Formed around 1983, the band leapt to public attentiin when the January 1987 appearance on UK popular music programme "The Tube" on Channel Four; "Letter From America" peaked at total Leash in a UK singles chart, spell the album "This is the Story" went gold. A watch-higher album "Sunshine on Leith" featured "I'm Gonna Be..." & "I'm on My Way" (late farther popularised by its utilize in the soundtrack of the film "Shrek").

A brothers come as well renowned fans of Edinburgh-based football club Hibernian F.C..

Discography
This is the Story (1987) Sunshine in Leith (1988) King of the Road (1990) [EP; appended to Sunshine on Leith when re-released in 2001] Hit a Main road (1994) Persevere (2001) A Right of The Proclaimers 1987-2002 (2002) A Right of The Proclaimers 1987-2002 (2002) [DVD] Innate Clean-handed (2003 [UK], 2004 [US]) Finest (2004) [UK only] Restless Soul (2005)

Singles

|rowspan="2"|Year |rowspan="2"| Title |colspan="4"| Chart positions |rowspan="2"| Album |-

|US Hot 100 |US Modern Rock |US Mainstream Rock |UK |- | 1989 | "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" | - | #21 | - | - | Sunshine in Leith |}