I close my eyes and I'm again a school kid dreaming of a better life - a year later my life would change for ever and carelessness would turn to sorrow and despair. Still the dream felt so real... Hugs to all the hopeless souls out there. You are not alone.
We were obsessed with the 60s and nostalgic for it during the 80s. We teenagers thought it was an ideal time of freedom and counterculture because there was so much social conservatism backlash. Also baby boomers were getting old so that fueled it as well.
You can still see Tracey's great acting ability here. Before Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, there was Tracey, as this was a hit around the world. Still one of my favorite songs, written by the great Kirsty McColl. So much stuff happening here.
@@andytay5507 A producer put The Simpsons into a TV show he was producing. Tracey Ullman had absolutely nothing to do with it. All she ever did was sing other peoples songs and read other peoples scripts.
@@deletebilderberg You're inferring something personal that wasn't written in any way. All that was said is that Tracey's show gave the creators of the Simpson's a launching pad. It was the highlight of the show, which the TV critics picked up on, and helped give the impetus for the Fox to try a cartoon in primetime, because it already had fans. Never in any way said she created it. Don't get your knickers tied into a knot about it. Jesus.
I don’t know what it is about the song and her voice but it’s almost hypnotic! And there’s some thing about her and her little 80s outfit she was one hot little number👍🏼🤩❤️
A cover of Kirsty MacColl's 1979 swooner "They Don’t Know", but with added Spectorian production that indulge big harmonies, while Tracey Ullman amps up the kitsch and performs in a video that showcases her comedy chops.
About once a year for some weird reason this song pops in my head, and I can't rest until I listen to it. The melody here is incredibl strong, honestly. There's something very magical about this tune.
+Dan Williams I here you man. This song popped into my head for no reason after a long while and I just had to find it again and play it. Thanks Tracey.
I love this song ! it's time after 33 seasons to finally say Thank You to Tracey for bringing us our first glimpses of The Simpsons which were originally just short bits on her show ! Thank's Tracey !
Great that plenty of folk remember and honour the late great Kirsty MacColl. A great poet, a great vocalist and distinctive artist. Tracey's version of this little pop gem, keeps her spirit alive. Check out Tracey's album 'You broke my heart in 17 places' - filled with retro classics like this one.
When i listen to stuff like this it makes me yearn for my youth again .. i can almost feel the child in me again ( as i was the first time i heard this ) .. the 80's were the best years of my life !
Started going out with my wife in this year who’s 15 years older and everyone said it wouldn’t last - now married over 36 years and this has always been our song and played at any party we’ve had!!
I've always loved this song, ESPECIALLY the Kirsty MacColl original. I feel like I'm living in some Lynchian dream when I think about how Tracey is now a main character in this season of Curb
That is such a beautiful mash-up of Sixties and Eighties glamour. Glitter in the hair, by golly. I did that in 7th grade. Such an incredibly talented, cute lady.
love that Tracey brought back the 1960s girl group scene...very talented..its like the 70s brought back the 50s..80s brought back the 60s..and 90s brought back the 70s disco, nice to see certain artists bringing nostalgia back from past eras.
lived and worked out of the country at the time for years , but every time i heard a Tracey Ullman song i instantly wanted to go home . Still love hearing her songs today ,
She was amazing i think of the best female singers of all time. As a man in his 40's this bring me to tears remember listening to this in the car with my mum and dad who recently died within a few weeks of one other. She was a beautiful lady as well not just a super talent.
Kirsty MacColl's original version of this great song crept into the lower regions of the UK pop charts... ...Tracey's version was the major international hit...
True that - & we owe The Simpsons as much to her as Matt Groening. While half my gormless mates were drooling over the likes of blimmen Madonna & Sharon Stone, I was a'pining for Tracy & Tina Weymouth - go figure! LoL
@@MothraBlues Using Groening’s early Simpsons on her show a few minutes per episode for a short period does not make her equally responsible for the success of The Simpsons for decades. Don’t credit her for his art, labor, and business decisions as if she was involved in anything more than what she did, which was to choose his work to put on her show briefly before or after commercials. If anything, Groening’s work made her show more popular (it did in our house). That’s why she lost when she tried to sue him for taking his own creation out on his own, to have his own show when it was offered to him. Suing him to take it from him as if her show owned his creation and work was disappointing to those of us who were fans of both of them. She deserved to lose.
