Songs that charted higher in Ireland than in the UK

10cc:

The Dean and I - #10 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

The Wall Street Shuffle - #10 in the UK, #9 in Ireland

Art for Art's Sake - #5 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

I'm Mandy Fly Me - #6 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

The Things We Do for Love - #6 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

All five singles from Fine Young Cannibals' The Raw and The Cooked

'Don't Look Back', UK #34, Ire #10

Supersonic by Oasis - #31 in the UK, #24 in Ireland.

I suppose I had better mention their rivals!

Bang by Blur - #24 in the UK, #21 in Ireland. (Not much - I know!)

Elton John:

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - #6 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Bennie and the Jets - #37 in the UK, #18 in Ireland

Candle in the Wind (original version) - #11 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - #11 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Part-time Love - #15 in the UK, #11 in Ireland

Are You Ready for Love (original version) - #42 in the UK, #17 in Ireland

Little Jeannie - #33 in the UK, #16 in Ireland

I Saw Her Standing There - #40 in the UK, #13 in Ireland

Empty Garden (Hey Hey Johnny) - #51 in the UK, #29 in Ireland

I'm Still Standing - #4 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

Kiss the Bride - #20 in the UK, #17 in Ireland

Cold as Christmas (in the middle of the year) - #33 in the UK, #16 in Ireland

Sad Songs (Say so Much) - #7 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

Who Wears These Shoes? - #50 in the UK, #11 in Ireland

Act of War (with Millie Jackson) - #32 in the UK, #11 in Ireland

That's What Friends Are For (with others) - #16 in the UK, #7 in Ireland

Nikita - #3 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

Cry to Heaven - #47 in the UK, #22 in Ireland

Heartache All Over the World - #45 in the UK, #24 in Ireland

Slow Rivers (with Cliff Richard) - #44 in the UK, #25 in Ireland

Candle in the Wind (live) - #5 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That - #30 in the UK, #25 in Ireland

Sacrifice (original release) - #55 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

Club at the End of the Street - #47 in the UK, #27 in Ireland

You Gotta Love Someone - #33 in the UK, #16 in Ireland

The One - #10 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

Can You Feel the Love Tonight - #14 in the UK, #9 in Ireland

Circle of Life - #11 in the UK, #9 in Ireland

Oddly enough the same chart placing in Ireland as the original version!

Never Let Her Slip Away by Undercover - #5 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

I Wanna Stay With You by Undercover - #28 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

The Bangles:

If She Knew What She Wants - #31 in the UK, #23 in Ireland

Going Down to Liverpool (reissue) - #56 in the UK, #21 in Ireland

Walking Down Your Street - #16 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Following - #55 in the UK, #22 in Ireland

Hazy Shade of Winter - #11 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

In Your Room - #35 in the UK, #25 in Ireland

Be With You - #23 in the UK, #14 in Ireland

Yeah Sacrifice was a song I distinctly remember getting more airplay here in 1989 compared with its double a-side re-release year of 1990

I saw an article this morning online about Drive by The Cars. In the UK, it reached #5 on its first release and #4 on reissue. On one of those occasions, it reached #3 in Ireland (I don't know when and the Irish chart entries are not shown on Wikipedia).

Forget About You by The Motors - #13 in the UK, #10 in Ireland

Public Image Ltd.:

Flowers of Romance - #24 in the UK, #19 in Ireland

This is Not a Love Song - #5 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Rise - #11 in the UK, #10 in Ireland

The Beat

Hands Off…. She's Mine - #9 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

Too Nice to Talk To - #7 in the UK, #6 in Ireland

Drowning - #22 in the UK, #18 in Ireland

Can't Get Used to Losing You - #3 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

Madness:

Shut Up - #7 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Cardiac Arrest - #14 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Our House - #5 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Tomorrow's Just Another Day/Madness (is All in the Mind) - #8 in the UK, #2 in Ireland

Wings of a Dove - #2 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

Michael Caine - #11 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

One Better Day - #17 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

Yesterday's Men - #18 in the UK, #7 in Ireland

Uncle Sam - #21 in the UK, #17 in Ireland

Sweetest Girl - #35 in the UK, #29 in Ireland

(Waiting) for the Ghost Train - #24 in the UK, #19 in Ireland 

House of Fun (re-issue) - #40 in the UK, #27 in Ireland

Kate Bush:

The Man with a Child in His Eyes - #6 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Hammer Horror - #44 in the UK, #10 in Ireland

Army Dreamers - #16 in the UK, #14 in Ireland

December Will be Magic - #29 in the UK, #13 in Ireland

Cloudbusting - #20 in the UK, #13 in Ireland

Hounds of Love - #18 in the UK, #12 in Ireland

The Big Sky - #37 in the UK, #15 in Ireland

Don't Give Up (with Peter Gabriel) - #9 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Experiment IV - #23 in the UK, #12 in Ireland

The Sensual World - #12 in the UK, #6 in Ireland

This Woman's Work - #25 in the UK, #20 in Ireland

Speaking of Peter Gabriel - as well as Don't Give Up:

Games without Frontiers - #4 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Sledgehammer - #4 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

Big Time - #13 in the UK, #11 in Ireland

Red Rain - #46 in the UK, #27 in Ireland

Steam - #10 in the UK, #7 in Ireland

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From the new millennium (more or less)

Bic Runga

'Get Some Sleep' - UK #78, Ire. #27

That was in 2004 but 'Get Some Sleep' is a 2002 single

'Sway' - UK #83, Ire. #26

UK entry is from 1998 but ours from 2004, about six months after her other 'hit' - 'Sway' is a 1997 single

Paul McCartney (with and without Wings):

Give Ireland Back to the Irish - #16 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

Listen to What the Man Said - #6 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Silly Love Songs - #2 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

With a Little Luck - #5 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

I've Had Enough - #42 in the UK, #11 in Ireland

Old Siam Sir - #35 in the UK, #29 in Ireland

Getting Closer - #60 in the UK, #24 in Ireland

Waterfalls - #9 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

The Girl is Mine (with Michael Jackson) - #8 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Spies Like Us - #13 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

Press - #25 in the UK, #15 in Ireland

Only Love Remains - #34 in the UK, #20 in Ireland

Once Upon a Long Ago - #10 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

My Brave Face - #18 in the UK, #6 in Ireland

Figure of Eight - #42 in the UK, #25 in Ireland

Put it There - #5 in the UK, #3 in Ireland

FourFiveSeconds (with Rhianna and Kanye West) - #3 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

While I am at it, here are three I found for fellow ex-Beatle George Harrison:

All those Years Ago - #13 in the UK, #4 in Ireland

Got My Mind Set on You - #2 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

When We Was Fab - #25 in the UK, #24 in Ireland (only slight I know!)

Simply Red:

Money's Too Tight (to Mention) - #13 in the UK, #9 in Ireland

Holding Back the Years (re-issue) - #2 in the UK, Number 1 in Ireland

Open Up the Red Box - #61 in the UK, #28 in Ireland

Infedelity - #31 in the UK, #13 in Ireland

It's Only Love - #13 in the UK, #7 in Ireland

You've Got It - #46 in the UK, #14 in Ireland

Something Got Me Started - #11 in the UK, #8 in Ireland

Thrill Me - #33 in the UK, #30 in Ireland