The Pogues initially released "Haunted" on the Sid and Nancy soundtrack in 1986, but frontman Shane MacGowan re-recorded it with Sinéad O'Connor the following decade. It's something of a throwaway: the chorus blatantly adapts the riff from "Baba O'Reilly," while the bridge borrows lines from "Let It Be Me." Barely glancing at each other, MacGowan and O'Connor display minimal chemistry beyond their shared Irish nationality. And yet, the harmonies are, well, haunting, and O'Connor's characteristically intense performance is made all the more compelling by her hair, finally starting to grow out after the early nineties.
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