I was 13 when this song was released in early September, 1983 . . . I first watched the video of it in December of that same year, I was not introduced to her show until I was already in the Navy in 1991, that's when I thought to myself, "Is there anything this woman can't do? Impersonating men, elderly people, and even the occasional homless person." Multi-talanted? Understatement.
Such a perfect song this is... perfect words, perfect melody, perfect emotion perfect sentiment and perfect execution from such an incredible talent... love it to death... thank you to all who create...
I can't help but smile when I hear and see this. This song more than any other takes me back to the happiest time of my life when I was 24. Tracey is pure magic gold. Brilliant talent and commedienne. Oh and she is also the reason we have the best comedy of all time, the Simpson's!
Beautiful, charismatic, beautiful voice, talented in so many different ways, I could go on forever here. And of course it's a cute song, a throwback to the 60s.
*Tracey Ullman 》My late wife & I loved your TV shows in the 1980s. Just seen your stage production 2020 film. Recorded in Las Vegas, you are so, so talented. I love you. JOHN PYM. ❤
It reminds me of Nights out in South Shields with friends at Buddies Nightclub. Loved the music there, food, the dancing & yes the girls dressed like that to. This the hit version performed by Tracey Ullman and written by Kirsty MacColl. Love both this cover & original song.
The lyrics flow so well in their reflection of a familiar sentiment among young lovers that the song is over almost before you know it. Tracy Ullman delivers a wonderful performance of Kirsty MacColl’s song. Her wit is subtly channelled into her delivery. The appeal here is that you are entertained with minimum effort. The problem today is that artists make hard work in their efforts to entertain you. The screeching vocalists of today have a lot on their plate: they must vainly enlighten you as well as appeal. And it’s exhausting to listen to them. I almost feel sorry for them. They may enlighten me as to the dire predicament of the bloated pop industry today. And their efforts at appealing to me are in vain, in any case. But here, from 1983, the lyrics are clear and concise. It’s an appealing song. Perhaps we took the music back then for granted because … well, there were just so many classy little pop songs. The slight distortion in sound at the very beginning of this home video-recorded TV performance put a wee lump in my throat. We just wanted to be entertained back then. Mere entertainment!
I close my eyes and I'm again a school kid dreaming of a better life - a year later my life would change for ever and carelessness would turn to sorrow and despair. Still the dream felt so real... Hugs to all the hopeless souls out there. You are not alone.
I hope your life got better. You're in my thoughts and prayers.
sometimes the dream is more real than anything else
This is a beautiful song. Makes me wish it were 1983 again. Happy times those were!
Wish I was still there 🥰
Those were the days. I miss those days, too.
MTV was life. I would only babysit if the family had cable so I could see all the music videos. The Brits had the best songs!
Those were great times. But today is even better...at least for me.
Me too
Best decade of music ever, wish I could go back there ❤️
I LOVED THE 80S BUT IT WAS NO MATCH FOR THE 1960S THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AT HOME IN THE SUMMER OF 64 GRAND
@@paulcasini4759 yup, 60s was it, 70s was also wery good but our ciw started it`s fall in the 80s
Its an 80s song with a 60s feel
"Wall of sound" piano, great comment
We were obsessed with the 60s and nostalgic for it during the 80s. We teenagers thought it was an ideal time of freedom and counterculture because there was so much social conservatism backlash. Also baby boomers were getting old so that fueled it as well.
An amazing tune - and you get to hear the fantastic Kirsty MacColl ....... "baby"
You can still see Tracey's great acting ability here. Before Madonna and Cyndi Lauper, there was Tracey, as this was a hit around the world. Still one of my favorite songs, written by the great Kirsty McColl. So much stuff happening here.
Actually this is after both Madonna and Cyndi. But it's still a testament to Tracy, who also brought us the Simpsons.
Utter NONSENSE
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@andytay5507
A producer put The Simpsons into a TV show he was producing.
