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Thread #97435   Message #3137723
Posted By: GUEST,Allan Conn
18-Apr-11 - 05:51 PM
Thread Name: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
Subject: RE: Folk Songs That Hit the Charts as Pop Songs
"It's the only gaelic tune ever to be a hit, I believe."

It was on an EP of several Gaelic songs by the group which got to #39 in 1992 - though they also had a single in Gaelic called Ailean Duinn which got to #65. Runrig had a song called "Solus Na Madain" which was on the Hearthammer EP which made #25 and they also had a single release called "An Ubhal As Airde" which squeezed into the top 20 itself.