Brewing Up a Storm
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"Brewing Up a Storm" is the best known song of the Irish
musical ensemble The Stunning
, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It featured as the sixth track on the 1990 album Paradise in the Picturehouse, the second track on the 1992 album Once Around the World and the fourth track on 1994's Milking the Hits. The song has become an anthem and can still be heard in football stadiums and clubs around Ireland to this day. It is now also heard as the theme tune to the current affairs television programme Capital D
and has also featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film The Commitments
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
musical ensemble The Stunning
The Stunning
The Stunning were an Irish rock band. They formed in 1987, and first split up in 1994. They have reformed twice in the 21st century.-Members:* Steve Wall* Joe Wall* Derek Murray...
, popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It featured as the sixth track on the 1990 album Paradise in the Picturehouse, the second track on the 1992 album Once Around the World and the fourth track on 1994's Milking the Hits. The song has become an anthem and can still be heard in football stadiums and clubs around Ireland to this day. It is now also heard as the theme tune to the current affairs television programme Capital D
Capital D
Capital D is an Irish television programme broadcast on RTÉ One. It was first broadcast in 2005. Presented by Anne Cassin, the programme focuses on human interest stories and cultural events in the Dublin area, serving as a more specific counterpart to the Nationwide programme, which focuses on...
and has also featured on the soundtrack to the 1991 film The Commitments
The Commitments (film)
The Commitments , the soundtrack for the film, was released on 13 Aug 1991. "Mustang Sally" was released as a single. Most of the songs on the album are performed by the cast band, but two are by Irish singer Niamh Kavanagh.-Track listing:-Chart positions:-The Commitments, Vol...
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- Number 21 in the Sunday TribuneSunday TribuneThe Sunday Tribune was an Irish Sunday broadsheet newspaper published by Tribune Newspapers plc. It was edited in its final years by Nóirín Hegarty, who changed both the tone and the physical format of the newspaper from broadsheet to tabloid. Former editors include Conor Brady, Vincent Browne,...
"ultimate playlist representing the top-50 Irish songs of all time", 2008.