Tracey Ullman had absolutely nothing to do with it. All she ever did was sing other peoples songs and read other peoples scripts.
@@deletebilderberg You're inferring something personal that wasn't written in any way. All that was said is that Tracey's show gave the creators of the Simpson's a launching pad. It was the highlight of the show, which the TV critics picked up on, and helped give the impetus for the Fox to try a cartoon in primetime, because it already had fans. Never in any way said she created it. Don't get your knickers tied into a knot about it. Jesus.
Tracey was a comedienne first. Madonna and Cyndi weren't.
I don’t know what it is about the song and her voice but it’s almost hypnotic! And there’s some thing about her and her little 80s outfit she was one hot little number👍🏼🤩❤️
It wasn’t really an eighties outfit, it was supposed to be a throw back to the 1960s 😎
Those are def 80s outfits !
Well #1 Kirsty MacColl, #2 the lyrics, #3 the harmony, #4 Kirsty MacColl!
@@lukebandy516 No, she did those throwbacks to the 60s and 70s in her videos as well. This one harks definitely back to the 60.
Who had best legs Tracy or Cheryl bakers. I can't decide
A cover of Kirsty MacColl's 1979 swooner "They Don’t Know", but with added Spectorian production that indulge big harmonies, while Tracey Ullman amps up the kitsch and performs in a video that showcases her comedy chops.
I wouldn’t wanna do high school again, but I wish I could relive the rest of the 80s
About once a year for some weird reason this song pops in my head, and I can't rest until I listen to it. The melody here is incredibl strong, honestly. There's something very magical about this tune.
+Dan Williams I here you man. This song popped into my head for no reason after a long while and I just had to find it again and play it. Thanks Tracey.
What a different time it was :)
Dan Williams agree ! Very catchy melody.
spot on. I still prefer kirsty's original. I find it more raw. amazing songwriting
Believe it or not. This is exactly why I came here. Song suddenly popped up in my head and I had to drive home and listen to it.
She's such a born entertainer.
I love this song !
it's time after 33 seasons to finally say Thank You to Tracey for bringing us our first glimpses of The Simpsons which were originally just short bits on her show !
Thank's Tracey !
This song is a gem.
Great that plenty of folk remember and honour the late great Kirsty MacColl. A great poet, a great vocalist and distinctive artist. Tracey's version of this little pop gem, keeps her spirit alive. Check out Tracey's album 'You broke my heart in 17 places' - filled with retro classics like this one.
I hear Tracey couldn't hit the high note on "Baby!" after the bridge, so that's Christy MacColl's vocal spliced in.
I like Tracey's version better
@@troll9682 I do too. The musical arrangement on Christy’s original sounds almost country-western
It’s Kirsty.R.I.P.❤
That is true@@MrJeffcoley1
When i listen to stuff like this it makes me yearn for my youth again .. i can almost feel the child in me again ( as i was the first time i heard this ) .. the 80's were the best years of my life !
Fantastic song from the era, what great carefree wonderful times they were
This came on and I swear my smile met somewhere round the back of my head. Such good memories.
Started going out with my wife in this year who’s 15 years older and everyone said it wouldn’t last - now married over 36 years and this has always been our song and played at any party we’ve had!!
One of my favorite songs
A rare and honestly beautiful song that tells a story of life that just can’t be denied.
I remember watching this in real time as a 12 year old in London.
It took me awhile to appreciate this song, but it's a great pop song that gives respect equally to New Wave and 60s Girl Groups.
Boy do I miss the 80s so wish I could go back in time.😢
My little 8 year old self loved this. My 48 year old self loves it more - and Kirsty even more than that!
Please please take me back to 1983.
Ullman has always been fearless. And a great singer on her own.
I heard this playing in a furniture store today! Took me back a few years, talented lady!
Probably in the antiques section. Sigh!
I've always loved this song, ESPECIALLY the
Kirsty MacColl original. I feel like I'm living in some Lynchian dream when I think about how Tracey is now a main character in this season of Curb
I think it's still magic with Kirsty's high note in this version too.
That is such a beautiful mash-up of Sixties and Eighties glamour. Glitter in the hair, by golly. I did that in 7th grade. Such an incredibly talented, cute lady.
