628CD
December 1991

* Pogues recorded live.

Angel (7” single)

  1. Angel (MacColl)
  2. Angel (Jay’s edit) (MacColl)

ZTT ZANG46
December 1993

Angel (12” single)

  1. Angel (MacColl)
  2. Angel (Apollo 440 Remix) (MacColl)
  3. Angel (Jay’s edit) (MacColl)
  4. Angel (Into the Light Mix) (MacColl)

ZTT ZANG46T
December 1993

Angel (CD single)

  1. Angel (MacColl)
  2. Angel (Apollo 440 Remix) (MacColl)
  3. Angel (Jay’s edit) (MacColl)
  4. Angel (Stuart Crichton Remix) (MacColl)
  5. Angel (Into the Light Mix) (MacColl)

ZTT ZANG46CD, also Liberation D11684 (Australia), card slipcase, and ZANG46C (cassette single)
December 1993

Angel (IRS CD promo single)

  1. Angel (Jay’s edit) (MacColl)
  2. Angel (Stuart Crichton piano edit) (MacColl)
  3. Angel (Into the Light Mix) (MacColl)
  4. Angel (Stuart Crichton Remix) (MacColl)
  5. Angel (Apollo 440 Remix) (MacColl)

IRS DPRO-6731

Can’t Stop Killing You (CD promo single)

  1. Can’t Stop Killing You (MacColl, Marr)
  2. Touch Me (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. Fabulous Garden (MacColl)

Liberation D11587)
1994

Titanic Days (CD single in US)

  1. Titanic Days (MacColl, Nevin)
  2. Angel (Stuart Crichton piano edit) (MacColl)
  3. Free World (Live at Solana Beach) (MacColl)
  4. Miss Otis Regrets (Live at Solana Beach) (Porter)
  5. Walking Down Madison (MacColl, Marr)

IRS 581612
1994

Caroline (7” single)

  1. Caroline (MacColl)
  2. Irish Cousin (MacColl, Nevin)

Virgin VS1517
1994

Caroline (CD single 1)

  1. Caroline (MacColl)
  2. Irish Cousin (MacColl, Nevin)
  3. A New England (Bragg)
  4. Butcher Boy (Traditional)

Virgin VSCDT1517
1994

Caroline (CD single 2)

  1. Caroline (MacColl)
  2. El Paso
  3. My Affair (Ladbroke Groove Mix)

Virgin VSCDX1517
1994

Perfect Day (CD single)

  1. Perfect Day (Reed)
  2. Tread Lightly
  3. He’s on the Beach (extended version)* (MacColl)
  4. Terry (MacColl, Povey

Virgin VSCDT1552
June 1995

* The extended version of He’s on the Beach differs from the one released earlier on 12” single. It is merely a longer version of the single.

Days CD single

  1. Days (Davies)
  2. Still Life (MacColl)
  3. Happy (MacColl)
  4. Walking Down Madison (Club Mix) (MacColl, Marr)

Virgin VSCDT1558
July 1995

Released to tie in with a Sony Handicam advert on British TV

As Long as you Hold Me CD single

  1. As Long as you Hold Me (Bragg)

BMG Zoo (US only)
1995

From the ‘Mad Love’ film soundtrack

Mambo de la Luna CD single 1

  1. Mambo de la Luna (Edit) (MacColl, Glenister, Ruffy)
  2. Golden Heart (MacColl, N. MacColl)
  3. Things happen (MacColl, Gouldman)

V2 VVR5010973
8 November 1999

Mambo de la Luna CD single 2

  1. Mambo de la Luna (Edit) (MacColl, Glenister, Ruffy)
  2. Mambo de la Luna (Mint Royale Edit) (MacColl, Glenister, Ruffy)
  3. Mambo de la Luna (Mint Royale Version) (MacColl, Glenister, Ruffy)

V2 VVR5010978
8 November 1999

In These Shoes? CD single 1

  1. In These Shoes? (Edit) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. Good for Me (Knight, MacColl)
  3. My Affair (live at the Jazz Cafe) (MacColl, Nevin)

V2 VVR5012183
28 February 2000

In These Shoes? CD single 2

  1. In These Shoes? (Edit) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. My Affair (live at the Jazz Cafe) (MacColl, Nevin)
  3. In these Shoes? (Le Rosbifs Mix) (MacColl, Glenister)

V2 VVR5012188
28 February 2000

In These Shoes? German CD single

  1. In These Shoes? (Edit) (MacColl, Glenister)
  2. In these Shoes? (UR Crazy Remix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  3. In these Shoes? (UR Crazy Edit) (MacColl, Glenister)
  4. In these Shoes? (P. Mix) (MacColl, Glenister)
  5. My Affair (live at the Jazz Cafe) (MacColl, Nevin)

V2 VVR5014183
28 February 2000

German CD single with Adidas sticker – “In these Shoes? aus der adidas Werbung”, with some rare mixes

England 2 Colombia 0 CD promo single

  1. England 2 Colombia 0 (MacColl)

V2 VVR5013303P
2000

Treachery CD promo single

  1. Treachery (MacColl, Gouldman)

V2 VVR5015353P
2000

There was also a US promo on Instinct INS593-2 (2001), which also has In These Shoes? (Les Rosbifs Mix) and In These Shoes? (P. Mix). Source: PM.

Sun on the Water CD promo

  1. Sun On The Water (new version) (MacColl, Glenister)

EMI Digital Download & Promo CDs only
18 July 2005

Fairytale of New York 7’ single (2005 reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (with the Pogues) (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. Battle March Medley* (with the Pogues) (Woods)

WEA 400
19 December 2005

Fairytale of New York CD single (2005 reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (with the Pogues) (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. Fairytale of New York (instrumental singalong) (MacGowan, Finer)

WEA
19 December 2005

Fairytale of New York iTunes download (2005 reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (live) (Katie Melua & the Pogues)

WEA
19 December 2005
This version features Katie Melua singing Kirsty’s part, so does not strictly belong in the discography

Fairytale of New York DVD (2005 reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (video)
  2. Fairytale of New York (Top of the Pops)

WEA
19 December 2005

Not sure how this was available.

Fairytale of New York 7” single (2012 reissue)

  1. Fairytale of New York (with the Pogues) (MacGowan, Finer)
  2. Fairytale of New York (instrumental) (The Pogues) (MacGowan, Finer)

Rhino Records 5310555367
2 December 2012

25th Anniversary Limited Edition Reissue

A New England 7” single (2012 reissue)

  1. A New England (Bragg)
  2. Patrick (MacColl)

Salvo Records SV04(7” single)
20 April 2013

You Caught Me Out 7″ single

  1. You Caught Me Out (MacColl, Briquette, Crowe)
  2. Boys (MacColl, Lloyd)

USM
27 October 2023