Galway Girl (Steve Earle song)

"The Galway Girl"
Song by Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon
from the album Transcendental Blues
Released2000
Recorded2000
GenreFolk, Celtic
Length3:05
Songwriter(s)Steve Earle
Producer(s)Jamie Bedford, Ray Kennedy

"Galway Girl" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Steve Earle[1] and recorded with Irish musician Sharon Shannon; the title was originally "The Galway Girl". It was featured on Earle's 2000 album Transcendental Blues.[2] "The Galway Girl" tells the semi-autobiographical story of the songwriter's reaction to a beautiful black-haired blue-eyed girl he meets in Galway, Ireland.[1] Local references include Salthill and The Long Walk.

A cover version of the song by Mundy and Sharon Shannon reached number one and became the most downloaded song of 2008 in Ireland; it has gone on to become the eighth highest selling single in Irish chart history.[3] The song has been the subject of numerous covers and live interpretations.

  1. ^ a b "MP3 Podcast with Mundy and Sharon Shannon" (MP3). RTÉ 2fm. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  2. ^ Ouellette, Dan (August 6, 2000). "Steve Earle, Transcendentalist". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved May 14, 2008.
  3. ^ "Top 20: The best-selling singles in Irish history". Daily Edge. May 20, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2013.