I love it very much, especially how those two girls of back-chorus dance.
It's pretty 80's style!
love that Tracey brought back the 1960s girl group scene...very talented..its like the 70s brought back the 50s..80s brought back the 60s..and 90s brought back the 70s disco, nice to see certain artists bringing nostalgia back from past eras.
Possibly my favourite song ever! It's just beyond perfect!
lived and worked out of the country at the time for years , but every time i heard a Tracey Ullman song i instantly wanted to go home . Still love hearing her songs today ,
I have always liked this song. I'm still hung up on the 80's and 70's music. Love it!!!!
2024, and still loving Tracey and this song!❤❤❤
Oh I feel even older was such good times and music the 80s
I know what you mean bud miss those days so much wish I was still there to much shite in the world today...much simpler and happy times back then 👌
Probably the best pop love song ever written.
I miss 1983 ...my youth..the music..sniff sniff
Listening in Chicago in 2024. What a classic!
Tracey, Tracey, Tracey! Not only can she do anything, she does it all so well. Her talent, and the dedication to craft is just, the best!
She was amazing i think of the best female singers of all time. As a man in his 40's this bring me to tears remember listening to this in the car with my mum and dad who recently died within a few weeks of one other. She was a beautiful lady as well not just a super talent.
Happy days loved 70 an 80 s sorry about your mum and dad 💞
@@michellewhittaker2135 Thank you Michelle
LOVED LOVED-LOVED this song. She’s the woman
I love this song!
She is taking the the piss but what a talent, I never forget.God will bless Kirsty Mc Coll
I want this played at my funeral x
Love this song brings me back in the days singing in front of my mirror 🤩
Kirsty MacColl's original version of this great song crept into the lower regions of the UK pop charts... ...Tracey's version was the major international hit...
Nice one Tracy! Rest In Peace Kirsty, thanks for giving us this musical gem
Awwww, takes me back. One forgets how funky fashion was back then. Was definitely a fun era.
A comedic genius! No one in the world is as talented as this lady!!
True that - & we owe The Simpsons as much to her as Matt Groening. While half my gormless mates were drooling over the likes of blimmen Madonna & Sharon Stone, I was a'pining for Tracy & Tina Weymouth - go figure! LoL
@@MothraBlues You had good taste.
@@MothraBlues Using Groening’s early Simpsons on her show a few minutes per episode for a short period does not make her equally responsible for the success of The Simpsons for decades. Don’t credit her for his art, labor, and business decisions as if she was involved in anything more than what she did, which was to choose his work to put on her show briefly before or after commercials. If anything, Groening’s work made her show more popular (it did in our house).
That’s why she lost when she tried to sue him for taking his own creation out on his own, to have his own show when it was offered to him. Suing him to take it from him as if her show owned his creation and work was disappointing to those of us who were fans of both of them. She deserved to lose.
How many guys fell in love with Tracy Ullman after seeing this video?
I did I was 20
I was 17
You’re joking Pal 😂
absolutely love this song, you can't beat the 80s for music.
So true!
I was 13 when this song was released in early September, 1983 . . . I first watched the video of it in December of that same year, I was not introduced to her show until I was already in the Navy in 1991, that's when I thought to myself, "Is there anything this woman can't do? Impersonating men, elderly people, and even the occasional homless person." Multi-talanted? Understatement.
*Loved this period of time some really great memories....*
Really was a lovely pop song. Tracey looks great, too.
Yes..the song was played in the states and, if I am not mistaken was... in the top 10 ... if not #1...for sure! Excellent song...
one of the catchiest pop songs ever written
Such a perfect song this is... perfect words, perfect melody, perfect emotion perfect sentiment and perfect execution from such an incredible talent... love it to death... thank you to all who create...
I have not heard this song since the 80's. It just randomly popped up on my fyp and man did it throw me back in time.
Awhhh Tracey..I absolutely loved her..the fab 80s....she was absolutely brilliant..
And what Beatiful legs. Did she realize how hot she was back then?
Tracy Ullman is one of the most multi talented performers ever…….
The outfits scream glam 80s, but the music screams Motown 60s. Amazing.
