A Pair of Brown Eyes
| "A Pair of Brown Eyes" | ||||
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| Single by The Pogues | ||||
| from the album Rum Sodomy & the Lash | ||||
| B-side | "Whiskey You're the Devil" | |||
| Released | 18 March 1985 | |||
| Genre | Celtic rock | |||
| Length | 4:54 | |||
| Label | Stiff | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Shane MacGowan | |||
| Producer(s) | Elvis Costello | |||
| The Pogues singles chronology | ||||
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"A Pair of Brown Eyes" is a single by The Pogues, released on 18 March 1985. It featured on the band's second album, Rum Sodomy & the Lash, and was composed by Pogues front man Shane MacGowan. The single was their first to make the UK Top 100, peaking at Number 72. The Los Angeles Times listed it among "The 10 Essential Shane MacGowan Songs."
ABC Australia writes that the song is "an unflinching take on World War I from the perspective of a drunken veteran."