I heard this and loved her then and I still love her now
What an entertainer just lovely 😍
Love this song , totally 80’s MTV era and Tracey looks gorgeous !
Tracey was and still is so very talented and hot! I really miss the 80's!
I can't help but smile when I hear and see this. This song more than any other takes me back to the happiest time of my life when I was 24. Tracey is pure magic gold. Brilliant talent and commedienne. Oh and she is also the reason we have the best comedy of all time, the Simpson's!
I've always LOVED the 60s sound in this song! Still love it to this day! :)
Beautiful, charismatic, beautiful voice, talented in so many different ways, I could go on forever here. And of course it's a cute song, a throwback to the 60s.
I love this song so much God Bless the 80s!!!
I remember Tracy's comedy show that was on television. It was awesome. I had no idea she sang this song
*Tracey Ullman 》My late wife & I loved your TV shows in the 1980s.
Just seen your stage production 2020 film.
Recorded in Las Vegas, you are so, so talented.
I love you. JOHN PYM. ❤
A absolute gem of a track - Had this on in the car coming home tonight - window down and blasting! Fabulous - Bring back the 80's :)
I had forgotten that Tracey Ullman sang this song. And look at all the glitter in her hair.
Kirsty Macoll, sang with the Pogues, " Fairy Tale in New York" great Christmas song
she died in very unfortunate accident. She sang great R.I.P Kirsty
Gteat song and still sounds great today.
BAYYYYYYYYYYYYBEEEEEE, JUST BOUGHT HER GREATEST HITS CD,
THE 1980`S ROCK
I love her and her TV show from the 80's. The Tracey Ullman Show
The prettiest and saddest tune.
Awesome...to go back...time flies. Best to all.
loved this all my life!im 6 now.
It reminds me of Nights out in South Shields with friends at Buddies Nightclub. Loved the music there, food, the dancing & yes the girls dressed like that to. This the hit version performed by Tracey Ullman and written by Kirsty MacColl. Love both this cover & original song.
I have never fell out of love with Tracey. x
Have you seen her lately?
Had a crush on her as a kid back in the 80s.
I've always loved Tracey. She loved me no matter what.
Such a lovely song! Tracey is top draw.
Incredible song, incredible singer.
Incredible cover.
Have I been under a rock? why didn't I know Tracy Ullman sings this?! Lolol
Pure nostalgia, and I love it....2021 😍😄😍
What a song by the lovely one of a kind and she was very stunning I love you tray.
1983 tracey ulman was the epitome of cute, and the melody is hypnotic
Lovestruck always by this gorgeous tune.
love how the “baby” is the one from the original, sung by the late great kirsty maccoll
Is that a fact? 😊
@@namregd yep :)
Kirsty MacColl the one and only Miss her!
@@namregd Fact
The BABY was from Kirsty’s original recording of the song, tweaked in the studio a semitone higher than it was in the 1979 song.
Thank you.
ow.. dig that dress.. that hair... what a riot!! Throw-back to the 60's.... This is just such a great slab of power pop.. faB-TASTIC Melody....
The lyrics flow so well in their reflection of a familiar sentiment among young lovers that the song is over almost before you know it. Tracy Ullman delivers a wonderful performance of Kirsty MacColl’s song. Her wit is subtly channelled into her delivery. The appeal here is that you are entertained with minimum effort.
The problem today is that artists make hard work in their efforts to entertain you. The screeching vocalists of today have a lot on their plate: they must vainly enlighten you as well as appeal. And it’s exhausting to listen to them. I almost feel sorry for them. They may enlighten me as to the dire predicament of the bloated pop industry today. And their efforts at appealing to me are in vain, in any case.
But here, from 1983, the lyrics are clear and concise. It’s an appealing song. Perhaps we took the music back then for granted because … well, there were just so many classy little pop songs.
The slight distortion in sound at the very beginning of this home video-recorded TV performance put a wee lump in my throat. We just wanted to be entertained back then.
Mere entertainment!
I have a crush all over again...love this song and Tracey! ❤🤘😁
I love how powerful this song is
Great song !
I love her she's perfect in every way xx
1983! I was 19 and so in love with Tracey :')